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Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association, Comments On SEC Vote Regarding Proxy Materials

Date 01/12/2005

On November 29 Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) made the following statement on the SEC’s 5-0 vote in favor of the electronic distribution of annual proxy material.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Volume In November Sets New All-time Monthly Record

Date 01/12/2005

The Kansas City Board of Trade extended its run of volume and open interest records during the month of November. A new all-time monthly volume record was set both for the exchange as a whole and the hard red winter wheat futures contract. For the fourth month in a row and tenth time in the past year, a new volume record has been set for the calendar month.
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For November 2005 - Average Daily Volume Increases 22% - Market Leader In Volume For Equity And Index Options - Volume Exceeds Two Million Contracts For Second Consecutive Month

Date 01/12/2005

The International Securities Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ISE) today reported average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for November 2005. Average daily trading volume increased 21.9% to 2.1 million contracts per day as compared to 1.7 million contracts per day during the same period in the prior year. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 21.9% to 43.1 million contracts from 35.4 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
Euronext.liffe’s Milling Wheat Futures Contract Sets New Daily Volume Record

Date 01/12/2005

Euronext.liffe’s Milling Wheat futures contract set a new daily volume record of 3,559 contracts on 30 November 2005, breaking the previous record of 3,204 contracts traded on 6 October 2005.
Euronext Indices: EDF Included In NextCAC 70 Index

Date 01/12/2005

In its meeting today the Euronext Indices Selection Committee has decided to include EDF in the NextCAC 70 following the recent removal of Electrabel in relation to the take-over by Suez.

Eurex First Stock Exchange To Introduce Options On Electricité De France - 85% Increase In Trading Volume For Options On French Stock Corporations

Date 01/12/2005

The international derivatives market Eurex is further expanding its French equity options product range – as of 5 December, it will be offering equity options on Electricité de France (EdF).The move makes Eurex the first derivatives market to offer liquid and transparent trading in options on EdF only days after the world’s largest IPO of recent years. Eurex will be introducing options on Gaz de France as of the same date.
Equities Turnover In November 35 Percent Up Year-On-Year - €340 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In November - 7 Million Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/12/2005

The German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics of €114.1 billion in November – an increase of 35 percent year-on-year (November 2004: €84.4 billion). German equities accounted for €106.6 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €7.5 billion. The order book statistics show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting.
Deutsche Börse To Calculate DAX By The Second As Of January

Date 01/12/2005

As of 2 January 2006, Deutsche Börse will be calculating its DAX®, MDAX® and TecDAX® selection indices by the second and disseminating them via its CEF® real-time data feed. This will increase the index calculation frequency from every 15 seconds to every second. The increased frequency of updates on Germany’s key equity indices will enable Deutsche Börse to boost the attractiveness of these indices for issuers of and investors in highly liquid financial products such as certificates and warrant
CME Reports Average Daily Volume Of 4.1 Million Contracts In November 2005, Up 27 Percent From Year-Ago Period, With Record Open Interest - CME(R) Globex(R) Volume Represents 71 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume, Up 32 Percent From November 2004

Date 01/12/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today said average daily volume in November was 4.1 million contracts, up 27 percent from the same period a year ago. Total monthly volume was more than 86 million contracts. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform averaged 2.9 million contracts, a 32 percent increase from November 2004. Electronic trading represented 71 percent of total CME volume in November, compared with 68 percent in the prior-year pe
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - EC Strategy On Financial Reporting: Progress On Convergence And Consistency - European Federation Of Accountants' (FEE) Seminar On International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS

Date 01/12/2005

Ladies and Gentleman, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you today on the topical issues of convergence towards one set of global standards and the need for our accounting rules to be applied in a consistent manner. As you know, the EU is the largest jurisdiction making use of IFRS and we have a strong interest in moving forward towards worldwide standards. At the same time we must do our homework so that, inside the European Union, we will benefit fully