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Changes To SICOM's Initial And Maintenance Margins

Date 15/06/2006

Please be advised that the margin levels for RSS1, RSS3 and TSR20 have been changed with immediate effect. Please refer to the circular to get more details.<
CBOT Corn Options Contract Reaches One Million Milestone In Open Interest

Date 15/06/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that for the first time in the contract’s history, CBOT Corn options reached a record high open interest of one million contracts, closing at 1,015,594 contracts yesterday.
BEL Indices

Date 15/06/2006

As a result of the quarterly review of 31 May 2006, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 3 July 2006.
Babcock & Brown Helps NZDX Debt Raising Hit $1 Billion

Date 15/06/2006

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) announced today the listing of a new issue of debt for Babcock & Brown Limited (Babcock & Brown) bringing the aggregate amount raised on the NZX Debt Market (NZDX) this year to $1.24 billion – 37% more than the amount raised on the NZDX for the first half of 2005.
Avanza Extends Its Membership On The Nordic Exchange

Date 15/06/2006

Swedish online broker Avanza, who is already a member on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, will also become member on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Avanza will have access to trade on the equity market as of June 19, 2006.

Amendment To The Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P Latin America 40 Index

Date 15/06/2006

Standard & Poor's, is revising the previously announced share update, as part of the quarterly rebalancing for two securities in the S&P Latin America 40 Index. As announced all changes will become effective after the close of business Friday, June 16, 2006. For a complete list of all share updates please see the June 14 announcement in our web site.
Alternext Index — The New Benchmark For Stocks Listed On Alternext Markets

Date 15/06/2006

Euronext is pleased to announce the launch of Alternext Index, with the operational start scheduled for 4 September 2006.
ABN AMRO Made A New Issuance Of Close End Certificates On CASE 30 Index

Date 15/06/2006

ABN AMRO issued a 500,000 close end certificates with a price of 7.14 Euro per certificate, worth 3,570,000 Euro, to be listed and traded on Borsa Italiana effective the 15th of June 2006. The certificates will mature after 4 years on June 18th, 2010.
"Accounting Irregularities At Fannie Mae" By Chairman Christopher Cox - U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission - Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing And Urban Affairs

Date 15/06/2006

Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Sarbanes, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here today to testify about the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent enforcement action against the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). Under Chairman Shelby's leadership, this Committee has spent a great deal of time and effort examining the issues surrounding Government-Sponsored Enterprises and I appreciate the opportunity to appear before y
Thai Bourse Announces Basis For SET50 And SET100 Indices

Date 14/06/2006

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced that its Index Committee had selected which securities would form the basis of SET50 and SET100 indices calculation for H2/2006. There will be three changes affecting the SET50, and nine affecting the SET100 index.