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Corporate Governance: Member States Reluctant To Give A Greater Say To Shareholders In The Context Of Takeover Bids, Says European Commission Report

Date 27/02/2007

The European Commission has published a report on Member States' implementation into national law of the Directive on takeover bids (2004/25/EC). The Directive allows Member States to opt out of certain key provisions and to exempt companies from those provisions if the bidder is not subject to the same obligations. The Commission's report shows that in many cases Member States have made use of these options and exemptions. The report concludes that this
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Three New Options On Wednesday, February 28

Date 27/02/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade three new options on February 28, 2007. The first option was allocated to Market Street Securities: Clear Channel Communications (option/stock symbol: CCU) will trade on the January expiration cycle with initial expiration months of March, April, July and October
CBOT Full-Sized Silver Futures Set Volume Record As Daily Total Tops 15,000 Contracts

Date 27/02/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that trading of its Full-sized (5,000 Oz.) Silver futures contracts set a record on February 26, 2007, as volume eclipsed more than 15,000 contracts for the first time. The new record, 15,197 contracts, surpassed the previous record of 14,900 contracts set on January 5, 2007.
NYSE Welcomes Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund Record $5.5 Billion In Proceeds - Largest Closed-End Fund IPO To Date In U.S. Equities Markets

Date 27/02/2007

Today, the New York Stock Exchange welcomed its largest initial public offering of 2007 year-to-date when it listed the common shares of closed-end fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund. The fund issued 275 million shares at an initial price of $20 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $5.5 billion (exclusive of the underwriters’ over allotment shares) making it the largest closed-end fund initial public offering to date. The fund began trading on Feb. 23 o
UK’s Financial Services Authority Acts To Stop UK Firm From Assisting Overseas Boiler Rooms

Date 27/02/2007

The High Court has placed The Inertia Partnership LLP (Inertia) into compulsory liquidation after the East Sussex-based company assisted boiler rooms which were unlawfully promoting and selling shares to UK consumers.

FlexTrade Appoints Dr. Max Palmer Director Of Algorithmic Solutions

Date 27/02/2007

FlexTrade Systems, a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, today announced the appointment of Dr. Max Palmer as Director of Algorithmic Solutions. He will be responsible for developing next generation algorithmic trading solutions for FlexTRADER, the company’s execution management system.
FFastFill Announces Natexis Commodity Markets As New Customer For Its Application Service

Date 27/02/2007

FFastFill announced today Natexis Commodity Markets as a new customer to go 'live' on its Application Services platform. This service gives Natexis Commodity Markets users and customers direct access to a large number of futures and options exchanges which will include LME, Euronext Liffe and ICE.
Deutsche Börse Launches New Shortdax® Strategy Index - New Index Methodology Allows Investors To Participate In Falling Prices

Date 27/02/2007

Deutsche Börse launched the new ShortDAX® strategy index on Tuesday, further expanding its offering in the DAXplus® index family. The performance of the ShortDAX is directly opposed to that of the DAX® index, i.e. if the DAX rises by 5 percent, the ShortDAX falls by 5 percent, and vice versa. This makes Deutsche Börse the first index provider in Europe to develop an effective short strategy in the form of an index. The ShortDAX gives investors who expect negative performance on the DAX index
Singapore And Ho Chi Minh City Securities Markets Sign MOU

Date 27/02/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and The Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Center (HoSTC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance both capital markets.
STOXX Launches Leveraged And Short Indexes On The Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50

Date 27/02/2007

STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today launched two new strategy indexes based on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, the leading blue-chip index measuring the performance of the Euro zone.