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CESR Extends The Deadline For Comments To Its Questionnaire On The Day To Day Application Of The IOSCO Code By The Credit Rating Agencies

Date 10/08/2006

CESR published on 6 July a questionnaire (Ref. CESR/06-312) addressed to all market participants which will enable CESR to gather information on the day-to-day application of the Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) codes in practice. The deadline for comments will be 15 September 2006 and if specifically requested, respondents may be able to submit their responses on a confidential basis.
CBOT Labor Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 10/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Labor Day holiday: Friday, September 1 Open auction: Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times. Electronic e-cbot trading: Dow/AIG Index contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. Metals contracts will close a
CBOT Binary Options On Target Fed Funds Rate Set Daily Volume Record - Total Surpasses 1,000 Contract Milestone

Date 10/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that its Binary options on the Target Federal Funds Rate contract set a record on Wednesday, as volume rose to 1,426 contracts at the close of trading. The new high mark topped the previous record of 769 contracts – set Tuesday, August 8 – by 85 percent.
CBOE Announces Purchase Of CBOE Membership Owned By Former Vice Chairman Edward Tilly

Date 10/08/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange announced its purchase today of the CBOE membership owned by former Vice Chairman Edward Tilly for a price of $1,360,000.00. This price equaled the previous last sale, on August 4, 2006. This price fell between the next highest bid and next lowest offer that had been submitted immediately before this sale.
ASX Letter To Shareholders - Merger Update And Final Dividend Advice

Date 10/08/2006

Click here to download ASX's letter to shareholders regarding the merger update and final dividend advice.

TSX Venture Exchange - July Statistics Report

Date 09/08/2006

Click here to download TSX Venture Exchange's July statistics report.
TOPIX And CRB Commodities Index For The First Time Available In Germany - Start Of Trading In Deutsche Börse´s XTF Segment - Lyxor AM Continues To Expand Investment Universe

Date 09/08/2006

Lyxor Asset Management is now offering the first Exchange Traded Funds in Germany based on the Japanese TOPIX share index and the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Total Return commodities index. "By doing so we continue to increase our product range in the German market and give both institutional and private investors the opportunity to diversify their portfolios even more broadly", says Thomas Meyer zu Drewer, head of Lyxor ETF in Germany. The two funds are listed on Deutsche Börse’s XTF se
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 09/08/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 9, 2006: Augusta Resource Corporation (TSXVN:ARS) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol AZC. Mexgold Resources Inc. (TSXVN:MGR) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of a business combination with Gammon Lake Resources
SEC Charges Former Comverse Technology, Inc. CEO, CFO, And General Counsel In Stock Option Backdating Scheme - U.S. Attorney's Office For The Eastern District Of New York Files Separate Criminal Complaint

Date 09/08/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed civil charges against three former senior executives of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Comverse), alleging that they engaged in a decade-long fraudulent scheme to grant undisclosed, in-the-money options to themselves and to others by backdating stock option grants to coincide with historically low closing prices of Comverse common stock. Two of the executives, Comverse's founder and former Chairman and CEO Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, and David Kreinberg
Saxo Bank New Member Of The Nordic Exchange In Copenhagen

Date 09/08/2006

Saxo Bank has been approved as a member of the Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen. As of Monday August 14, Saxo Bank will have access to trade on the equity market on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.