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Thai Exchange Sets Up Research And Social Responsibility Institutes

Date 21/03/2007

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)’s Board of Governors approved THB 10 million to establish an institute to conduct research and analysis on factors affecting the capital markets. A corporate social responsibility institute will also be set up to support business to operate responsibly and efficiently, leading to their sustainable development.
HKEx: Forfeiture Of Unclaimed Final Dividend For 2000

Date 21/03/2007

Pursuant to the Articles of Association of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the unclaimed final dividend for 2000 will be forfeited and will revert to the company on 3 May 2007.
Borsa Italiana Achieves The Goal Of 100 ETFs Listed

Date 21/03/2007

With the new 11 Exchange Traded Funds, which will be traded starting today, Borsa Italiana reached 108 ETFs listed.
HKEx: Consultation Seeks Views On Introduction Of Closing Auction Session For Securities

Date 21/03/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) published today (Wednesday) a consultation paper on the introduction of a closing auction session for securities to invite market views and comments.
CME To Enhance Electronic Trading Opportunities For Options On Futures - New Functionality And Trading Incentives Designed To Improve Global Access, Increase Electronic Volume And Attract New Customers

Date 21/03/2007

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced that it will launch new functionality for options on futures through a number of significant technology upgrades that will make it easier for customers to electronically trade CME options. Combined with additional trading incentive programs, the enhancements are intended to make it more attractive to electronically trade in the exchange's current 1.2 million contracts-a-day market across all of CME's major asset cl

Clearstream Opens New Offices In Singapore And Tokyo

Date 21/03/2007

Clearstream, the International central securities depositary within the Deutsche Börse Group, is opening two new representative offices in Asia, in Singapore and in Tokyo, in order to better serve its growing number of Asian customers.
IntercontinentalExchange Responds To Comments By Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Date 21/03/2007

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) today issued the following statement in response to CME’s comments regarding ICE’s proposed merger with CBOT.
Chicago Board Of Trade Postpones Special Meeting For CME Merger

Date 20/03/2007

CBOT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BOT), holding company for the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. (CBOT), and the CBOT today announced that the special meetings of CBOT Holdings stockholders and CBOT members to vote on the merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (CME), which were scheduled to occur on April 4, 2007, have been postponed to give the Board of Directors of CBOT Holdings, its Special Transaction Committee and the Board of Directors of the CBOT sufficient time to c
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Responds To CBOT Decision To Postpone Special Shareholder Meeting

Date 20/03/2007

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) issued the following statement in response to the Chicago Board of Trade Holdings Inc. announcement that it intends to postpone its special shareholder meeting, previously scheduled for April 4, 2007, in order to provide sufficient time to review the unsolicited proposal submitted by the IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE).
CBOT Fed Watch - March 20 Market Close

Date 20/03/2007

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 20-21, 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.