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Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Default Of MMG Arrows Co., Ltd

Date 30/03/2006

Pursuant to Article 68 (Action against nonpayment) of the Business Method Manual of the Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. (JCCH), a notice was issued by JCCH on March 30, 2006 that MMG Arrows Co., Ltd., a broker member of TOCOM, failed to pay mark to market losses (1,358,930 yen) by noon of March 30 to JCCH.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 30/03/2006

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, March 31, 2006: The pay date has been determined for the units of Aeroplan Income Fund (TSX:AER.UN) distributed by ACE Aviation holdings Inc.(TSX:ACE.B) subsequent to an announcement on February 16, 2006. The units of Aeroplan will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equit

Standard & Poor’s Identifies Italy’s S&P/MIB As European Dividend Champion

Date 30/03/2006

The S&P/MIB Index, the headline index for the Italian equity market, is outpacing its European counterparts as the top dividend payer in the region, according to analysis by Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of indices. The analysis is issued as Standard & Poor’s begins publication of country-by-country comparable index-level fundamentals for all 17 European equity markets.

Speech by SEC Commissioner Roel C. Campos: Remarks Before The Meeting Of The International Organization Of Securities Commissions Standing Committee No. 1

Date 30/03/2006

Good morning. I'd like to welcome you all to the IOSCO Standing Committee No. 1 meeting here in Washington, DC. We may not be able to offer you the things that were available in some of our other venues - the canals of Amsterdam, the palaces of Madrid, or even the Great Wall of China. But we can share with you something that you will only be able to experience here - a perfect Washington, DC spring day framed by our cherry blossom trees, which of course originated as a gift from our friends in J

SGX Releases Consultation Paper To Provide For Admission Of Bank Clearing Members

Date 30/03/2006

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is seeking public comments on proposed amendments to the CDP and SGX-DC Clearing Rules to provide for the admission of banks as SGX clearing members.

Securities Markets: European Commission Encourages Applications For New Expert Group

Date 30/03/2006

The European Commission is to create a European Securities Markets Expert Group (ESME), which will look carefully at how the EU securities Directives are applied in practice, determine whether or not they are delivering the intended results, and propose changes where necessary. This is a follow-up action to the White Paper on Financial Services Policy 2005-2010 (

Securities And Exchange Commission Office Of The Chief Accountant Selects Two Professional Accounting Fellows

Date 30/03/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant has selected two professional accounting fellows for two-year terms beginning in June 2006: Sandie E. Kim, currently a senior manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP's National Office Accounting Consultation Group based in San Francisco, Calif.; and Josh K. Jones, currently a senior manager in Ernst & Young LLP's Atlanta, Ga., practice office.

SEC Charges Three Former KPMG Auditors For Altering Audit Working Papers

Date 30/03/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled administrative actions finding improper professional conduct by a former KPMG engagement partner and senior manager for failing properly to complete the audit of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's fiscal year 2002 financial statements and for making after-the-fact modifications to the audit working papers which created the false impression that the audit had been adequately performed. The KPMG manager on the Tenet audit was also charged

RTS Group T+O Weekly Trading Results: March 20th – March 24th, 2006

Date 30/03/2006

For the week of March 20th – March 24th, 2006, total trading volume on the RTS T+0 market reached 384,2 million rubles. Total trading volume in the "second-tier" stock equaled 274,2 million rubles, 71,3% of the total trading volume.

RTS Group FORTS Weekly Trading Results: March 20th – March 24th, 2006

Date 30/03/2006

For the week of March 20th – March 24th, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 35,67 billion rubles or 1,27 million contracts. The total open interest at of the last day of the week, March 24th, 2006, reached 41,75 billon rubles or 1,86 million contacts, 21,04 % and 20,94 % up on the data shown March 17th, 2006.