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Change In BOVESPA Trading Hours

Date 15/02/2008

As of March 10, 2008, BOVESPA will change its trading hours, as follows:

SEC Makes Analyzing Corporate Performance Easier For Investors - A Whole New Way To Look At Financial Data

Date 15/02/2008

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the launch of the “Financial Explorer” on the SEC Web site to help investors quickly and easily analyze the financial results of public companies. Financial Explorer paints the picture of corporate financial performance with diagrams and charts, using financial information provided to the SEC as “interactive data” in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

NYMEX To Change Margins For Platinum, Palladium Futures Contracts

Date 15/02/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will change margins for its platinum and palladium futures contracts, effective at the close of business on February 19.

Warsaw Stock Exchange: Investors’ Share In Exchange Trading - Summary Of 2007

Date 15/02/2008

At a press conference on 14 February, the WSE presented the latest statistics of the participation of investor groups in trading on the stock exchange in 2007. In the equity market, domestic institutional investors had the largest share in trading in 2007; in the options and futures market, individual investors had the largest share. The statistics also covered the NewConnect market launched in August 2007.

FESE Statistics – January 2008

Date 15/02/2008

Click here to download a summary of FESE Member Exchanges statistics for January 2008.

Malawi Stock Exchange Weekly Report

Date 15/02/2008

Click here to download Malawi Stock Exchange's weekly report.

IntercontinentalExchange Sets Date For 2008 Annual Stockholders' Meeting

Date 15/02/2008

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, will hold its annual meeting of stockholders at 8:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at the Ritz-Carlton (Buckhead), located at 3434 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30326.

CME Group To Waive Fees For S&P 400 MidCap Equity Index Contracts

Date 15/02/2008

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse exchange, announced that CME Globex(R) and clearing fees will be waived for all S&P MidCap 400(R) and E-mini(R) S&P MidCap 400 Index futures and options on futures for all market participants. The waivers will go into effect March 3, 2008, and continue through December of this year. The waivers in the S&P MidCap 400 products are similar to the fee waivers for the S&P SmallCap 600(R) products already in place.

CESR Takes Steps To Improve Retail Investor Information For UCITS Products

Date 15/02/2008

CESR publishes today its advice to the European Commission on ‘the content and form of Key Information Document disclosures for UCITS’ (Ref. CESR/08-087), known as the KID. The new disclosure document is intended to simplify and highlight the crucial elements that a retail investor should consider when buying a UCITS. The purpose of the Key Information Document is ultimately to replace the Simplified Prospectus for Retail Investors, followin

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes Exposures Of Japanese Deposit-Taking Institutions To Subprime-Related Products

Date 15/02/2008