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CBOE To Launch Options On The CBOE Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index And CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index On September 27, 2007

Date 06/09/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it plans to launch options on the CBOE Nasdaq-100 Volatility Index (ticker symbol VXN) and the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (ticker symbol RVX) beginning Thursday, September 27, 2007, under licensing agreements with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and The Russell Investment Group.

SEC And U.S. Attorney Charge Repeat Stock Promoter And Penny Stock Trader With Illegal IPOs And Pump-And-Dump Manipulation Schemes

Date 06/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled civil action against two Arizona-based scammers alleging their participation in an elaborate market manipulation scheme that involved unlawfully taking public seven microcap companies, inflating their share prices, and dumping millions of shares into the public market. The defendants, Mesa, Ariz.-based recidivist Michael Saquella (a.k.a., Michael Paloma), 47, and Scottsdale, Ariz.-based trader Lawrence Kaplan, 63, agreed to be p

FTSE Global Markets Magazine September/October

Date 06/09/2007

The new issue of FTSE Global Markets magazine is now available from www.ftse.com.

Governor Projects Dubai As A Leading Islamic Finance Centre At Economist Conference In Switzerland

Date 06/09/2007

His Excellency Dr. Omar bin Sulaiman, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), gave the opening address at yesterday’s Islamic Finance Summit held in Geneva, Switzerland, outlining the importance of Islamic finance in today’s global economy and emphasizing Dubai’s significant role in its development.

RTS Introduces Central Counterparty For The Securities Market

Date 06/09/2007

Beginning 17th of September 2007 Non-commercial Partnership RTS becomes a Central Counterparty for the trades executed on the Order-Driven segment of RTS Classic Market.

CME Group To Offer Electronic Trading Of Weekly FX Options

Date 06/09/2007

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, today announced that it plans to offer electronic trading for weekly FX options on futures with American-style expiration. Beginning Monday, September 10, the weekly options on the following currencies, all trading against the U.S. dollar, will be available virtually 24 hours a day on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform: Euro, Japanese yen, British pound,

OMX Baltic 10 Index Futures Introduced

Date 06/09/2007

On August 31, futures on the tradable index OMX Baltic 10 (OMXB10) were introduced marking the first exchange-traded derivatives on a Baltic underlying exposed to investors in one of the leading derivatives marketplaces in Europe. The derivatives market on the Nordic Exchange is the third largest derivatives market in Europe by volume.

Wiener Börse Cash And Derivatives Market Monthly Statistics

Date 06/09/2007

Click here to download Wiener Börse Cash and Derivatives market statistics for July 2007.

HKEx Publishes Trading Statistics For August 2007 - Exchange Participants Statistics, On-Floor And Off-floor Trading Statistics

Date 06/09/2007

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor Main Board + Trading Only Stocks  

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) And Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 06/09/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) today announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which lays the foundation for the sharing of information for the potential development of options and other derivatives products. The MOU also provides the opportunity for ongoing educational initiatives designed to enhance the understanding of one another’s products, markets, technologies and regulation. Such collaborative efforts between CBOE and