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Austrian Blue-Chip Companies On Road Show With Wiener Börse In New York For The 4th Time

Date 24/11/2006

Auerbach Grayson, Erste Bank and Wiener Börse will be organizing their 4th joint road show in New York City. This year’s conference will take place on 27 November 2006 in the elegant setting of The Pierre Hotel. The venue for the traditional welcome cocktail on the evening before the conference is the Austrian Cultural Forum, built by architect Raimund Abraham and opened in the year 2002.
HKEx: Changes Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 24/11/2006

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 1 December 2006 (Friday), 55 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 9 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. The total number of designated securities for short selling will be 365 after the revision.
Special Address By YBhg Dato’ Zarinah Anwar, Chairman, Malaysian Securities Commission At the Malaysian Capital Market Summit, Organised By Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI). Thursday, 23 November 2006, Kuala Lumpur - Growing A Vibrant And Inn

Date 24/11/2006

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. INTRODUCTION 1. The size and sophistication of the Malaysian capital market has grown in tandem with the economy. When we talk about the capital market many think only of the stockmarket. This was an accurate description of the state of affairs in the early 1990s. But over the past 15 years, the breadth of activities in the capital market has
UK's Financial Services Authority Sets Out Costs And Benefits Of MIFID

Date 24/11/2006

The Financial Services Authority today published a paper setting out its assessment of the overall costs and benefits for the financial services industry of implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in the UK.
BE Group Listed On The Nordic Exchange

Date 24/11/2006

Today, BE Group has been listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. BE Group is the seventy-seventh company to join the Nordic Exchange this year.

Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Of Interest Rate Etc. Financial Futures Contracts Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 1 December 2006

Date 24/11/2006

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for all Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts (except for Exchange Forex Margin Contracts) on 1 December 2006, responding to the release of the Consumer Price Index at 8:30am. Opening on that day: Pre-open 8:30am - 8:45am (Normal days 8:45am - 9:00am) Open of morning session 8:45am (Normal days 9:00am)
Implementing Best Execution Requirements In Different Markets For Different Clients - Speech By Hector Sants, Managing Director, Wholesale Markets Division, UK's Financial Services Authority, MiFID Trade Tech Conference 23 November 2006

Date 23/11/2006

Good morning. I am very pleased to be here today to address you on MiFID's best execution requirements – a sometimes controversial but central aspect of MiFID. Some aspects of the MiFID requirements pose a major challenge for all of us in Europe and best execution is no exception.
Company Share Change In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 23/11/2006

S&P/CITIC Index Information Services Co., Ltd. will make the following change in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading on Friday November 24, 2006. Shanghai First Provisions Co., Ltd. (Exchange Ticker: SH600616, GICS code: 30101030), a member of S&P/CITIC 300 Index will increase its index shares from 177,502,891 to 249,574,077. This change is pursuant to a resumption of trading in 72,071,186 shares that are considered available float shares. As a result, the c
Meeting Of Euronext Supervisory Board

Date 23/11/2006

Euronext N.V. announced today that its Supervisory Board has scheduled an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for 19 December 2006 at 11:00 am CET in Amsterdam to approve the Combination Agreement with NYSE Group, Inc., and the transactions contemplated therein.
Bursa Malaysia Sector Update: Perduren (M) Berhad

Date 23/11/2006

Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Securities) has decided to update the classification of sector for Perduren (M) Berhad (“PRDUREN”) to come into effect on 9.00 a.m., Monday, 27 November 2006.