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Euroclear France Reaches Key Milestone With Fund Orderrouting Platform

Date 22/01/2008

Euroclear France has processed over 10,000 instructions per month on its investment fund order-routing platform – a key milestone. Seventeen account holders, representing more than 45% of investment-fund order flows in France, and 10 centralising agents, accounting for about 80% of all order flows in France, are currently connected to the platform.
HKEx: Noteworthy Market Statistics On 22 January 2008

Date 22/01/2008

The following statistics are made available in response to media enquiries:
Xtrakter: Credit Crunch Hits 2007 Bond Issues By 26.5%

Date 22/01/2008

Xtrakter released figures today outlining that a 26.5% (USD 421.56 billion) drop in new bond issues occurred in the second half of 2007. This decline was in contrast to earlier increases made in the first half of the year. Specifically Q3 figures declined by 28.7% (USD 202.64 billion) and Q4 figures declined by 24.8% (USD 218.94 billion) when compared to the same period in 2006 (www.xtrakter.com).
NYSE Euronext And Caisse Des Dépots Launch BLUENEXT, The International Exchange For The Environment

Date 22/01/2008

NYSE Euronext and Caisse des Dépôts are delighted to announce the launch of BLUENEXT, the international exchange for the environment, operating markets in carbon emission allowances and credits.
Hedge Fund Working Group Focuses On Valuation And Risk Management Standards

Date 22/01/2008

The Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG) has today published its best practice standards for hedge fund managers following widespread consultation with the industry and other interested parties.

Markit Acquires BOAT

Date 22/01/2008

Markit, the leading provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing to the global financial markets, today announced that it has acquired BOAT, the MiFID-compliant trade reporting platform, from the consortium of nine investment banks that launched the initiative in September 2006.
OMX To Deliver Next Generation Trading Platform For Indonesia Stock Exchange

Date 22/01/2008

Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has signed an agreement with OMX for replacement of its trading platform. The new platform acts to modernize IDX's trading operations, and also to integrate the systems used at Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges, which recently merged to form IDX.
Dalian Commodity Exchange Sets New Records

Date 22/01/2008

Dalian Commodity Exchange(DCE) announced on 18 January that it set turnover and volume record for No.1 soybeans. The trading volume for No.1 soybeans reached 1.497 million contracts worth 64.3 billion yuan, 90,000 contracts and 3.3 billion yuan higher than the previous records respectively. For soybean oil, 615,458 contracts have been traded today worth 67.01 billion, 240 thousand contract and 37.5 billion yuan higher than the previous records respectively. Today the trading volume reached 3.66
Share Changes For Friends Provident PLC And Koninklijke Ahold NV In The S&P European Indices

Date 21/01/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Wednesday 23 January 2008: Friends Provident PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL 3055977, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40301020), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, shares will increase to 2,322,994,000, following a conversion of convertible bonds. Koninklijke Ahold NV (Netherlands, SEDOL: 525
virt-x Exchange Limited – Name Change

Date 21/01/2008

On 17 December 2007, virt-x announced that it would change its name following the merger of SWX Group, SIS Group and Telekurs Group.