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KCBT Sells Two Memberships At Record Levels - Two KCBT Memberships Sell At $220,000 Each

Date 28/06/2006

Two Kansas City Board of Trade memberships sold for a record-breaking $220,000 yesterday, June 27, topping the previous record of $210,000 that was set on April 24.
Indice General De La Bolsa De Madrid Index New Composition For The Second Quarter 2006

Date 28/06/2006

The Indice General de la Bolsa de Madrid (IGBM) Management Committee has decided, in accordance with the technical provisions for the composition, calculation and sectoral division of the IGBM index family, to approve the composition of the IGBM and Indice Total indices for the second half of 2006.
ICE Announces Key Enhancements To Trading Platform - Processing Speed Improved 1700% In One Year

Date 28/06/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) today announced the results of a year-long technology development effort to enhance the performance of its electronic platform for commodities trading. ICE is the leading electronic energy marketplace and serves a diverse range of participants in the global futures and over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace. Today approximately 50% of the world’s crude futures contracts are traded on the ICE platform.ICE develops and maintains its trading platform and
First Leveraged ETFs On Nasdaq-100® Launched On Euronext Paris By SGAM Alternative Investments

Date 28/06/2006

A leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on the Nasdaq-100 Index® was admitted to listing on Euronext today. This is the world’s first leveraged ETF based on the Nasdaq-100 Index® and the first Nasdaq-100® ETF to be listed on Euronext Paris.
Deutsche Börse: Willius To Become Head Of Sales For The Cash Market

Date 28/06/2006

Andreas Willius will assume responsibility for the Sales of Stock Market Business Development at Deutsche Börse with effect from 1 August. The announcement was made by Deutsche Börse on Wednesday. Willius will be reporting to Rainer Riess, Managing Director of Stock Market Business Development; the Board member responsible for this area is Andreas Preuss, who joined Deutsche Börse on 1 April and is also CEO of Eurex.

Deutsche Börse Launches LevDAX Leverage Index - Three New Lyxor ETFs Launched In The XTF Segment On Xetra - First ETFs Issued On DAXplus Covered Call And LevDAX Index - Third DAX ETF Launched

Date 28/06/2006

The official launch of Deutsche Börse's new strategy index, the LevDAX®, took place on Wednesday. The index is linked to the performance of the DAX®, but boasts an additional feature - leverage. It rises and falls twice as steeply as the DAX. The LevDAX provides a simple strategy for magnifying participation in market movements. The LevDAX is designed as a basis for ETFs and structured products, as are all of Deutsche Börse's strategy indices.
CME Expands European-Style Foreign Exchange Options Offering

Date 28/06/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, today announced it will launch options with European-style expiration on three CME FX futures contracts, CME(R) British Pound futures, CME Canadian Dollar futures and CME Swiss Franc futures. These contracts will be available nearly 24 hours a day on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform and will trade side-by-side with the open outcry markets.
CBOT Fed Watch - June 28 Market Close

Date 28/06/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 29, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
BAA Exits FTSE 100 After 19 Years

Date 28/06/2006

BAA, the airport group, is to leave the FTSE 100 after nearly 19 years following its takeover by Airport Development and Investment Limited.
ASX And Finsia Launch Professional Financial Adviser Accreditation Program To Enhance Listed Product Knowledge

Date 28/06/2006

The Australian Stock Exchange and Finsia - the Financial Services Institute of Australia (formerly the Securities Institute) – today launched a new training program for the financial adviser community.