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  • The MICEX Sends To Participants In Currency Trading A Package Of Documents To Be Signed In Connection With The Transfer Of Clearing To The NCC

    Date 29/08/2007

    The MICEX has sent to participants in trading – 535 members of the Currency Market Section – a letter offering them to sign, before 28 September, a package of documents needed to obtain access to trading and clearing. This measure is part of the procedure of transferring clearing to the National Clearing Center (NCC). Participants in trading are offered to sign the Supplement to the Agreement of the Order and Terms of Purchase and Sale of Foreign Currency with Use of Centralized Clearing (the

  • Liffe Announces Development Of The New “Liffe Guardian” Commodity Management System

    Date 29/08/2007

    Liffe today announced the development of the new Liffe Guardian commodity management system as a replacement for the existing Grading & Tendering System (GATS), which will improve further the efficiency of Liffe’s commodity markets.

  • FESE Response To The Impact Assessment Guidelines For EU Level 3 Committees

    Date 29/08/2007

    Impact Assessment (IA) is undoubtedly a key tool of financial regulation and supervision. As a strong supporter of the principle of better regulation, FESE welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft guidelines published by L3 Committees and considers them a step further towards the objective of ensuring that all regulatory initiatives are introduced only when clear evidence of a need has been established.

  • Euronext Half-Year 2007 Results: Record Operating Income: €245.1m, Up 11.2%

    Date 29/08/2007

    Revenues increased by 13.1% versus HY 2006 to €630.6m EBIT amounted to €245.1m, up 11.2% from HY 2006 The combination between NYSE Group, Inc. and Euronext N.V. has been effective since April 4, 2007. Following the initial and subsequent offer periods, 109,148,977 Euronext shares representing 97.77% of the voting rights were tendered. For the remaining outstanding Euronext shares, a statutory buy-out procedure has been initiated under Dutch law.

  • NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

    Date 28/08/2007

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas; Henry Hub swap, swing swap, and penultimate swap; natural gas penultimate and last day financial; and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.

  • The Boston Options Exchange Adopts ‘Make Or Take’ Pricing Model - Innovation Continues To The Benefit Of Customers

    Date 28/08/2007

    The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) announced today that it will implement the ‘make or take’ transaction fee pricing model for classes included in the penny pilot, subject to SEC approval. “The new ‘make or take’ model will help make BOX the destination to trade in pennies,” said Scott Morris, chief executive officer (CEO) at BOX. “We expect it will further reduce spreads – making it even more competitive compared to the other exchanges.”

  • US Industry Associations Applaud Victory In Enron Appeal

    Date 28/08/2007

    Three leading trade associations applaud yesterday’s decision by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Springfield Associates v. Enron Corp. Her decision reverses a Bankruptcy Court decision that threatened to disrupt the robust secondary market in claims against companies in bankruptcy.

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading One New Option On Wednesday, August 29

    Date 28/08/2007

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade one new option on August 29, 2007. The following option was allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group: Capital Product Partners LP (option/stock symbol: QHP/CPLP) will trade on the March expiration cycle with initial expiration months of September, October, December and March. Position and exercise limits have been set at 25,000 contracts.

  • CME Group Provides Trading Floor Integration Update

    Date 28/08/2007

    CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, continues to move forward with its plans to integrate operations, including consolidating all products onto a single trading floor and platform. With construction beginning next week, exchange officials began to meet with members today to provide updates on the new trading floor facility that will be located in the historic Chicago Board of Trade building at 141 W. Jackson Blvd. Beginning in March the company's equity index products wi

  • SEC Charges Former General Counsel Of KLA-Tencor And Juniper Networks For Fraudulent Stock Option Backdating - Juniper Settles Fraud Charges Brought By Commission

    Date 28/08/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against a Bay Area attorney for her role in illegally backdating stock option grants. The Commission charged Lisa C. Berry with routinely backdating option grants from 1997 to 2003, first as General Counsel of KLA-Tencor Corporation and then as General Counsel of Juniper Networks, Inc. The Commission alleges that Berry's misconduct caused the two companies to conceal hundreds of millions of dollars in stock option compensation expe