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Reuben Jeffery III Sworn In As CFTC Chairman

Date 11/07/2005

Reuben Jeffery III was sworn in today as a Commissioner and the 10th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that regulates commodity futures and options on futures trading in the U.S.
Nymex To Increase Margins For Gasoline Futures And Calendar Swaps Futures Contracts

Date 11/07/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will change the margins for gasoline futures and calendar swap futures contracts effective at the close of business on July 12.
Nymex To Increae Margins For Heating Oil And Gasoil Futures Contracts

Date 11/07/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today it would increase the margins for its heating oil futures and calendar swap futures, as well as its and Northwest Europe gasoil futures contracts at the close of business on July 12.
NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. Selects Alps Mutual Funds Services, Inc. To Inform Investment Professionals About Enhanced Portfolio Techniques Using QQQ

Date 11/07/2005

NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. has entered into a professional services agreement with ALPS Mutual Funds Services, Inc. to wholesale the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking StockSM QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQQ), the most actively traded exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the world.
London Stock Exchange: Main Market Has Best Month For IPOs In Four Years

Date 11/07/2005

June 2005 was the strongest month for IPOs on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 2001. There were 15 IPOs on the Main Market during June, raising a total of £1.9 billion between them, the largest amount of money raised by IPOs on the Main Market since July 2001 and the largest number of IPOs since November 2000. AIM saw 36 IPOs during the month raising £552.8 million between them.

Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report June 2005

Date 11/07/2005

Turnover The total turnover (excluding block trading) on all market segments of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) in June 2005 amounted to SIT 9.1 billion. The turnover in June was therefore 45.2% lower than last year’s average. In comparison to June 2004, the total turnover decreased in size by SIT 3.6 billion (-28.1%). In June 2005, shares of joint-stock companies amounted to 60.6% in the overall LJSE turnover structure. Bonds came second with a 23.8% share of the over
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 08.07.2005

Date 11/07/2005

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
IIC Licenses iTraxx Indices To Eurex For European iTraxx Credit Derivatives - Eurex And International Index Company To leverage CDS Index Benchmark Success - Launch Of The First Exchange-Listed Credit Derivative Products Planned

Date 11/07/2005

Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, and International Index Company Ltd. (IIC), the leading provider of credit derivative and fixed income indices, announced today that they have signed an exclusive agreement to license IIC’s European iTraxx indices, which are based on European credit default swaps (CDS). Eurex intends to list an exchange-traded credit derivative product based on the iTraxx Europe CDS index, comprising 125 credit default swaps on European entities, by the end of the
HKEx Change Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 11/07/2005

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 15 July 2005 (Friday), China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 1919) will be added to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.
European Union: IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition And Measurement - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Date 11/07/2005

(see also IP/04/1385) How are decisions taken in the European Union to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? The IAS Regulation[1] lays down the procedure for making International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), formerly known as International Accounting Standards (IAS), ma