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Dalian Commodity Exchange President & CEO Granted The Honor Of City's Economic Men Of The Year 2007

Date 23/01/2008

The Ten entrepreneurs including Mr. Liu Xingqiang, President & CEO of DCE, were granted the honor of Dalian's Economic Men of the Year 2007 on the night of January 15, 2008. At the meanwhile, the city's top ten economy events were announced. The annual event has run through its seventh year with three Japanese businessmen archiving the award.
TSX Record Trading Day On January 22, 2008

Date 23/01/2008

A record 1,030,720 trades took place on Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 -- the largest single day ever. This beats the former record of 996,795 trades on August 16, 2007.
Japan Promotes Initiatives To Strengthen Competitiveness Of Its Financial Markets To Overseas Investors

Date 23/01/2008

Top representatives from the entire Japanese securities industry were gathered at an event in London this week to promote the Japanese market as a whole to overseas investors. Japan is in the process of introducing a series of specific policy measures which are intended to strengthen the competitiveness of its financial and capital markets and so make them more attractive to foreign investors. These initiatives were outlined to an audience of European capital market participants at the Japan
SEC Settles Charges Against Former CEO Of Monster Worldwide, Inc. For Stock Options Backdating

Date 23/01/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against Andrew J. McKelvey, the former Chief Executive Officer of Monster Worldwide, Inc., for his participation in a multi-year scheme to secretly backdate stock options granted to Monster officers, directors and employees.
ISE Stock Exchange Reaches New Daily Volume Record

Date 23/01/2008

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) announced today that the ISE Stock Exchange set a new daily trading volume record of 145.1 million shares on January 22, 2008, surpassing the previous record of 115.7 million shares set on September 19, 2007.

NASDAQ Appoints Jameel Aalim-Johnson As Associate Vice President Of Government Relations

Date 23/01/2008

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced the appointment of Jameel Aalim-Johnson as Associate Vice President of NASDAQ Government Relations. In this position, Mr. Johnson will represent the views and policies of NASDAQ to federal, state, and local policymakers. He will also help develop and execute strategic initiatives that are consistent with NASDAQ's mission to be the highest quality equity market in the world.
ICE Announces Completion Of Multi-year Technology Initiative; Achieves Three-millisecond Transaction Time In Futures Markets - Innovations In Software And Network Design Produce Unparalleled Speed And Reliability - Connectivity And API Enhancements Suppor

Date 23/01/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced the completion of a major technology initiative, including the transition of its futures markets to a new, state-of-the-art trading engine for its global electronic trading platform. The enhancements are the culmination of a two-year initiative to rebuild and optimize the trading platform software, hardware, network and security components to increase speed, access, capac
Record In Number Of Trades At The Nordic Exchange

Date 23/01/2008

Yesterday, OMX Nordic Exchange a record was achieved regarding numbers of trades in share trading.
Warsaw Stock Exchange: Ten Years Of The Derivative Instruments Market

Date 23/01/2008

16 January 2008 was 10 years since the first day of trading in WIG20 index futures contracts on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It was the first derivative instrument traded on the WSE. In the first year of trading, the annual volume of trading was 24 thousand contracts; in 2007, the daily volume of trading in WIG20 contracts was twice as high: 37.5 thousand contract per session on average.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR, China Telecom Futures, HSBC Holdings Futures And MTR Futures Contracts

Date 23/01/2008

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 25 January 2008, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining method