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GL TRADE Targets The Middle East And North Africa

Date 29/11/2005

GL TRADE, global provider of front-to-back office software solutions for international financial institutions, announces the creation of a new Business Unit, GL TRADE Middle East North Africa (MENA). This new geographical location, based in Tunis, has been created to support the development of group business in the Arab world.
CMS WebView Launches TDI™ Version 4

Date 29/11/2005

CMS WebView plc (CMS), an international systems and software provider, is launching the latest version of its key product TDI™. TDI™ is modular software used by futures exchanges, including the Chicago Board of Trade, to process large quantities of real-time financial data.
CBOT 100oz. Gold Daily Volume Surges Past 10,000 Contracts

Date 29/11/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT® ) announced today that daily volume for the Exchange’s 100 oz. Gold (ZG) futures contract set a new record of 10,339 contracts on November 28, surpassing the previous record of 8,320 contracts by 25 percent. The CBOT’s electronically traded Precious Metals Complex also hit a daily volume record of 16,057 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 14,830 contracts, an increase of eight percent.
The Options Clearing Corporation Announces Options Trading Volume Surpasses Last Year's Annual Record

Date 28/11/2005

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced on October 25 that the total number of options traded for the year reached 1,184,267,123 contracts yesterday, passing the annual volume record set last year of 1,182,040,096 contracts. This also represents a 26.3% increase over the same point last year.
The Option Revolution Accelerates As Superderivatives Releases A New Cutting-Edge Version Of Its Award-Winning SD-FX Pricing System

Date 28/11/2005

SuperDerivatives?, the benchmark system for options and the leading provider of option pricing, trading and risk management systems, has released a new, even more powerful version of its multi-award winning SD-FX™ pricing platform.

Thai Bourse Adjusts Rules Monitoring Listed Firms’ Executives

Date 28/11/2005

The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) Board of Governors has incorporated its blacklist rule into its listing requirements so that the SET’s rules regarding those unsuited to be listed companies’ executives would be more in line with those of the SEC.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Indices

Date 28/11/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices: S&P MidCap 400 constituent Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE:MUR) will replace Nextel Communications Inc. (NASD:NXTL) in the S&P 500 on a date to be announced. Nextel is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent Sprint Corp. (NYSE:FON) in a deal that is pending final approvals. Sprint will replace Nextel in the S&P 100, and MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE:WFR) will replace Mur
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes To U.S. Index

Date 28/11/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600: Brightpoint Inc. (NASD:CELL) will replace Action Performance Companies Inc. (NYSE:ATN) after the close of trading on Thursday, December 1. Action Performance is being acquired by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (NYSE:TRK) and S&P MidCap 400 constituent International Speedway Corp. (NASD:ISCA) in a deal expected to close on or about that date, pending final approvals. South Jersey Industries Inc. (NYSE:SJI) wil
SEC: Three Federated Investors, Inc. Affiliates To Pay $72 Million To Settle Market Timing And Late Trading Charges - Federated Investment Management Company And Federated Securities Corp. Charged With Fraud

Date 28/11/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that three affiliates of one of the country’s largest mutual fund managers have agreed to pay $72 million to settle charges they harmed long-term mutual fund shareholders by allowing undisclosed market timing and late trading by favored clients and an employee. The firms are affiliated with Federated Investors, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, and perform services for the Federated mutual fund complex.
S&P And MSCI BARRA Announce Revisions To The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®)

Date 28/11/2005

MSCI Barra and Standard & Poor’s, the leading providers of global indices and benchmark-related products and services, announced today the results of their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) structure. The review is intended to ensure that the GICS structure continues to appropriately represent the global equity markets and, thereby, enables asset owners, asset managers and investment research specialists to make consistent global comparisons by industry. The GI