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New Australian ECN Appoints CEO

Date 18/01/2007

The Board of Australia’s new ECN (Electronic Communications Network) has appointed Greg Yanco to the position of CEO, effective immediately.
Yesterday's d-cypha SFE Electricity Futures Market Volume Smashes Previous Record

Date 18/01/2007

The ongoing power crisis in Victoria stimulated record trading turnover in the d-cypha SFE Electricity Futures Market yesterday.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/01/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The unitholders of Bell Nordiq Income Fund (TSX:BNQ.UN) have accepted the cash and unit offer from Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (TSX:BA.UN). Bell Nordiq Income Fund will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, the S&P/TSX Capped Telecommunication Services and the S&P/TSX Income Trust Indices. The relative weight of Bell Aliant Regional Communi
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/01/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, January 17, 2007: Polaris Geothermal Inc. (TSXVN:GEO) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the same ticker symbol.
TradingScreen Integrates Credit Suisse’s Algorithmic Trading Tactics For Listed Futures - TradingScreen Is The First External Vendor To Offer Credit Suisse’s AES Futures Algorithms Through Its FuturesHUB Product

Date 17/01/2007

TradingScreen Inc., the leading provider of multi-broker, multi-product trading platforms with straight-through-processing, today announced the integration of Credit Suisse’s AES (Advanced Execution Services) Algorithmic Trading Strategies for the listed futures markets into TradingScreen’s full suite of trading products (TradeSmart, TradeExcel, TradeFIX, etc…).

NYMEX Announces Margins For The New 3-2-1 Plus Energy Index

Date 17/01/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced the margins for its new NYMEX iPortTM 3-2-1 Plus energy index futures contract that will be offered for trading on CME Globex® on January 21 for trade date January 22.
CBOT Daily Agricultural Trading Volume Climbs To All-Time High - Exchange’s Corn Futures Set Volume And Open Interest Records

Date 17/01/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that trading in its Agricultural complex set a new volume record yesterday, as volume reached 1,057,623 Agricultural futures and options contracts. The previous record, 1,047,096 contracts, was set on November 8, 2006.
International Capital Market Association Review Of 2006

Date 17/01/2007

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), the self-regulatory organisation and trade association which represents constituents and practitioners in the international capital market worldwide, has in the past year under the direction of its new Executive President, René Karsenti, been active in the following areas in support of the interests of its global membership.
DFM’s Constituent General Meeting Approves Listing Of Dubai Financial Market’s Shares

Date 17/01/2007

CGM announces the formation of DFM Company Agrees to convert DFM to an Islamic stock market Elects DFM’s board of directors Appoints DFM’s Fatwa and Sharia’a board
ADP Brokerage Services, Deutsche Börse/Avox And Standard & Poor’s Join EDM Council

Date 17/01/2007

The EDM Council, a not-for-profit forum for financial institutions to address the business strategies and practical realities of implementing solutions to manage data across the enterprise, today announced that three new firms have joined the Council as organizational sponsors. The Council also reported that membership in the organization over the past six months has grown 69% from 45 to 76 firms. Participation has also grown significantly and now includes over 220 individuals as active partici