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Firms To Benefit From New UK Financial Services Authority 'Personal Handbook Service'

Date 12/04/2006

From today, financial firms will benefit from the launch of a new online 'personal handbook' service from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). This will allow any firm to build a 'personal handbook' containing only the rules and guidance relevant to it, simply by answering ten questions about its business.
Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges March Newsletter Posted On The Web

Date 12/04/2006

The FEAS March Newsletter, the monthly bulletin, bringing you general secretariat news, Member statistics on stock, bond and other volume comparisons on a monthly, year-to-date and prior period basis, in addition to market cap, currency changes, number of companies traded and index fluctuations, has been put on the FEAS website. To view click here.
Dow Jones Indexes, Egypt's Stock Exchanges To Launch Blue Chip Index

Date 12/04/2006

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE) today launched the Dow Jones CASE Egypt Titans 20 Index. The blue-chip index measuring the performance of the Egyptian stock market follows the transparent and objective methodology of the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index. The index includes 20 leading Egyptian stocks ranked by free-float market capitalization, sales/revenue and net income.
Deutsche Börse To Launch Trading With Mutual Funds On 19 May - Segment Will Initially Contain Approx. 2,600 Actively Managed Funds - Trading To Be Conducted On The Floor

Date 12/04/2006

Deutsche Börse will launch trading with actively managed mutual funds on 19 May. Initially, the new segment will contain around 2,600 funds to be traded in the Open Market at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. These exchange-traded mutual funds will further expand Deutsche Börse’s successful product range which currently comprises actively- and passively-managed index funds.
CME Introduces Incentive Program To Increase Electronic Trading Of CME Eurodollar Options

Date 12/04/2006

To increase electronic trading of CME Eurodollar options, CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today announced it will launch an incentive program for members and lessees who trade CME Eurodollar options on the CME Globex(R) electronic trading platform. The program becomes effective Monday, May 1, 2006, and extends through the end of the year.

Clearstream’s Core Business Continues Strong Growth In March 2006

Date 12/04/2006

Strong growth continued in March for all of Clearstream’s main business areas with assets under custody and Global Securities Financing Services reaching record levels.
CBOT Metals Complex Sets Daily Volume Record - Exchange’s Silver Futures Continue Record-Breaking Week With New Volume Records For Total Complex, Full And Mini-Sized Contracts

Date 12/04/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that its Precious Metals complex achieved a new record on Tuesday, April 11, as daily volume climbed to 42,983 contracts. The previous record, 40,388 contracts, was set on March 30, 2006.
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) Options Set New Volume And Open Interest Record - More Than 50,500 Contracts Traded; Open Interest Over 234,000 Contracts

Date 12/04/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that volume in the recently launched options on the CBOE Volatility Index, "VIX" (options ticker symbol VIX), totaled 50,522 contracts yesterday, Monday, April 11, 2006, beating the previous record of 31,481contracts, set on March 29th. Open interest also set a new high mark, with 234,417 open positions at the start of trading on Tuesday. VIX options were launched February 24, 2006.
BM&F Promotes Brazilian Carbon Market During IDB Meeting In Minas Gerais

Date 12/04/2006

BM&F promoted its Carbon Facility and the carbon credit trading system during the seminar “Developing the carbon market and the agro-energy sector”, which took place on April 2nd, in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais. BM&F’s Carbon Facility was implemented last year as part of the Brazilian Carbon Market, and the carbon credit trading system is being structured. Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Roberto Rodrigues participated in the event, which was a partnership between BM&F and
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines Deutsche Bank £6.3million And Mr David Maslen £350,000 For Market Misconduct

Date 11/04/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today imposed a penalty of £6,363,643 on Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche). The penalty was levied for breaching FSA Principle 5, by failing to observe proper standards of market conduct, and Principle 2, by failing to conduct its business with due skill, care and diligence.