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Broker JB Drax Honoré Chooses GL TRADE’s UBIX Brokerage And Billing System To Process Their Derivatives Activity On Line - UBIX Will Be Used In Addition To GL CLEARVISION, The Automated Matching And Clearing System For Cash And Derivatives, Which JB Drax

Date 19/10/2005

GL TRADE, global provider of electronic trading, clearing and settlement solutions, today announces that French broker JB Drax Honoré has chosen the UBIX Brokerage System to manage their complex and growing trading activity. UBIX Brokerage System is a module of UBIX, dedicated to brokerage business and includes specific functionality (such as billing process management, brokerage fees calculation for clients and counterparties, …).
Boston Options Exchange Trading Volume Exceeds 600,000 Contracts, Setting A New Volume Record

Date 19/10/2005

BOX set a new single session trading volume record with 649,875 contracts, the first time trade volume has risen above 600,000 contracts in a single session. This record high volume marks the third time BOX has traded more than 500,000 contracts in one day and the second time BOX has done so in October. The previous record of 563,004 contracts was set on October 6, 2005.
Borsa Italiana: S&P/MIB Options/New Daily Record

Date 19/10/2005

The S&P/MIB index options today reached a new volume record of 32,744 contracts traded.
BaFin Did Not Ascertain Acting In Concert At Deutsche Börse

Date 19/10/2005

The fund companies around TCI (The Children´s Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP) did not coordinate their activities in a way that would have placed them under the legal obligation to submit a mandatory offer to the other shareholders of Deutsche Börse AG. This is the result of several months of investigations led by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht / BaFin).
ASIC And ASX Urge Directors To Notify Market Operators Of Shareholdings

Date 19/10/2005

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) today urged company directors to ensure they were complying with the requirement to notify their interests, or changes in their interests, to the market under the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act (the Act).

"Japan Street" At FIA Chicago Expo

Date 19/10/2005

Futures & Options 2005 is being held at the Chicago Hyatt Regency Hotel (151 E. Wacker Drive) from November 8 to 10. This event attracts over 4,500 people from more than 20 countries. Japanese broker companies and exchanges have been actively involved in the Expo and this year a total nine Japanese corporations including TOCOM will participate in the Expo constituting a “Japan Street”. The main event for the “Japan Street” is the stamp rally, and we will prepare wonderful gifts for the winners o
Thailand Future Exchange’s International Roadshow Expands Foreign Investor Base

Date 18/10/2005

The Thailand Futures Exchange Pcl. (TFEX) received satisfactory feedback on, and strong interest in, the SET50 Index Futures from Singapore investors participating in its roadshow.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 18/10/2005

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Wednesday, October 19, 2005: On October 18, 2005, the shareholders of PetroKazakhstan Inc. (TSX:PKZ) approved the acquisition of the company by China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC). In anticipation of court approval being received on October 19, 2005, PetroKazakhstan Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX MidCap, the S&
Share Changes For Coca-Cola Amatil Limited In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 18/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Friday Oct. 21, 2005: Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6123451, GICS Code: 30201030), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 741,021,646. This change is the result of a dividend-reinvestment plan.
SEC Charges Electronic Market Centers Instinet, LLC And Inet ATS, Inc. With Violating Rule 11Ac1-5 - Instinet And Inet Agree To Pay The SEC And The NASD Civil Penalties Totaling $1.4 Million

Date 18/10/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against Instinet, LLC and Inet ATS, Inc., two electronic market centers, for repeated violations of Rule 11Ac1-5 of the Exchange Act. Rule 11Ac1-5 requires market centers to publish order execution quality reports (commonly referred to as “Dash 5 reports”) for each calendar month that provide detailed information about the price and speed at which market centers execute orders.