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UK’s Financial Services Authority Consults On MiFID Rules For Firms And Markets

Date 31/07/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published a consultation paper on implementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) for FSA-regulated firms and markets.
Tokyo Grain Exchange: To Associate Members - Maximum Rate For Additional Discharging Ports Charges

Date 31/07/2006

We refer to (2) (c) of 11. In Detailed Rules for Delivery of Raw Sugar and inform you that the maximum rate to be applied to delivery of Raw Sugar of the contract month of November 2006 is US$3.82 per metric ton for each additional discharging port.
Thomson Financial Establishes Presence In The Middle East

Date 31/07/2006

Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation (TSX: TOC, NYSE: TOC) , and leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, today announced that it has opened an office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
SEC Names Associate District Administrator In Atlanta

Date 31/07/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the appointment of James L. Carley as the Associate District Administrator for Examinations in the Commission's Atlanta District Office. Mr. Carley will direct a team of accounting, finance, and legal professionals in the examination of broker-dealers, investment companies, investment advisers, and transfer agents across seven southeastern states (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). He re
SEC Issues Order Approving The Exchange Act Registration Of Securities To Be Traded On The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Date 31/07/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued two orders affecting companies listed on the Nasdaq Global Market and the Nasdaq Capital Market to facilitate Nasdaq's transition from a national securities association to a national securities exchange. The first order grants a request made by Nasdaq and the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on behalf of Nasdaq's listed companies for registration of the companies' securities under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Commission appr

NYSE Group Waives Initial Listing Fee For Issuers Moving To NYSE From NYSE Arca<sup>SM</sup> - Companies Transferring To The NYSE From NYSE Arca Pay No Initial Listing Fee, No Prorated Annual Fee In 1st Year

Date 31/07/2006

Companies transferring their listing to the New York Stock Exchange from NYSE ArcaSM will not pay an initial listing fee following an NYSE Group Inc. (NYX) rule filing approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today. Companies transferring to the NYSE from NYSE Arca also will not be subject to a prorated annual fee for the first partial calendar year.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Financially Settled Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 31/07/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced today announced margin changes for 20 of its financially settled electricity futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort®, beginning at the close of business tomorrow.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Telecom Exec Settles Final IPO Spinning Case - Cases Yield More Than $10 Million To Address Wrongs

Date 31/07/2006

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced an agreement to resolve the last in a series of fraud cases stemming from an investigation of the practice known as IPO spinning.
New TAIFEX Chairman, President Take Office

Date 31/07/2006

At a handover ceremony for the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) chairman and president on 25th July 2006, former Senior Presidential Advisor and ROC Vice Premier Dr. Wu Rong-I took over as TAIFEX chairman, while Steve C. Wang, former Chairman of the Chinese National Futures Association, came on board as president. The ceremony was attended by Wu Tang-Chieh, Director General of the Financial Supervisory Commission's Securities and Futures Bureau (SFB), Lee Chi-Hsien (Deputy Director-General
Mexican Peso / U.S. Dollar Options Listed In MexDer

Date 31/07/2006

MexDer, the Mexican Derivatives Exchange listed today the MXN Peso / U.S. Dollar Options FX contract. The increase in the traded volume shown in the Peso / U.S. Dollar Futures contract in MexDer was the main reason that moved the exchange to work on the design of this new instrument. The MXN Peso / US Dollar Options are a complement to the futures currently listed in MexDer on this same currency and will allow domestic and international participants to have a more efficient access to Peso rela