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HKEx: Increase In Maximum Number Of Outstanding Orders Per Price Queue To 8,000

Date 23/05/2006

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, announces the increase of the maximum number of outstanding orders per price queue from 4,000 to 8,000 in AMS/3, the Third Generation of the Automatic Order Matching and Execution System, effective Monday, 29 May. The increase is aimed at facilitating Exchange Participants' order input process.
G30 Final Report On Global Clearing and Settlement

Date 23/05/2006

The Group of Thirty (G30) yesterday released the Global Clearing and Settlement: Final Monitoring Report, which outlines progress in implementing the twenty recommendations contained in the Group's 2003 Plan of Action. This latest report highlights the significant progress achieved since the G30's recommendations mapped the route to a more efficient global clearing and settlement infrastructure.
Deutsche Börse To Review Implications Of Euronext Board And AGM Discussions

Date 23/05/2006

Deutsche Börse stated on Tuesday that the company will be reviewing the implications of Euronext’s AGM over the coming days. The Deutsche Börse’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday will provide an important input to this review of implications. As emphasized by Euronext during their AGM on Tuesday, neither the statement made by the management board on Monday, nor the AGM resolution are binding parameters for Euronext’s final decision.
Deutsche Börse Releases Economic Details Of Euronext Merger Proposal - Shareholders To Receive Combination Of Shares In NewCo And Cash - Synergies Of 300 Million Euros P.A. Before 60 Million Euros Customer Benefits

Date 23/05/2006

In light of current developments and recent public speculation Deutsche Börse publishes the economic details of its proposal regarding the transaction structure, exchange ratio as well as synergies and customer benefits arising from a potential combination between Deutsche Börse and Euronext, as submitted to Euronext management.
CME Announces Memorial Day Holiday Hours

Date 23/05/2006

CME today announced the following trading schedule in conjunction with the Memorial Day holiday (all times are Central time): Friday, May 26 Commodity futures, foreign exchange (FX), interest rate, and GSCI® products and weather options traded on Exchange trading floors close at 12:00 p.m. (Commodity options close at 12:02 p.m.) Equity index products traded on the trading flo

CESR Members Review Implementation Of CESR’S Guidelines On The Transitional Provisions Of The Amending UCITS Directives

Date 23/05/2006

The ‘UCITS Guidelines’ (Ref CESR/04-434B) published in February 2005, were developed to converge the different administrative practices that Member States had developed due to ambiguities contained in the UCITS III legislative texts. CESR is carrying out a number of different reviews through its Review Panel to ensure convergent implementation and publishes today the results of an assessment of its Members’ implementation of a number of CESR’s guidelines on the transitional provisions of the ame
CBOT Ready To Trade Ethanol Futures Electronically During Daytime Hours On May 31

Date 23/05/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced it is set to list its Ethanol futures contract electronically during daytime trading hours starting Wednesday, May 31. The contract will be available to trade on the Exchange’s electronic platform, as well as via open auction, from 9:30 a.m. –1:15 p.m. (CST). The contract will resume trading electronically from 6:36 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. (CST) daily.
Bursa Malaysia: Update In KLSE Syariah Index (KLSI) Components

Date 23/05/2006

Bursa Malaysia today announced the changes in the component stocks of the KLSE Syariah Index (KLSE SI).
Austrian Blue-Chip ATX ETF Launched In Deutsche Börse XTF sSgment - Exposure To Leading Benchmark Index For Austrian Companies - XTF Segment Witnessed Record Turnover In First Quarter 2006

Date 23/05/2006

Deutsche Börse is further expanding its XTF segment for exchange-traded funds on the Xetra pan-European trading platform. On Monday, 22 May, a new ETF was issued by Indexchange. The new product enables investors to increase specific exposure to the Austrian Traded Index, ATX.
All-Time-High In Number Of Trades On The Helsinki Stock Exchange

Date 23/05/2006

The number of trades on the Helsinki Stock Exchange reached an all-time-high on May 22 amounting to 57,562 (previous record: 57,247 on May 18, 2006).