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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Modifications In Oil Market Contracts

Date 19/09/2007

The Board of Directors decided at the meeting held today (September 19, 2007) to implement the following modifications on and after October 1st, 2007.
Dalian Commodity Exchange Trade In August 2007

Date 19/09/2007

According to the latest statistics from China Futures Association, the performance of the national futures market in general was encouraging and stable, and some futures contracts for soybean meal, white sugar, corn, etc. appeared brisk. For China's futures market as a whole, in August, the total volume and turnover increased 147.68% and 143.03% respectively from a year ago to 80.7 million contracts, worth 4.05 trillion yuan, and was 42.17% and 10.32% upper than July respectively. The total t
FlexTRADER Connects To BIDS Trading - Broker-Neutral EMS Provides Clients With Access To BIDS Liquidity Pool

Date 19/09/2007

BIDS Trading, the alternative trading system (ATS) designed to increase competition and liquidity in the U.S. equity block trading market, and FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, announced today the connection of the FlexTRADER trading platform to the BIDS ATS. FlexTRADER is the first broker-neutral execution management system to allow buy-side firms direct access to the BIDS ATS.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces World Currency Option Open Interest Record

Date 19/09/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that open interest for dollar-settled World Currency Options (WCO) on the Euro (XDE), British Pound (XDB), Australian Dollar (XDA), Canadian Dollar (XDC), Swiss Franc (XDS) and Japanese Yen (XDN) surpassed 250,000 contracts for the first time (253,822 as of September 18, 2007).
CME Group Announces Launch Date For U.S. Commercial Real Estate Futures And Options

Date 19/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced that S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices (SPCREX)(TM) futures and options contracts will begin trading October 28. The contracts will enable investors and speculators to protect or gain exposure to the $5.3 trillion U.S. commercial real estate market.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 19/09/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, September 19, 2007:
Securities & Investment Institute Launches Global Award In Singapore

Date 19/09/2007

Securities & Investment Institute (SII), the leading examining and membership body for the securities & investment industry in the UK, announced the global launch of its International Introduction to Investment Award in Singapore today. This Award has been introduced to meet the rapidly growing demand for skilled professionals trained in a curriculum that is both relevant and practical to the global markets today.
ISE Announces Launch Of Direct XML Feed For ISEE Select - Enhanced Sentiment Offering Now Available For Over 1,700 Securities In XML Format

Date 19/09/2007

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) today announced the launch of a direct XML data feed for ISEE SelectSM, its customized sentiment data offering. Subscribers to the proprietary ISEE Select XML Feed can now simultaneously access sentiment values for nearly all securities that trade options on ISE as they are published every twenty minutes.
Deutsche Börse: Scenario Calculation For The Equity Indices - Changes In The Equity Indices Effective On 24 September

Date 19/09/2007

Effective 24 September, new index weights will apply for companies in the equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Wednesday. An update of the preliminary weighting will be published on Friday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website (www.deutsche-boerse.com). The final figures based on Friday’s Xetra closing prices will be published on the Deutsche Börse website on Saturday.
ICMA Survey Of European Repo Market Demonstrates Year On Year Growth Despite Changed Interest Rate Environment

Date 19/09/2007

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) today released the results of its 13th semi-annual survey of the European repo market. The survey, which is effectively a snapshot of the volume of repo trades outstanding on a single day in June, before the current market difficulties took hold, sets the baseline figure for market size at EUR 6,775 billion, a 15% increase, year on year from June 2006. The larger part of this growth was registered during the second half of 2006, with growth