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Record Quarter For Euronext’s Revenues: €310.1m, Up 15.6% Year On Year

Date 15/05/2007

The first quarter of 2007 has been the best one ever with strong level of activity both on cash and on derivatives markets. These positive market conditions have allowed all business lines to register an increase in their revenues. As a result, revenues for the first quarter of 2007 reached a record level of €310.1m, a progress of 15.6% compared to the €268.1m achieved in Q1, 2006.
Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 158, 15 May 2007

Date 15/05/2007

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.
NZAX Market – Strength In Capital Raised, Liquidity And Value To Shareholders

Date 15/05/2007

The New Zealand Alternative Market (NZAX) is proving to be a strong platform for growth companies to raise capital, trade and grow, thereby delivering value to shareholders.
Boulder Steel Of Australia Lists Shares On DIFX To Reach Regional Investors

Date 15/05/2007

Boulder Steel, an Australian company that is building a plant to make seamless tubes for the oil and gas industries in Australia as well as a seamless tube finishing facility in Sharjah (UAE), today listed its ordinary shares on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).
SIFMA: SEC Leaves Investors In The Lurch By Not Asking For Rehearing

Date 14/05/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today expressed its outrage when it became known the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would not ask for a rehearing in the case of Financial Planning Association v. SEC.

Commission Seeks Time For Investors And Brokers To Respond To Court Decision On Fee-Based Accounts

Date 14/05/2007

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will ask a court to allow four months for investors and their brokers to respond in light of a court decision affecting an estimated one million fee-based brokerage accounts.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 14/05/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of Novelis Inc. (TSX:NVL) have accepted the $US44.93 per share cash offer from Hindalco Industries Limited (BSE:HINDALCO). Novelis Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Equity, Capped Equity and Equity 60, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped and the S&P/TSX Capped Materials Indices. First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) will replace Novelis Inc. in th
FISD Announces Billing And Invoicing Best Practices - Recommendations Seek To Establish Industry Standards

Date 14/05/2007

The Financial Information Services Division of the Software and Information Industry Association (FISD) today announces the release of Best Business Practices for billing and invoicing for the financial information industry. The adoption of these recommendations will enhance the efficiency of these processes for data providers, data vendors and data end-user customers.
CalPERS Opposes Iran Divestment Legislation

Date 14/05/2007

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today voted to oppose State legislation that would limit the decision-making authority of the pension fund’s Board by prohibiting investments in Iran.
SEC Charges Former Oracle Vice President With Illegal Insider Trading In Stocks Of Oracle Acquisiton Targets - Trader Misused Confidential Information Gleaned From Spouse, Who Was Lead Executive Assistant To Oracle's CEO And Co-Presidents

Date 14/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed insider trading charges against a former Oracle Corporation vice president who allegedly traded on confidential information about Oracle acquisition targets gleaned from his spouse, who was also employed by Oracle. The Commission alleges that Christopher Balkenhol, 40, of San Mateo, Calif., learned about secret merger negotiations from his wife, who worked at Oracle as the lead executive assistant to Oracle's CEO and two co-presidents. Without a