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Nomura Closes Instinet Acquisition, Announces New Board Of Directors

Date 13/02/2007

Nomura Holdings, Inc. on February 2 announced that it has closed its acquisition of Instinet Inc. for a final price of US$1.2 billion. Nomura also announced a new board of directors at Instinet as outlined below.
EEX: First Market Makers For Gas Trading On The Exchange Now Established

Date 13/02/2007

In the course of a meeting between European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and potential market makers last Friday, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, Elec-trabel S.A. Belgium, Essent Energy Trading B.V. and RWE Trading GmbH announced that they will be available as market makers for the E.ON Gastransport H-gas market area. In addition, Electrabel S.A. Belgium, Essent Energy Trading B.V. and RWE Trad-ing GmbH will also offer market making for the BEB H-gas market area. Moreover, Ac-togas GmbH, EDF Trading Limited and
Rydex Launches Currencyshares(sm) Japanese Yen Trust On The NYSE - First ETF To Track Price Movements Of The Japanese Yen

Date 13/02/2007

The NYSE Group today announced that thefirst yen-based exchange traded fund, the CurrencyShares(SM) Japanese Yen Trust (NYSE: FXY) began trading on the NYSE. One of eight currency-based ETFs sponsored by Rydex, CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust tracks the daily price movement of the yen.
NYMEX Sets Daily Vloume Record For Energy Futures On CME Globex®

Date 13/02/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that it set a daily volume records for heating oil futures on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.
NYSE Arca Options Sets Electronic Trading Volume Record - Electronic Volume Up Over 45% Since January 2007 - NYSE Arca’s Electronic Market Share Increased Over 85% In The Pilot Issues Since The Introduction Of The Penny Pilot

Date 13/02/2007

NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) announced today that NYSE Arca Options, a new platform for trading options from the NYSE Group, reached an all time high trading 531,442 electronic contracts on Fri., Feb. 9. Friday’s volume surpassed the previous Jan. 19, 2007 record of 467,477 and also marked a 45% increase over January’s average daily electronic volume which was 380,142.

New Member Berenberg Bank Is Wiener Börse's 1,000th Trader

Date 13/02/2007

Wiener Börse has two reasons to celebrate today: With the connection of this year’s first new trading member to the exchange – Hamburger Privatbank Berenberg Bank (full company name: Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG) – the 1,000th direct trading member is joining Wiener Börse. Thus, the trend of rising trading membership in Wiener Börse by mostly international trading firms is unbroken this year: 34 of the currently 74 members admitted to trading on Wiener Börse are international investment f
SuperDerivatives Partners With Microsoft To Provide MiFID Best Execution Solution

Date 13/02/2007

SuperDerivatives, the benchmark for options and the leading derivatives solution provider for option pricing, independent revaluation, trading and risk management systems, announces that it has partnered with Microsoft for its integrated MiFID solution suite in the area of Best Execution for OTC Options.
Nasdaq Announces Fourth Quarter 2006 Results - Operating Income Up 105.1% From Prior Year

Date 13/02/2007

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ® "; Nasdaq: NDAQ), today reported fourth quarter 2006 net income of $63.0 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, an increase of $45.9 million from $17.1 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2005, and an increase of $32.8 million from $30.2 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2006.
ISE Stock Exchange Completes Rollout Of Fully-Displayed Market

Date 13/02/2007

The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) announced today that the ISE Stock Exchange has completed the rollout of its fully-displayed stock market. Traders can now access approximately 6,000 National Market System (NMS) securities through both ISE’s non-displayed liquidity pool, MidPoint Match™, and its displayed market. Among the symbols traded are all securities that comprise the S&P 1500 and Russell 3000.
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Held A Conference Focusing On ETFs Together With Euronext

Date 13/02/2007

On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Euronext held a conference to explain about ETFs at "La Bourse" in the center of Paris. The conference focused on investing in Japan and the Asian region in light of the heightened interest in investing in Japanese equity. Although the conference started early in the morning, approximately 50 professionals such as investment bankers and fund managers attended. This was the first opportunity to hold such a conference with Euronext.