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Joaquín Almunia, European Commissioner For Economic And Monetary Affairs - Financial Services And The Euro - A Partnership Powering European Integration - FESE (Federation of European Securities Exchanges, Brussels, 26 June 2007

Date 27/06/2007

Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to join you this evening as we celebrate 50 years since the signing of the Treaty of Rome. Over this period, the European project has changed dramatically. It began as an embryonic community of six founding Member States and has evolved into a union of twenty seven countries and almost 500 million people.
Smart Regulation For The Global Marketplace By Walter Lukken, CFTC Commissioner - Remarks To The Federation Of European Securities Commissions, June 26, 2007

Date 27/06/2007

The theme of this conference is particularly timely. Without question, global competition is fierce. Each week brings news of merger activity in the financial services industry. I would argue that markets have evolved more in the last 5 years than over the last 25.
Prague Stock Exchange: New Structure Of The Regulated Exchange Market

Date 27/06/2007

The Exchange Chamber of the Prague Stock Exchange adopted on 23 May, 2007 a new structure of the regulated exchange market that consists of merging the current main market and the secondary market.
ICE Sends Letter To CBOT Stockholders Urging Them To Reject CME Proposal - Says CME’s Supposedly Enhanced Offer Has Been Raised By Less Than The Increase In CBOT’s 2007 Earnings Outlook

Date 27/06/2007

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) today sent a letter to Chicago Board of Trade (NYSE: BOT) stockholders and members urging them to reject the proposed sale to CME.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Publishes First Paper From The Retail Distribution Review

Date 27/06/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today published the first proposals for discussion from the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). The Discussion Paper (DP) represents ideas from the market and consumer representatives involved in the RDR and follows six months work to address the root causes of persistent problems in the retail investment market.

Admission Of Belle International Holdings Limited To List Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 27/06/2007

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 4 July 2007 (Wednesday), Belle International Holdings Limited (Stock code: 1880) will be admitted to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.
Sinochem International (Overseas) Pte Ltd Joins Singapore Commodity Exchange As New Clearing Member

Date 27/06/2007

The Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM) is pleased to welcome Sinochem International (Overseas) Pte Ltd as its new Clearing Member – Dealer. Sinochem was a SICOM Trade Member since 1 April 2004 and has upgraded its SICOM membership to Clearing Membership wef 25 June 2007.
Swedish Government To Review OMX-Nasdaq Tie-up

Date 27/06/2007

The Swedish government is to review the proposed USD3.7 bn (EUR2.7bn) takeover of Nordic bourses owner OMX by Nasdaq. The government fears companies could be forced to operate under U.S. stock market rules.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Rodolfo Straub To Become New Head Of Admission Division

Date 27/06/2007

Rodolfo Straub, Head of Capital Markets at the Zürcher Kantonalbank, will take over as Head of Admission at the SWX Swiss Exchange in the fourth quarter of 2007. He will succeed Daniel Keist, who will be leaving the company at the end of July 2007. In the person of Rodolfo Straub, SWX will be gaining the services of a proven expert in Swiss capital market matters.
ASX Cash Market Pricing Update

Date 27/06/2007

In April 2007, ASX Limited (ASX) provided an update on Cash Market fees1. In that announcement, ASX detailed a new cash market rebate scheme to commence 1 July 2007: the Large Participant Rebate (LPR) scheme. The LPR will more equitably share the benefits from increased market activity through a gain-share process biased in favour of participants (75:25) above a revenue growth qualification threshold. This announcement contains specific details of LPR-related thresholds. ASX has also clarified t