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Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 157, 3 May 2007

Date 03/05/2007

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.

Smarts Group Delivers Market Integrity Platform To Plus Markets Group

Date 03/05/2007

Smarts Group, the world leader in real-time market surveillance and operational control for exchanges, regulators and brokers, has agreed to provide Plus Markets Group (PMG) with a new market control and supervision platform in order to support the integrity of PMG’s expanding market offering.

NYBOT Exchange And Clearing Fees (Effective As Of June 1, 2007)

Date 02/05/2007

Click here to download NYBOT's exchange and clearing fees (effective as of June 1, 2007).

NYSE Euronext Announces 2007 Annual Shareholder Meeting

Date 02/05/2007

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that its 2007 Annual Shareholder Meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at the New York Stock Exchange.

CBOT Fed Watch - May 2nd Market Close

Date 02/05/2007

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 9, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

Altana AG GICS Change In The S&P European Indices

Date 02/05/2007

Standard & Poor’s will revise the GICS sector classification for the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro index constituent listed below: Company

NYSE Once Again Lowest All-In Trading Costs Provider Globally, Elkins/McSherry - Leading Independent Research Finds NYSE Has Lowest All-In Costs, And The NYSE’s Lead Is Increasing

Date 02/05/2007

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) once again has the world’s lowest overall cost of trading, according to the first-quarter 2007 Global Trading Cost Analysis report by Elkins/McSherry.

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Thirteen New Options On Thursday, May 3

Date 02/05/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade thirteen new options on May 3, 2007.

NYBOT To Replace The Russell 1000® Mini Futures Contract With Larger “Mini” Futures Contract - Revisions To Computation Of Volume And Open Interest For Full-Size And Mini Russell 1000

Date 02/05/2007

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) today announced revisions to the NYBOT Russell 1000® mini-sized contract in preparation for listing on the electronic trading platform of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE). Effective today, Wednesday, May 2, the September 2007, December 2007 and March 2008 Russell 1000 Mini futures contracts (“Russell Mini”, symbol RM) have been delisted, with a new contract size to be introduced in its place. No new mini contract months will be listed under the RM

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 02/05/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 2, 2007: Adanac Molybdenum Corporation (TSXVN:AUA) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the same ticker symbol.