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Euronext.liffe To Launch Further Universal Stock Futures And Stock Options On Bclear From 22 May 2006

Date 18/05/2006

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, today announced the launch of a further 52 Universal Stock Futures (USFs) and 35 single stock option contracts on Bclear, its on-exchange administration and clearing service for wholesale equity derivatives, on Monday 22 May 2006.
Euronext Confirms Active Discussions Regarding Transformational Transaction

Date 18/05/2006

Following recent market speculation, Euronext confirms that consolidation discussions regarding a transformational combination are progressing rapidly with a number of parties. It is very clear from moves across the exchange industry that the process of global consolidation is well underway, and Euronext is committed to playing a leading role in these developments.
Deutsche Börse Launches Trading In Mutual Funds - Retail Investor Trading In 2,500 Actively Managed Funds From 9am To 8pm - Fund Specialists Ensure Real-Time Prices On Frankfurt Floor With No Front-Load Fee - Real-Time Fund Prices Available On Deutsche Bö

Date 18/05/2006

Trading in actively managed mutual funds, will start on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Friday. Around 2,500 funds will be tradable, every trading day from 9am until 8pm, and with no front-load fee. The exchange has nominated two fund specialists, with a similar role to Lead Brokers, to assume responsibility for price determination and liquidity management. This role will be taken by DBM Deutsche Börsenmakler Gmbh and N.M. Fleischhacker AG, who are obliged to comply with high quality standards.
CME Sets Trading Volume Records In Key Equity And FX Contracts - Total CME Volume At Fifth Highest Day Ever

Date 18/05/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today reported record trading volume of 1,874,588 contracts in its benchmark CME(R) E-mini(TM) S&P 500(R) futures contract, overtaking the previous record of 1,603,008 contracts set on Oct. 6, 2005. This record exceeds the 1.4 million average daily volume that all CME E-mini equity index products achieved in the first quarter of 2006.
CME And The Korean Ministry Of Finance And Economy Collaborate To Launch New Korean Won Futures - New Korean Won Futures Contract Will Further Expand CME Global FX Product Line

Date 18/05/2006

In cooperation with the Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE), CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, today announced its plan to list futures and options on futures on the Korean Won. The contracts are scheduled to launch later this year and will trade exclusively on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform.

Charlie McCreevy: European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services, Financial Capital Markets Integration In Europe - Reuters Newsmaker Event, Shangai, 18 May 2006

Date 18/05/2006

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here today, and I would like to thank Reuters for offering me the opportunity to share with you some of my thoughts on financial capital markets integration. Integration has become a second nature of Europeans. Because in Europe we have understood that with local policies, continued fragmentation and frictions, we will never be successful in the long term. Too often in our history we have learned this lesson the hard way, b
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market aAd Services, Financial Markets And Globalisation, China-Europe International Business School, Shangai, 18 May 2006

Date 18/05/2006

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is really an honour and a pleasure to address such a distinguished audience in the prestigious China Europe International Business School. Since its establishment more than 10 years ago, this school has been a symbol of the dynamism and depth of cooperation between the European Union and China. But it is much more than a symbol. Thanks to the quality of its faculty and its students, the CEIBS is now recognised worldwide as one of the leading interna
CBOT Precious Metals Complex Sets Daily Volume Record - Total Exchange Open Interest Reaches New High - Daily Volume Records Set In CBOT Equity Futures And Options Complex And Mini-sized Dow Contract

Date 18/05/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that its 100 percent electronically traded Precious Metals complex set an all-time high, as volume reached 102,237 contracts at the close of trading yesterday. The previous record, 100,589 contracts, was reached on May 11, 2006. In addition, for the second time this week, the Exchange set a new record for total open interest. The new open interest record, 17,013,590 contracts, tops the earlier record of 16,841,302 contracts set on Monday, May
Bursa Malaysia And Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Center Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 18/05/2006

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) and Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Center (HCMC-STC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together in the development of the securities markets within Malaysia and Vietnam.
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Date 18/05/2006

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