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Urbana Corporation Purchases Additional Shares In The Bermuda Stock Exchange

Date 13/09/2007

Urbana Corporation ("Urbana") (TSX: URB.A) is pleased to announce that it has increased its position in the Bermuda Stock Exchange (“BSX”) to approximately US $500,000 or 2.5% of the BSX. The BSX is a private company.
CalPERS Commits $546 Million To A European Private Equity Fund Manager

Date 13/09/2007

The California Public Employees' Retirement System has allocated $546 million to Standard Life Investments (Private Equity) Limited (SLIPE), which will deploy the capital into small to middle market buy-out funds in Europe, creating a middle market European fund of funds.
CFTC Releases September 18 Hearing Details - Hearing To Examine Trading On Regulated Exchanges And Exempt Commercial Markets

Date 13/09/2007

Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the list of invited participants expected to testify at the September 18 hearing to examine the oversight of trading on regulated futures exchanges and exempt commercial markets (ECMs).
SEC Charges 69 Audit Firms And Partners For Issuing Audit Reports While Not Registered With The PCAOB

Date 13/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 69 auditors with issuing audit reports on the financial statements of public companies while they were not registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The SEC administrative orders name 37 unregistered audit firms and 32 audit partners who participated in the preparation and issuance of their unregistered firms’ audit reports. These firms and partners did not comply with a fundamental requirement of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
BEL20 Monthly Reservelist, BEL Mid & BEL Small Quaterly Review

Date 13/09/2007

As a result of the quarterly review of 31 August 2007, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 1 October 2007.

MGEX Sets Daily Open Interest Record For Eight Consecutive Days

Date 13/09/2007

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX or Exchange) announced that it has set a new daily open interest record for its flagship wheat futures contract in each of the last eight trading days. Total open interest in hard red spring wheat futures at the close of markets on Wednesday, September 12, was 64,578 contracts. Open interest (the number of contracts not liquidated by an offsetting trade, delivery or expiration) has been on a steady increase and is currently 39-percent higher than one year
IntercontinentalExchange CFO To Present At Bank of America Investment Conference

Date 13/09/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Scott A. Hill, will speak at the Bank of America 2007 Annual Investment Conference in San Francisco on Monday, September 17, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. ET (10:30 a.m. PT). The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the Investors & Media page of the company's website at www.theice.com. A replay of the presen
NYMEX August 2007 Volume Averaged 1.429 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 11% Over Year Ago Period - NYMEX Electronic Trading Volume Increases 300% - COMEX Electronic Trading Volume Rises 1,447%

Date 13/09/2007

NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), the parent company of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., the world's largest physical commodities futures and options exchange, announced today that average daily volume in August 2007 was 1.429 million contracts, an 11% increase from 1.290 million contracts per day in the same period of 2006.
ICMA In Active Dialogue With Its Members, Regulators And Central Banks In Current Market Turbulence

Date 13/09/2007

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) the trade body and self regulatory organisation which represents practitioners in the international capital market world wide has made a statement on its role on the current situation in the financial market which is affecting its member firms.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For MTR Futures

Date 13/09/2007

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 14 September 2007, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodol