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Hedge Funds, Regulators And Emerging Markets - Remarks By Hector Sants, Managing Director, Wholesale & Institutional Markets, UK’s Financial Services Authority, IOSCO Shanghai EMC Meeting , 21 September 2006

Date 22/09/2006

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen and thank you to IOSCO for inviting me to speak here today. Hedge funds have been a significant item on our agenda for some time now. FSA authorised firms manage at least $256bn (source Eurohedge March 2006), representing over three quarters of hedge fund assets managed by European based firms and around 20% of global hedge fund assets. At the outset of these remarks may I make clear that we publicly acknowledge that hedge funds are

Euronext Welcomes ProLogis European Properties - Largest Real Estate IPO This Year

Date 22/09/2006

ProLogis European Properties today celebrates a successful introduction by listing 188.7 million ordinary units in ProLogis European Properties on Eurolist by Euronext Amsterdam.

Dubai Financial Market: No Changes Of Trading Hours During Ramadan

Date 22/09/2006

There will be no changes of trading hours during Ramadan.

Change In Ownership At Wiener Börse - AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft, IMMOEAST IMMOBILIEN ANLAGEN AG And Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft Become New Shareholders Of Wiener Börse AG

Date 22/09/2006

AIM Set To Match 2005 Fundraising Level With Three Months To Spare

Date 22/09/2006

AIM is set to match the total amount of new money raised in 2005 (£6.4bn) after just nine months of the year, thus setting the prospect for 2006 becoming yet another record breaking year in terms of funds raised, according to research by Grant Thornton Corporate Finance.

Update On Upcoming Changes To The NZAX Market

Date 21/09/2006

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) would like to update stakeholders on the upcoming amendments to the NZAX Market, further to the NZX release on 31 August 2006.

Update On SGX FTSE Xinhua China A50 Index Futures

Date 21/09/2006

This letter from FTSE Xinhua Index is attached herewith for your reference.

Thai Futures Market Reaches New Record High

Date 21/09/2006

After closing on September 20, SET50 Index Futures trading spiked to 3,623 contracts today, its highest daily number since inception.

Taiwan Futures Exchange September Newsletter

Date 21/09/2006

Click here to download Taiwan Futures Exchange's September newsletter.

T+O Weekly Trading Results: September 11th – September 15th, 2006

Date 21/09/2006

For the week of September 11th – September 15th 2006, total trading volume on the RTS T+0 market reached 209 million rubles. Total trading volume in the "second-tier" stock equaled 98 million rubles, 47,3% of the total trading volume.