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The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces September Volume - Equity Option Volume For September Rose 39.04% Over Same Year-Ago Period

Date 04/10/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that equity option volume in September jumped 39.04% when 28,901,559 contracts traded compared to the same year-ago period when 20,786,135 contracts traded. Volume was up 50.52% year-to-date.. Equity option volume in September was down 22.48% compared to the previous month when 37,284,364 contracts traded. Average daily volume in September for equity options reached 1,521,135 contracts.

Irish Stock Exchange And Deutsche Börse Extend Their Partnership - Renewal Of Xetra Agreement Until 2012

Date 04/10/2007

The Irish Stock Exchange and Deutsch Börse have announced that they have extended their existing technology partnership in equities trading and clearing until 2012. Irish Stock Exchange renewed the agreement under which Deutsche Börse provides trading services to the Irish Stock Exchange via the Xetra electronic trading system until 2010 by a further two years until 2012. Eurex Clearing also provides clearing services to Irish Stock Exchange.

NASDAQ ETF Market Commences - The Most Liquid U.S. Market For ETFs Supports The Incubation And Trading Of Exchange Traded Funds

Date 04/10/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) ("NASDAQ(r)") today announced The NASDAQ ETF Market began operating on October 1, 2007. The NASDAQ ETF Market is designed specifically for exchange traded funds (ETFs) and Index Linked Notes (ILNs). The program further strengthens NASDAQ's leadership position in the U.S. ETF sector. In August 2007, NASDAQ captured more U.S. ETF market share than any other U.S. exchange -- with total ETF volume at 52.1%.(1)

UK’s Financial Services Authority Confirms London Stock Exchange’s Status As Approved Reporting Mechanism

Date 04/10/2007

The FSA has confirmed that the London Stock Exchange’s Exchange Reporting Service (ERS) will be an Approved Reporting Mechanism for the provision of transaction reports under MiFID.

TSX Group – Thanksgiving Closures

Date 04/10/2007

Both Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange will be closed for Thanksgiving on Monday, October 8. Both exchanges will re-open for business on Tuesday, October 9, 2007.

Euronext’s Order Internalisation Service Sees Major Popularity

Date 04/10/2007

With implementation of the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) just one month away, the new internal matching service offered by Euronext has already attracted almost 50 Euronext originating member firms accounting for more than 70% of all trades carried out on NYSE Euronext European equity markets. This new service enables clients to optimise order flow by giving priority status to matching their buy and sell orders in the central order book. This means that each client g

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Hang Seng Index Futures And Mini-Hang Seng Index Futures Contracts

Date 04/10/2007

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 8 October 2007, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodo

SGX: Dissolution Of The Compensation Fund For The Derivatives Market

Date 04/10/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that the SGX-Derivatives Trading (SGX-DT) Compensation Fund, which has net assets amounting to approximately S$33 million, will be discontinued when it expires on 24 November 2007. This follows the completion of the public consultation on the proposed amendments to the Futures Trading Rules that was issued in July this year.

Oslo Børs - Monthly Statistics Derivatives 2007

Date 04/10/2007

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ICMA: TRAX2 Receives Full Approval From UK’s Financial Services Authority As An Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM)

Date 04/10/2007

ICMA Limited, the market services division of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is pleased to announce that on October 03, 2007 its TRAX2 system received full approval from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) as an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) in accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). TRAX2 is one of the first MiFID compliant reporting systems in Europe.