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Keynote: UK's Leading Role In The Adoption Of International Initiatives - Speech By John Tiner, Chief Executive, UK’s Financial Services Authority, BBA 10th Annual Supervision Conference, London, 11th October 2006

Date 11/10/2006

Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to have been invited to give a keynote speech at the BBA's tenth annual supervision conference, especially in such distinguished company. I am flattered to have been asked to speak on the subject of 'the UK's leading role in the adoption of international initiatives'. I will concentrate on the FSA's role, though recognising how important it is that we work in partnership with HM Tr
Tokyo Commodity Exchange Regulations On Aluminum Warehouse Reciepts Modified

Date 11/10/2006

The aluminum contract unit will be changed from 10,000 kg to 5,000 kg per contract, effective on October 27th, 2006 (applicable from the October 2007 contract onward).
TOCOM Changes Contract Unit For Silver And Aluminum

Date 11/10/2006

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange will halve the contract units of silver, in the precious metals market, and aluminum from their current sizes (the same modification will apply to the delivery unit of silver), effective on October 27th, 2006 (applicable from the October 2007 contract). In accordance with these changes, positions limits will also be modified.
NYSE Regulation, Inc. Announces Disciplinary Actions Against Six Firms, Nine Individuals

Date 11/10/2006

This is NYSE Regulation, Inc.'s Disciplinary Actions announcement for October 2006. Here is the link to the October detail page: http://www.nyse.com/DiscAxn/discAxn_10_2006.html Link to the sortable Index page: http://www.nyse.com/DiscAxn/discAxnIndex.html
Instinet Launches Wizard Arrival Price Algorithm - New Algo Employs More Sophisticated Approach To Arrival Price Strategy, Providing Traders With An Intelligent Trading Schedule Based On Northfield Information Services’ Risk Model

Date 11/10/2006

Instinet, a global agency broker, today launched Wizard, a new arrival price algorithm that sets its trading schedule by balancing a stock’s historical and option-implied volatility risk with the estimated market impact and the trader’s short-term alpha estimate. Wizard relies on the well-known U.S. Shortterm Equity Risk Model from Northfield Information Services, one of Wall Street’s most respected providers of risk forecasting models.

Closure Of Bursa Malaysia - Public Holidays

Date 11/10/2006

Bursa Malaysia Berhad announces that it will be closed in conjunction with the following public holidays:
September 2006 Performance Review Of The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks

Date 11/10/2006

All six hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posted net-of-fees gains in September 2006. Event driven was the best performing strategy for the month with a net-of-fee gain of 1.10%. The remaining strategies were up less than 1% for the month with gains ranging from 0.19% (equity long/short) to 0.93% (distressed securities).
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Sets New Single Day Record In Trading Of Vix Futures - Daily Volume Tops 10,000 Contracts For The First Time, Exchange Open Interest Continues To Hit New Highs

Date 11/10/2006

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that trading volume in VX futures, based on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), reached a new all-time high on Tuesday, October 10, as 10,673 contracts traded -- the first time that volume has topped the 10,000-contract mark in a single day. Yesterday's total surpassed the previous high of 9,148 contracts set on May 3, 2006.
Banca IMI’s Board Of Directors Appoints Giuseppe Galimberti As Deputy General Manager

Date 11/10/2006

The Board of Directors of Banca IMI, investment bank belonging to Sanpaolo IMI Group, appointed Giuseppe Galimberti, Head of Financial Markets, as Deputy General Manager.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services, Creating A Single Market For European Financial Services: The Role Of industry, British Bankers’ Association 10th Annual Supervision Conference, London, 11 October 2006

Date 11/10/2006

Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to speak at your Annual Supervision Conference. Today I would like to share with you my views on how the industry can best play its role in the emerging European financial sector regulatory framework. In other words, how I see our relationship becoming even more fruitful and mutually beneficial. I hope my ideas will not be news to you. I have been sharing them with everyone and everywhere since I first started my job on th