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SGX Strengthens Corporate Governance Structure

Date 30/05/2006

Changes have been made to the Securities and Futures (Corporate Governance of Approved Exchanges, Designated Clearing Houses and Approved Holding Companies) Regulations 2005 (“SFR 2005”) and the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance 2005 (“the Code”), which deal largely with the independence requirements of the Board of Directors.
Securities Industry Congratulates Newly Appointed U.S.A. Treasury Secretary Paulson

Date 30/05/2006

Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA), today congratulated Goldman Sachs’ Chairman Henry Paulson, who was nominated this morning by President Bush to succeed Treasury Secretary John Snow.
SEC Brings Settled Charges Against Tribune Company For Reporting Inflated Circulation Figures And Misstating Circulation Revenues

Date 30/05/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged publisher Tribune Company with reporting falsified circulation figures from at least January 2002 to March 2004 for two of its newspapers in New York, Newsday and the Spanish-language Hoy. The Commission issued an order finding that Tribune failed to uncover Newsday and Hoy's inflated circulation figures because it lacked sufficient internal controls to detect the schemes at those papers.
S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index Expands Pricing Coverage - Eight Dealers Now Providing Pricing Information To Canada’s First Independent Fixed-Income Index

Date 30/05/2006

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, today announced that Desjardins Securities Inc. will begin contributing bond pricing for the calculation of the S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index beginning June 2, 2006.
Professor Yair E Orgler To Step Down As Chairman Tel Aviv Stock Exchange - Saul Bronfeld To Be New Chairman

Date 30/05/2006

Professor Yair E Orgler steps down as chairman of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange at the end of May 2006, after serving the maximum period allowed by the Israel Securities Law.

New York Mercantile Exchange To Change Margins For Platinum, Aluminum Futures Contracts

Date 30/05/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its platinum and aluminum futures contracts, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.
NASD Hearing Panel Bars Municipal Securities Broker For Fraudulent Sales Practices - Founder Of California Firm Ordered To Repurchase Bonds, Pay Restitution To Customers

Date 30/05/2006

An NASD Hearing Panel has barred Marshall J. Field of Woodland Hills, CA, from the securities industry for fraudulent sales of municipal securities and for making unauthorized transactions in customer accounts.
MOU Between TAIFEX And Osaka Securities Exchange, TAIFEX And Central Japan Commodity Exchange - Both Signed On May 30, 2006

Date 30/05/2006

The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) separately signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) and the Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C-COM) on May 30th.The signing of MOU will facilitate the exchanges to pursue business cooperation, share information and experience, explore business opportunities, and enhance efficiency and integrity of the markets. Mr. Der-Shang Wang, Chairman of TAIFEX, Mr. Michio Yoneda, the President & CEO of OSE, and Mr. Fumihiko KIM
MICEX Launches Short Term Interest Rate Futures

Date 30/05/2006

Trading in the futures on the compounded MosIBOR overnight interest rate and the 3-month MosPrime Rate, calculated by the National Foreign Exchange Association (NFEA), begin in the MICEX Derivatives Market Section on May 30. For the first time futures on ruble-denominated interest rates of inter-bank credits will be traded on the Russian market. Futures of this type are among the most popular contracts on the international derivatives markets. According to the MICEX Vice-President Yevgeni Ellins
Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 30 May 2006

Date 30/05/2006

At its meeting on 30 May 2006, the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit shares in Bergesen Worldwide Offshore, Odfjell Invest, Elixia Nordic and Telio to listing on Oslo Børs.