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HKEx Exchange Participants Statistics - On-floor And Off-floor Trading Statistics

Date 09/05/2006

Transaction in Terms of Turnover and Number of Trades Conducted On-floor and Off-floor Main Board + Trading Only Stocks Turnover (in HK$ Mil.)
Group One Takaful Holding Set To Open Office In The Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 09/05/2006

Group One Takaful Holding, a company recently launched by the Kuwait-based Investors Group, has been registered as an unregulated company at the Dubai International Financial Centre.
GL TRADE Came 4th In The Truffle 100 French Software Firm Ratings

Date 09/05/2006

GL TRADE, global provider of front-to-back office software solutions for international financial institutions, came 4th in the Truffle 100 ratings in 2005, behind Dassault Systèmes, Business Objects and Cegid.
FIX Protocol Ltd Reestablishes Exchanges/ECN Working Group

Date 09/05/2006

One of the goals of FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) for 2006 is to focus on the needs and adoption of FIX by exchanges and other liquidity markets. As noted in the 2005 FIX Global Survey, over three quarters of the exchanges surveyed support a FIX interface and the majority handle over 25% of their total trading volume via FIX. In 2006, there has already been an increase in exchange participation within FPL activities and their usage of the FIX Protocol.
Euronext 1st Quarter 2006 Results: Record Results - Revenues +20.5%, EBITA +72%

Date 09/05/2006

Revenues increased: by 20.5% to €268.1m Costs well under control: decrease of 0.2%, to €158.4m EBITA amounts to €109.8m, up 72% EBITA margin at 40.9% (versus 28.7%) Net Profit* of €107.1m, up 136.6%

Dr. Michael Gorham Appointed As Director Of NCDEX

Date 09/05/2006

The Board of Directors of the National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX) at its meeting held on Saturday, May 6, 2006 has appointed Dr. Michael Gorham as the Additional Director of the Exchange. NCDEX has a 11-member Board, each an authority in their respective spheres of expertise.
Credit Union Chairman Banned For Wilful And Persistent Disregard For UK Financial Services Authority Rules

Date 09/05/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Dr Albert Alphonso Carlyle Waite from carrying out any regulated activity in respect of credit unions for a wilful and persistent disregard for FSA rules. The FSA's decision was confirmed by the Financial Services & Markets Tribunal.
Commencement Of Conditional Dealings In London Stock Exchange Group Plc B Shares

Date 09/05/2006

Following the announcement on 19 April 2006, by London Stock Exchange plc, of shareholder approval of the resolutions relating to the proposed return of approximately £510m to shareholders, equivalent to £2.00 per Existing Ordinary Share, London Stock Exchange plc notes that conditional dealings in London Stock Exchange Group plc B Shares will commence on 10 May 2006 on the London Stock Exchange.
Clearstream Shows Good Growth Levels In April 2006

Date 09/05/2006

Clearstream registered strong growth in April for all of its main business areas breaking new records in Global Securities Financing Services.
CBOT Fed Watch - May 9 Market Close

Date 09/05/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 10, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.