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Rep. Fossella Announces Atlanta As Second Site For Meeting Of Task Force On Capital Markets And U.S. Competitiveness - Fossella Continues Field Meetings To Develop Legislative Recommendations For Reform

Date 02/07/2007

Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY13) today announced that Atlanta will be the site for the second field meeting of his Task Force on ways to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. capital markets. Fossella will meet with top financial leaders of the IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) in Atlanta on July 10th. ICE is a global, electronic market for futures and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts covering agricultural, emissions, energy, equity index and foreign exchange products.
Voting Procedures For July 9, 2007 Special Meetings Of CBOT Holdings

Date 02/07/2007

Dear Members: We are writing to encourage you to VOTE NOW for the upcoming July 9, 2007 special meetings of CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members. Every vote is important. We cannot complete the pending merger with the CME unless we receive a vote “FOR” the merger from a majority of the outstanding shares and Series B-1 and B-2 memberships. The failure to vote is the same as a vote AGAINST the merger.
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Sets New Record For Average Daily Volume During June - Total Volume Of 81,852 Contracts Caps Record Quarter, Year-To-Date Volume Up 151% Through June

Date 02/07/2007

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that trading volume during June 2007 totaled 81,852 contracts, an increase of 45% over June 2006's volume of 56,299 contracts. Average daily volume for the month was 3,898 contracts, a new all-time high for CFE, and an increase of 52% from the year-ago average daily volume of 2,559 contracts. June was the second busiest month ever at CFE, trailing only the 82,705 contracts traded during October 2006. For the first time in CFE's history, tr
CFTC Adopts Amendment To Regulation 3.10 To Require Certain Registrants To Conduct Annual Review Of Registration Information

Date 02/07/2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the finalization of an amendment to CFTC regulation 3.10 that will require each registered futures commission merchant, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator and leverage transaction merchant to conduct an online annual review of the person's registration information maintained by the National Futures Association (NFA). The amendment is intended to enhance the accuracy of the registration information m
Glass Lewis, Egan-Jones Recommend CME Shareholders Vote 'FOR' Merger With CBOT - Recommendations Are The Second And Third From Independent Advisors In Support Of The CME-CBOT Merger

Date 02/07/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) announced that Glass Lewis & Co., a leading proxy advisory firm, and Egan-Jones Ratings Co., an investor-driven ratings firm, have recommended that CME Holdings shareholders vote "FOR" the merger with CBOT Holdings at the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled for July 9, 2007.

SEC: Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Incumbent Daniel Goelzer Reappointed To Second Term

Date 02/07/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that founding Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Daniel L. Goelzer has been reappointed to the Board. The Commission unanimously selected Mr. Goelzer to serve a second five-year term as a member of the PCAOB.
KCBT Sets Record Electronic Trading Volume In June - Wheat Futures Trading Volume Third Largest In History Of Exchange

Date 02/07/2007

Kansas City Board of Trade electronic wheat futures volume for the month of June was a record 153,437 contracts, smashing the previous monthly record set in April 2007 by 33.4 percent. In addition, total wheat futures volume traded during the month of June was the third largest in exchange history. A total of 513,894 contracts were traded, just behind 559,282 contracts traded in August 2006 and 514,595 in June 2006. Wheat futures trading volume exceeded last month’s volume by 103.7 percent, w
New CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT) Is Licensed To Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc.

Date 02/07/2007

Standard & Poor's and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that a license was granted giving Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc. the right to use the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT) as the strategic basis for a new options investment vehicle. Ansbacher Investment Management, Inc. (AIM), based in Manhattan, is an investment firm devoted exclusively to managing options strategies.
SEC Announces $37 Million Fair Fund Distribution To Mutual Fund Investors Injured By Columbia Market Timing Fraud

Date 02/07/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a $37 million Fair Fund distribution to more than 300,000 investors who were harmed by fraudulent mutual fund market timing in the Columbia Funds between 1998 and 2003.
Deutsche Börse: 58 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In June - Total Volume Of €273 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 02/07/2007

In June €249.7 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 57 percent year-on-year (June 2006: €158 billion). Thereof €234,4 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 58 percent year-on-year (June 2006: €147.8 billion) and €15.3 billion on the floor. German equities accounted for €234,7 billion, foreign equities comprising €11 billion. More than 97 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Börse Frankfurt. More than 81 percent of f