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HKEx: Treatment Of Unclaimed Dividends

Date 13/12/2006

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the unclaimed interim dividend for 2000 is forfeited and reverts to the company.
RTS Classic Market Weekly Trading Results: December 4 – December 8, 2006

Date 13/12/2006

During the week of December 4th – December 8th 2006, RTS Index is up by 3,94% and reached 1850,69 (1780,51 as of December 1st, 2006). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 – is up by 2% to 1748,83 (1714,5 as of December 1st, 2006).
Labuan International Financial Exchange Lists State Government Of Sarawak's Third Debt Instrument

Date 13/12/2006

Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) today listed a USD350 million 20-year guaranteed Fixed Rate Amortising Notes (Guaranteed Notes) due 2026. The Guaranteed Notes issued by Sarawak Capital Incorporated (SCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sarawak Capital Assets Sdn Bhd (SCA)bears an interest rate of 5.925 per cent per annum.
ETF Securities To Offer Dutch Investors Easy Access To Commodities With ETCs Launch On Euronext Amsterdam - 25 ETCs To Be Launched On Euronext Amsterdam - Listings To Take Place On Friday, December 15

Date 13/12/2006

ETF Securities Ltd, the world pioneer of Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs), will be making a wide range of commodity investments available to Dutch investors in easily tradable ETCs. This will take place via a listing of 25 ETCs on Euronext Amsterdam, comprising 15 individual securities and 10 index securities. These ETCs add to a wide range of Trackers, Structured and Investment Products listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/MIB Index

Date 13/12/2006

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding and the Investible Weight Factors for the S&P/MIB effective at the open of business Monday, December 18, 2006.

UK's PLUS Markets Group Raises £25 Million To Extend Its Market Services

Date 13/12/2006

PLUS Markets Group plc (“PLUS Markets”) confirmed today that it has successfully completed a Placing to raise £25 million, to fund a further substantial extension of its trading and quotation services.
HKEx: Renewal Of Contract With Chief Executive

Date 13/12/2006

The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today (Wednesday) agreed with Paul Chow on the renewal of his employment contract as the Chief Executive of HKEx for a further two-year term from 1 May 2007 to 30 April 2009.
Deutsche Börse Quadruples Network Bandwidth For Xetra - Bandwidth Increased To 512 KBit/s - Xetra And Irish Stock Exchange Clients Benefit From Reduced Latency

Date 13/12/2006

Deutsche Börse has been offering all participants on the Xetra electronic trading platform four times the previous network bandwidth since the beginning of December. The current upgrade has boosted the bandwidth from 128 KBit/s to 512 KBit/s. The new network infrastructure also benefits participants on the Irish Stock Exchange, which uses Xetra for trading.
Olof Stenhammar Will Not Stand For Reelection To The OMX Board Of Directors

Date 13/12/2006

OMX founder and Chairman of the Board Olof Stenhammar has reported that he will not stand for reelection to the OMX Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting 2007.
The Nordic Exchange Welcomes Gourmet Bryggeriet To First North

Date 13/12/2006

Trading in Gourmet Bryggeriet shares will commence today on First North in Denmark. Including Gourmet Bryggeriet, First North now comprises 74 companies in Sweden and Denmark and Gourmet Bryggeriet is the 9th new company in Denmark this year.