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IWF Change For Fastweb SpA In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 16/05/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index effective after the close of trading Friday, May 18, 2007: Fastweb SpA (Italy, ISIN: IT0001423562, GICS: Telecommunication Services), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, capped IWF will change to 0.1799204 following the successful tender offer by Swisscom (which now holds 82.4% of shares).
CFTC Sends Delegation To India To Provide Technical Assistance To The Forward Markets Commission

Date 16/05/2007

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it will be sending a delegation of senior staff to Mumbai, India, May 23 - 29, 2007 to provide technical assistance to the Forward Markets Commission (FMC).
SEC Charges Former Wall Street Executive And Three Others In Multi-Million Dollar Scheme To Defraud Savings Banks And Their Depositors In Dozens Of Stock Offerings - All Four Defendants Agree To Settle SEC Charges

Date 16/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former Wall Street executive and three other individuals with securities fraud for perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud savings banks and their depositors in connection with the banks' conversion from mutual to stock ownership.
CBOT Announces Memorial Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 16/05/2007

CHICAGO, May 16, 2007 – The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Memorial Day holiday: Friday, May 25 Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. in the open auction market and close at 1:00 p.m. on the electronic trading platform. Expiring June 2007 U.S. Treasury Note Futures Options will cease trading at 12:00 p.m.
FSA Confirms Industry Guidance On Outsourcing

Date 16/05/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today confirmed that its supervision of outsourcing by firms will in future take account of industry guidance which has been issued by MiFID Connect.

FTSE Xinhua Launches Sector Indices For A200 Benchmark

Date 16/05/2007

FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the leading China index provider, today announced the launch of FTSE Xinhua 200 Sector Indices on A shares, which include 38 sectors classified according to the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB). The new indices will be distributed from today with the base date at June 18, 2001.
Shanghai Stock Exchange Publishes "Detailed Rules For Designated Trading"

Date 16/05/2007

The "SSE Detailed Rules for Designated Trading", issued by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) yesterday, made modifications to the "Trial Measures on Overall Designated Trading System" issued in 1997 in line with the newly implemented "Trading Rules" (implemented on July 1, 2006) and the "Detailed Rules for Implementation of PBUs" (implemented on May 8, 2007). The new "Rules" will be implemented as of today (May 15, 2007), with the "Trial Measures" abolished at the same time.
BGC Names Industry Veteran As CFO - Robert West Joins BGC Management Team

Date 16/05/2007

BGC Partners, Inc. (“BGC”), a leading inter-dealer broker providing integrated voice and electronic execution and other brokerage services to banks, brokerage houses and investment banks worldwide, announced that Robert K. West has been named Chief Financial Officer.
MICEX: Agreement On Order And Terms Of Purchases And Sales Of Foreign Currency

Date 16/05/2007

The MICEX has worked out the draft Trading Agreement, prepared in the framework of the project to transfer clearing functions in the exchange-based currency market to the National Clearing Center (NCC). Soon, the MICEX will submit the draft Trading Agreement to the Bank of Russia and leading operators in the exchange-based currency market. Under the Agreement, the MICEX incurs subsidiary liability before participants in the UTS for the obligations of the NCC in trading in the UTS. The extraor
ICE Announces New Daily Volume Records In Brent Crude Oil, Electronically Traded Sugar And NYBOT Softs

Date 16/05/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its U.K. regulated ICE Futures subsidiary and its U.S. regulated New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary both established new daily volume records yesterday.