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Argent Financial Group Announces Launch Of First DIFC-Domiciled Hedge Fund

Date 22/08/2006

The first DIFC domiciled hedge fund “The Constans Crescent Investment Fund” was launched today by Argent Financial Group LLP. The fund offers a new investment vehicle to qualified investors in the region and represents the opening of the regulated hedge fund business in the DIFC.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Short Selling Value

Date 21/08/2006

Click here to download Tokyo Stock Exchange's monthly short selling value for July.
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Quarterly Report 2006/Q2

Date 21/08/2006

Click here to download Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange's Q2, 2006 quarterly report.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 21/08/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, August 21, 2006: Spur Ventures Inc. (TSXVN:SVU) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to TSX and will trade under the same ticker symbol.
SEC: Economic Fellow Appointed To The Office Of Economic Analysis

Date 21/08/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Economic Analysis today announced the appointment of Dr. Alan Durell as an Economic Fellow for a term ending in June 2007.

SEC Announces Emergency Action To Halt Ongoing Fraud Against Senior Citizens - SEC Seeks Temporary Restraining Orders, Asset Freezes And Accountings

Date 21/08/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an emergency enforcement action to halt an ongoing fraudulent offering of stock in a company called One Wall Street, Inc. in which the defendants have obtained over $1.6 million from at least 64 investors, most of them senior citizens.
Results Of The Icelandic Securities Depository

Date 21/08/2006

ISD's total operating income was ISK 162 m and operating expenses ISK 92 m for the period January-June 2006, making profit on operations for the first half-year around ISK 70 m. After taking financial items and tax into consideration, profit for the period was ISK 64 m.
Results Of The Iceland Stock Exchange

Date 21/08/2006

ICEX’s total operating income amounted to ISK 313.8 m and operating expenses to ISK 206.8 m. EBIT was thus ISK 107.0 m as compared with ISK 19.6 m in 2005. Net financial income amounted to ISK 101.9 m but was ISK 7.0 m for the same period in 2005. Profit was ISK 172.9 m for the six months as compared to ISK 21.7 m for the first half of 2005. Annualised ROE was 128.7%% as compared with 19.4% for the same period in 2005.
Rand Financial Services Approved As Class A Member Of The Kansas City Board Of Trade

Date 21/08/2006

Rand Financial Services, Inc. announced that it has been approved as a Class A Member and a Clearing Member of the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT). Effective immediately, Rand is able to clear customers that trade on the KCBT. This comes as the KCBT experienced an exchange monthly volume record in June. A total of 566,272 contracts were traded at the exchange during June, topping the previous monthly record for the exchange, set in February 2006, by 3.4 percent.
NSX Launches New Trading Platform From OMX

Date 21/08/2006

NSX Limited (ASX: NSX) launched a new integrated trading platform for the Stock Exchanges of Newcastle and Bendigo.