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JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 6 October 2006

Date 10/10/2006

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Equities Market.
New Morgan Stanley ETF Worldwide Guidebook - For Non-US Investors

Date 10/10/2006

Worldwide, at the end of Q3 there were 669 ETFs with 926 listings managed by 68 managers trading on 37 exchanges with assets of $504.51 USD Bn. Year to date there have been 211 new ETFs launched globally, close to double the 119 launched in all of 2005. There are plans to launch a further 193 ETFs worldwide.
Financial Services Agency Government Of Japan: Financial Instruments And Exchange Law

Date 10/10/2006

The law for amending the Securities and Exchange Law and other financial laws and the law for abolishing and amending the related laws to implement the law for amending the Securities and Exchange Law and other financial laws were promulgated on June 14, following the approval and passage of the respective bills at the 164th Diet session held on June 7, 2006.
Large Increase In Physical Gold Deliveries At DGCX - 245 Kg Gold Worth US$ 4.6 Million Delivered

Date 10/10/2006

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced successful completion of physical gold delivery of its OCT-2006 Gold futures contract with participation from multiple members.
NYSE Group Executive Vice President Mike Cormack Will Become Senior Consultant To The Company In Early 2007 - NYSE Arca’s Paul Adcock To Assume Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Date 09/10/2006

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) today announced that Mike Cormack, Executive Vice President for electronic trading and new products, will be stepping down from his current position to become a senior consultant to the company in early 2007. Mr. Cormack and his family plan to relocate to Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . His day-to-day responsibilities will be assumed by Senior Vice President Paul Adcock, who will become Executive Vice President, Operations, NYSE Arca.

Global Financial Groups Build Investment Strategies For Brazil And Competition Will Raise, Says Expert During Seminar At BM&F

Date 09/10/2006

Global financial groups have already included Brazil as an investment opportunity and are preparing to act in local markets, directly or through affiliations with qualified partners. Brazilian brokerage houses will have to adopt a Business Plan and qualify themselves in order to face competition and the demands from new investors entering the domestic market. These were some of the themes discussed by Professor William Handorf, from George Washington University and director and chairman of the F
Marianne C. Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry Automation Corporation, Announces Resignation To Assume New Role

Date 09/10/2006

Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) Chief Executive Officer Marianne C. Brown has submitted her resignation to the SIAC board of directors, effective October 20, in order to assume a senior management position with an undisclosed corporation. Upon her departure, Jerry Putnam, SIAC Chairman and President and co-Chief Operating Officer, NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) will assume the role of interim CEO and Thomas Demchak, Senior Vice President, will become Chief Operating Officer.
KCBT Raises Minimum Margins For Wheat Contract - Margins Increased For Hard Red Winter Wheat Futures Contract

Date 09/10/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. In addition, spread trades have been separated into two categories: intra-crop year spread and old crop/new crop spread.
NYSE Introduces The First Indexes Based On NYSE-Listed IPOs And Spin-Offs - Indexes Tracking Unique Growth Of New Listings On The NYSE

Date 09/10/2006

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) announced the recent launch of the NYSE IPOX Composite (NYSE: IPO.ID) and NYSE IPOX U.S. Indexes (NYSE: IPY.ID), which provide investors with transparent and systematic exposure to recent initial public offerings (IPOs) and spin-offs listed on the NYSE. Based on a modified market capitalization weighted methodology measuring the average performance of domestic and international new issues, the NYSE IPO Indexes employ unbiased entrance and exit rules based on the ind
Regulation Of Commodity Markets - Speech By Hector Sants, Managing Director, Wholesale & Institutional Markets, UK's Financial Services Authority, LME Annual Metals Seminar, 9 October 2006

Date 09/10/2006

Introduction Good morning ladies and gentlemen. First may I say thank you to the London Metal Exchange for inviting me to speak at this conference. It is clearly timely for me to be here this year as the commodities markets have come closer to centre stage and the LME is considering its options for the future. What I want to do today is to make some remarks about the role the FSA and financial services regulation has to play in this market.