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Tokyo Financial Exchange Trading Of Interest Rate Etc. Financial Futures Contracts Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 26 May 2006

Date 19/05/2006

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for all Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Contracts (except for Exchange Forex Margin Contracts) on 26 May 2006, responding to the release of the Consumer Price Index at 8:30am.
The MICEX Stockholders Discuss The Results Of The MICEX’s Work In 2005, Decide To Raise The Exchange’s Authorized Capital To 1154 Million Rubles And Pay Dividends

Date 19/05/2006

The meeting of stockholders of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX), held today, has discussed and adopted the results of the Exchange’s financial and economic performance in 2005 and made decisions regarding the distribution of the Exchange’s net profit and the increase of the Exchange’s authorized capital. According to the MICEX President Alexander Potemkin, the increase of the MICEX Group’s capitalization and the size of its reserve funds and the launch of new exchange procedures an
SuperDerivatives Adds Special Functionality For Corporate Treasurers

Date 19/05/2006

SuperDerivatives, the benchmark system for options and the leading provider of option pricing, trading and risk management systems, has added an array of impressive new functionality to its award winning SD-FX™ currency option platform. The new features have been incorporated following extensive feedback from its rapidly growing buy-side client base.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 19/05/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday May 19, 2006: Coalcorp Mining Inc. (TSXVN:CCJ) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol. Hawk Energy Corp. cl A (TSXVN:HK.A) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange resulting from an offer to purchase from Flagship Energy Inc.
SGX-DC Releases Consultation Paper On Proposed Amendments To SGX-DC Clearing Rules

Date 19/05/2006

Singapore Exchange Derivatives Clearing Limited (SGX-DC) is inviting public comments on its proposed amendments to the SGX-DC Clearing Rules.

SGX Asiaclear<SUP>™ </SUP>Clears First Wet FFA Trade

Date 19/05/2006

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) announces that its first wet/tanker forward freight agreement (“FFA”) trade was cleared today by SGX AsiaClear™ .
Selected Securities Of Foreign Incorporated Entities Quoted On ASX

Date 19/05/2006

Click here for background information on selected securities of foreign incorporated entities quoted on ASX.
Securities Industry Association Pleased With SEC’s New Reg NMS Implementation Deadlines

Date 19/05/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday announced new implementation dates for the Regulation NMS order protection rule and access rule, and for one of the market data rules. The new deadlines recognize that many of the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) require additional time to make numerous changes to their systems – changes related to Reg NMS and otherwise, and that broker-dealers cannot proceed with certain aspects of their own Reg NMS efforts until the SROs’ new rules an
S&P 500 Index (SPX) Sets New Trading Record At CBOE - Thursday's Volume Tops One Million Contracts For First Time Ever

Date 19/05/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that cleared trading volume in options on the S&P 500 Index (SPX) totaled 1,079,425 contracts on Thursday, May 18th. This marks the first time ever that single day volume in SPX options has topped the one million contract threshold. The previous SPX single day volume record was set on February 17, 2006 when 943,566 contracts were traded at CBOE.
Robert Glauber Speech: Remarks By NASD Chairman And CEO, Robert Glauber, At The 2006 NASD Spring Securities Conference

Date 19/05/2006

Thank you, Cathy [Mattax]. Good morning and thanks to all of you for being early risers. I hope you're all tanked up on enough caffeine and sugar to get you through the next half-hour or so.I want to begin my talk today with a look at the state of self-regulation in the securities industry. That might sound like a mundane topic, but with the two major stock exchanges having made the transition from essentially private clubs to public corporations, and with the SEC now taking a fresh look at t