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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 28/11/2005

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 1 December 2005, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodo
Dubai International Financial Centre Authority: Corporate Governance, Market Discipline, Transparency - Key To Development Of Regional Financial Services

Date 28/11/2005

Banking in the region is not achieving its real potential due to low level of corporate governance, said Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman, Director General of Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, in a keynote speech delivered at the Annual Arab Banking Conference 2005 “Banking in a Risky World” in Lebanon.
DIFC Hosts Barclays' Group Chief Executive In Honour Of Its 30th Anniversary In The UAE

Date 28/11/2005

The Dubai International Financial Centre hosted a lunch today in honour of John Varley, Group Chief Executive, Barclays Group, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, to mark its 30th year of operations in the UAE.
DaimlerChrysler AG (ADR) IWF Change In The S&P ADR Indices

Date 28/11/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Monday, November 28, 2005: DaimlerChrysler AG (ADR) (Germany, NYSE: DCX, CUSIP: D1668R123, Sedol: 2307389) IWF will change to 1 from 0.824. Deutsche Bank recently divested part of its holding in the company and no shareholder currently owns more than 10% of shares outstanding.
CFTC Staff Allows Eurex Deutschland’s Futures Contract Based On The Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 Index To Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 28/11/2005

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on November 23, 2005, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of Eurex Deutschland’s (Eurex’s) futures contract based on the Dow Jones Italy Titans 30 Index (DJIT 30)

Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges: Borsa Step X Step Reached Egypt’s Governorates

Date 28/11/2005

Within the framework of its investor education and public awareness campaign, Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (CASE) holds Borsa Step X Step Forum and Exhibition, which targeted this year the students in the different universities in Egypt.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Solicitor Found Liable For Assisting A Boiler Room Share Scam

Date 25/11/2005

A solicitor and his law firm must pay £360,000 to 63 investors involved in a boiler room scam the Court of Appeal confirmed today. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will now begin the process of enforcing the payments, including establishing what assets are available. A full recovery of all the victims' losses cannot be guaranteed.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For November 2005

Date 25/11/2005

As of mid-November, short interest in 2,730 NASDAQ National Market(R) securities totaled 5,758,137,479 shares compared with 5,781,321,321 shares in 2,735 National Market issues for the month of October.
Program Trading Averaged 55.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 14-18

Date 25/11/2005

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 14-18.
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Road Freight Index

Date 25/11/2005

Since November 17, 2005, NCDEX is displaying on its website a Road Freight Index for India called FREIGHTEX. The index encompasses 50 high-density routes (which are subject to change) and is structured on the basis of the weekly movement in freight rates. A change in the freight rate in any of these 50 routes would revise the index upwards or downwards. The freight rate data is obtained from the Transport Corporation of India Limited.