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CBOT Expands Availability Of Full-Sized Gold And Silver Options Contracts To The Open Auction Platform - Exchange Announces Fee Waiver For Metal Futures And Options

Date 20/09/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that it plans to expand the availability of its options on Full-sized Gold (100 oz.) and Silver (5,000 oz.) futures by listing the contracts on its open auction trading floor, side-by-side with the e-cbot® electronic trading platform, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2006. Currently, the contracts trade exclusively on e-cbot, the Exchange’s electronic trading platform.
Canadian Debt Securities Now Available Through TradeWeb In Europe

Date 20/09/2006

CanDeal, Canada's leader in multi-dealer to client online debt securities trading, and Thomson TradeWeb are pleased to announce that online Canadian debt securities trading is now available to European institutional investors.
Bursa Malaysia And SIAS Research Launch The First Malaysian Market Seminar In Singapore

Date 20/09/2006

Bursa Malaysia Berhad and SIAS Research Pte Ltd (the research arm of the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) [SIAS]) will jointly organise a seminar for Singapore investors on Saturday, 23 September 2006 at the HDB Hub Auditorium, Toa Payoh. The seminar which is entitled, "Malaysia Day 2006", is aimed to raise awareness of Malaysian companies and eventually generate interest in Malaysian stocks. The guest of honour, Dato' Dr. Ng Yen Yen, Malaysia's Deputy Minister of Finance, will
Bond Market Transparency - ICMA Responds To Commission's Call For Evidence

Date 20/09/2006

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has submitted its response to the European Commission's Call for Evidence on Pre- and post-trade transparency provisions of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in relation to transactions in classes of financial instruments other than shares.
KCBT Lowers Minimum Margins For Wheat - Change To Take Place At Close Of Trading Today

Date 20/09/2006

The Kansas City Board of Trade has lowered its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective at the close of trading today, come as a result of decreased market volatility and are as follows:

The MICEX Stock Exchange Lowers Its Rates For Trades In Non-Government Bonds

Date 19/09/2006

As of 18 September 2006, the MICEX Stock Exchange lowers the aggregate rate for trades in non-government bonds made in the main (anonymous) trading mode from 0.019% to 0.01% of the trade value.
Testimony Concerning The Impact Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act By Chairman Christopher Cox - U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Before The U.S. House Committee On Financial Services

Date 19/09/2006

Chairman Oxley, Ranking Member Frank, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. I am especially pleased to be testifying today alongside Chairman Mark Olson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, with whom I am working very closely to implement the Act.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/09/2006

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Royal Group Technologies Limited (TSX:RYG) have accepted the cash offer from Georgia Gulf Corp. (NYSE:GGC) Royal Group Technologies Limited will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity SmallCap, the S&P/TSX SmallCap, and the S&P/TSX Capped Industrials Indices after the close of Tuesday, September 26, 2006.
One Down, Two To Go? Challenges Facing The Global Derivatives Industry - Speech By Dr. Thomas F. Huertas, Director, Wholesale Firms Division And Banking Sector Leader, UK's Financial Services Authority, ISDA Regional Conference, 19 September 2006

Date 19/09/2006

ISDA has many laurels to its credit – the development of standardised contracts for derivatives, ensuring the legal enforceability of netting in the world's major financial markets, and, most recently, implementation of various measures, such as the Novation Protocol and arrangements for cash settlement, that have considerably improved the robustness of the credit derivatives markets. Thanks to such achievements the derivatives markets have in fact matured into significant markets that
Office Of The Chief Accountant Of The Securities And Exchange Commission Issues Letter Expressing Its Views On The Appropriate Application Of The Stock Option Accounting Literature

Date 19/09/2006

The Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a letter summarizing the staff’s views regarding the accounting for stock options in the historical financial statements of public companies. “The views expressed in this letter will assist in the resolution of accounting issues that have been raised during reviews of past stock option grants in a way that benefits investors and the capital markets,” said SEC Chief Accountant Conrad Hewitt.