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Eurex First Stock Exchange To Introduce Options On Electricité De France - 85% Increase In Trading Volume For Options On French Stock Corporations

Date 01/12/2005

The international derivatives market Eurex is further expanding its French equity options product range – as of 5 December, it will be offering equity options on Electricité de France (EdF).The move makes Eurex the first derivatives market to offer liquid and transparent trading in options on EdF only days after the world’s largest IPO of recent years. Eurex will be introducing options on Gaz de France as of the same date.
Equities Turnover In November 35 Percent Up Year-On-Year - €340 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In November - 7 Million Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/12/2005

The German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics of €114.1 billion in November – an increase of 35 percent year-on-year (November 2004: €84.4 billion). German equities accounted for €106.6 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €7.5 billion. The order book statistics show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting.
Deutsche Börse To Calculate DAX By The Second As Of January

Date 01/12/2005

As of 2 January 2006, Deutsche Börse will be calculating its DAX®, MDAX® and TecDAX® selection indices by the second and disseminating them via its CEF® real-time data feed. This will increase the index calculation frequency from every 15 seconds to every second. The increased frequency of updates on Germany’s key equity indices will enable Deutsche Börse to boost the attractiveness of these indices for issuers of and investors in highly liquid financial products such as certificates and warrant
CME Reports Average Daily Volume Of 4.1 Million Contracts In November 2005, Up 27 Percent From Year-Ago Period, With Record Open Interest - CME(R) Globex(R) Volume Represents 71 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume, Up 32 Percent From November 2004

Date 01/12/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today said average daily volume in November was 4.1 million contracts, up 27 percent from the same period a year ago. Total monthly volume was more than 86 million contracts. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform averaged 2.9 million contracts, a 32 percent increase from November 2004. Electronic trading represented 71 percent of total CME volume in November, compared with 68 percent in the prior-year pe
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - EC Strategy On Financial Reporting: Progress On Convergence And Consistency - European Federation Of Accountants' (FEE) Seminar On International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS

Date 01/12/2005

Ladies and Gentleman, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you today on the topical issues of convergence towards one set of global standards and the need for our accounting rules to be applied in a consistent manner. As you know, the EU is the largest jurisdiction making use of IFRS and we have a strong interest in moving forward towards worldwide standards. At the same time we must do our homework so that, inside the European Union, we will benefit fully

CFTC Announces December 13, 2005 Global Markets Roundtable

Date 01/12/2005

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a roundtable on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., to address trans-Atlantic business issues involving futures markets. The roundtable is scheduled to be held in the lobby-level Hearing Room at the Commission’s headquarters, 1155 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CESR Takes Steps To Engage Retail Investors In The EU Single Market

Date 01/12/2005

Investor associations and securities supervisors from across Europe gathered in Valencia, Spain, on Monday and Tuesday of this week, to discuss practical ways to improve the participation of consumer associations in the development of European securities supervision policy and to consider the role the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) may play in assisting national supervisors to educate investors.
CBOT Average Daily Volume Climbs 22 Percent In November From October Levels - Year-To-Date ADV Increases By 14.3 percent

Date 01/12/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that Exchange-wide average daily volume (ADV) continued on an upswing, climbing to 2,877,583 contracts in November 2005, up 22 percent over October 2005. Further, the Exchange’s October 2005 three-month rolling average rate per contract rose 3 percent to $0.516 from $0.501 in September 2005, due in part to Exchange fee increases implemented October 1, 2005.
CBOE'S Volume Rises 23% In November: Average Daily Volume For Month Exceeds Two Million Contracts For Second Time In CBOE History

Date 01/12/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that November trading volume at CBOE was 42.8 million contracts, up 23% over November 2004. For the second consecutive month, and only the second time in CBOE's 32-year history, average daily volume for a month exceeded 2 million contracts as November ADV at CBOE was 2,036,400 contracts. CBOE's year-to-date total volume of 427.4 million contracts traded is 29% ahead of 2004's year-to-date total trading volume of 330.4 million contracts.
Boston Options Exchange November 2005 Volumes Up 83% Over Previous Year

Date 01/12/2005

For the month of November 2005, BOX’s average daily volume was 374,566 contracts, 83% above the same period one year earlier. November average daily volume was the second highest recorded to date.