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Euronext Regulators Committee - Constitution Of An Ad Hoc Committee On Projected Mergers Between Euronext And Other Market Operators

Date 29/06/2006

The Euronext Regulators Chairs’ Committee, comprising the authorities involved in the regulation, supervision and oversight of the Euronext Group - AFM, AMF, CBFA, CMVM, FSA ("the Regulators") - have set up an internal Task Force to study and analyse the legal and regulatory issues raised by the Combination Agreement signed between Euronext NV and NYSE Group on June 1st, 2006.
Eurex Bonds Extends Product Range With New European Government Bonds From July 3

Date 29/06/2006

Bonds from Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain are to be listed on Eurex Bonds.
CME And Merrill Lynch Launch PIMCO TRAKRS

Date 29/06/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today the successful launch of the PIMCO(R) CommodityRealReturn(SM) DJ-AIGCI(SM) TRAKRS(R) product, the eleventh in a series of non-traditional futures products developed jointly with Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER).
CFTC Seeks Public Comment On Proposed Acceptable Practices For Exchange Governance And Conflicts Of Interest

Date 29/06/2006

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today approved for publication in the Federal Register a Request for Comments on proposed governance and conflicts of interest Acceptable Practices for all U.S. designated contract markets.
CESR Simplifies Access To EU Mutual Funds: CESR Publishes Its Final Guidelines On Simplification Of The Cross-Border Notification Procedure Of UCITS

Date 29/06/2006

In order to simplify access by investors to mutual funds created under the UCITS directive in the EU single market, CESR is issuing guidelines to facilitate cross border notification of UCITS. Having listened attentively to the comments from market participants during two rounds of consultations and following careful consideration of the 53 written contributions received, CESR publishes today its final guidelines (Ref. CESR/06-120b), together with a feedback statement (Ref. CESR/06-301) reg

ASX Markets Supervision: New Structure To Operate From 1 July

Date 29/06/2006

The Australian Stock Exchange is set to launch the new market supervision arrangements announced in December last year, to strengthen market integrity and bring greater transparency and accountability to its supervisory operations.
UK's Financial Services Authority Reports Progress On "Better Regulation" And Publishes Studies Into Costs And Benefits Of Financial Regulation

Date 28/06/2006

The Financial Services Authority today publishes its Better Regulation Action Plan (BRAP) Progress Report, taking forward plans for reform of its rules first announced in December 2005.
Thai Bourse Raises Priority Of ATO And ATC Order-Matching

Date 28/06/2006

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will have at-the-open (ATO) and at-the-close (ATC) orders as its first order-matching priority, ahead of limited-price orders. This is in response to investors’ preference to trade securities at either opening or closing prices. Re-prioritizing order-matching will not affect these prices, but, on the contrary, will minimize fluctuations.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 28/06/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, June 28, 2006: Storm Cat Energy Corporation (TSXVN:SME) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol. Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (TSXVN:BIM) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.
SGX Accepts Listing Of Hedge Funds

Date 28/06/2006

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) today announced that it will accept listing of hedge funds, with effect from 29 June 2006.