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SFC/HKEx Joint Consultation Paper On Issue Of Paper Application Forms With Electronic Prospectuses

Date 01/04/2008

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. (SEHK), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (HKEx), today publish a joint consultation paper on the proposal to allow the issue of paper application forms for public offers which have electronic prospectuses available on certain prescribed websites.
The Spanish Exchange Traded €383.191 Billion In The First Quarter Of 2008 - Corporate Debt Trading In March In Excess Of €118 Billion, Up 23.8% - Derivatives: Record High To March With 2.1 Million Operations And 169 Million Orders

Date 01/04/2008

The Sistema de Interconexión Bursátil Español (SIBE) traded €383.19 billion in equities during the period January to March 2008, down 8.3% in relation to the record figure of the first quarter of 2007 and 41.8% up on the €270.29 billion traded during the first quarter of 2006. The number of trades (the main indicator of stock market activity) during the first quarter of 2008 was 10.2 million, up 16% on the same quarter of the previous year.
Trading Volume In March 2008 Of Tokyo Stock Exchange Main Derivatives Products

Date 01/04/2008

TOPIX Futures trading volume in March 2008 sets record-high, 2,240,637 contracts, up by 6.5 Percent compared to previous year.
Credit Suisse To Acquire Stake In AXE

Date 01/04/2008

Credit Suisse Australia is set to join Citi, Commonwealth Securities, Goldman Sachs JBWere, Macquarie, Merrill Lynch and NZX as shareholders in AXE ECN.
Deutsche Börse Expands Its index Offering - DAXglobal Water Index Tracks Major International Water Industry Stocks - 7 New Short Indices For Emerging Markets

Date 01/04/2008

Deutsche Börse has expanded its index offering further. The DAXglobal® Water Index is the first index launched by the company to track the world’s largest and most liquid companies from the water industry. Deutsche Börse has also launched seven new short indices, which investors can use as a hedge against falling prices in the emerging markets.

NZX Operating Metrics - March 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Highlights Total capital raised on NZX Markets year to date reached $811 million. There was $648 million in debt and $119 million in equity capital raised during the month. The number of NZX real time Data terminals was 10,990, an increase of 24% on the same period last year. Smartshares funds under management up 29% since March 2007, at $669 million. Smartshares has 15,157 unitholders, an increase of 1%.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Final Settlement Price Of Crude Oil For March 2008 Contract

Date 01/04/2008

Final settlement price of Middle East Crude Oil for March 2008 contract is 61,780 yen.
NYSE Announces Second-Quarter 2008 Circuit-Breaker Levels

Date 31/03/2008

The New York Stock Exchange will implement new circuit-breaker trigger levels for second-quarter 2008 effective Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Self-Regulators Warn Against Spreading False Rumors And Other Abusive Market Activity

Date 31/03/2008

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), NYSE Regulation, Inc., and participants of the Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority (ORSA), the self-regulatory organizations primarily responsible for surveillance of trading in the U.S. securities markets, are coordinating efforts to heighten the monitoring and investigation of trading activity in issuers that may be subject to credit market-related volatility.
ICE Futures Canada: FCM Customer Margin Changes

Date 31/03/2008

The following initial and maintenance margins apply to non-participant speculative accounts held with FCMs. Non-participants holding hedge based positions may apply for a hedge exemption under Rule 4E.08. The minimum margin level under the hedge exemption is the clearinghouse margin.