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Highest Overseas Participation In HKEx's Securities Market In A Decade

Date 19/03/2007

A recent survey by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) shows that in 2005/06 local investors remained the major contributors to HKEx securities market turnover while overseas investors' contribution to trading value was the highest in the past decade.
VPS And Oslo Børs Recommend A Merger

Date 19/03/2007

The boards of directors of VPS Holding ASA and Oslo Børs Holding ASA have agreed to propose that the two companies be merged. The boards believe that a merger of the two companies will allow more efficient and co-ordinated use of their overall resources and expertise, and so strengthen work on developing the entire value chain of the Norwegian securities market. A merger will also ensure more unified and efficient development of products and services as well as efficient delivery of services to
DIFC Launches Associates Programme At Careers UAE 2007

Date 19/03/2007

UAE nationals to get training in financial services International member companies join hands with DIFC to support programme Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Rothschild to offer training
NYMEX Announces Position Accountability, Reporting Levels For NYMEX iPort 3–2–1 Plus Energy Index Futures Contract

Date 16/03/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced the position accountability, expiring month position limits and reporting levels for its NYMEX iPort 3–2–1 Plus energy index futures contract, that will begin trading on January 21 for trade date January 22.
U.S. Futures Exchange To List Derivative Products Based On ISE Indexes - Exchanges Enter A Strategic Marketing Agreement

Date 16/03/2007

U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) has announced that it will launch several new cash-settled futures contracts based on the International Securities Exchange’s (ISE) family of proprietary indexes. USFE and ISE have established a multi-year strategic marketing alliance to co-market the new products to their respective membership bases.

NYMEX To Change Position Limits For Copper Futures Contract

Date 16/03/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will increase the spot month position limit for its copper futures contract to 700 contracts from 400 contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
Speech By SEC Chairman: Address To Joint Meeting Of The National Endowment For Democracy And The Foreign Policy Association

Date 16/03/2007

Thank you, Peter [Scaturro, CEO OF U.S. Trust], for that kind introduction. And thank you, all of you, for inviting me to speak at this joint program of the National Endowment for Democracy and the Foreign Policy Association. As you now all know, thanks to Peter’s very charitable introduction, in addition to being the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, I am a member of the Board of Directors of the NED. And it is in that capacity that I'm speaking tonight. The views I will expre
NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Announces Timing Of Fourth Quarter And Full-year 2006 Earnings Release, Conference Call

Date 16/03/2007

NYMEX Holdings, Inc., the parent company of The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: NMX) announced today that it intends to release its fourth quarter and full–year 2006 results on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, before the market opens. In conjunction with this release, NYMEX will host a conference call at 9:00 AM Eastern Time, which will be simultaneously broadcast over the internet.
U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission v. Conrad M. Black, F. David Radler And Hollinger Inc., Civil Action No. 04C7377 (N.D. Ill. 2004)

Date 16/03/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that on March 16, 2007, it settled its enforcement action against F. David Radler, the former Deputy Chairman and COO of Hollinger International, Inc., pending in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Under the terms of the settlement, Radler is ordered to pay approximately $23.7 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest; ordered to pay a $5 million civil penalty; barred from serving
NYMEX Names Two New Vice Presidents

Date 16/03/2007

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile retained two new vice presidents in the marketing and corporate communications departments.