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ICEX News & Views – 12 October 2005 - Volume 5, Issue 23

Date 12/10/2005

This issue: Concentration of equity trading on Nordic stock exchanges, award winners for the best 2004 Annual Report, SAXESS course on 27 - 28 October, and new employees at ICEX.
Financial Industry Associations Encourage Capital Market Liberalization As Part Of WTO’S DOHA Round

Date 12/10/2005

Four industry associations -- the Securities Industry Association (SIA), the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (IDA), the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the International Banks and Securities Association of Australia (IBSA) -- today released three papers calling for the liberalization of trade in financial services and providing a roadmap to achieve that goal. These documents are being circulated as member countries of the World Trade Organization make final preparat
EEX: High-Speed Growth During The First Nine Months Of 2005

Date 12/10/2005

European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) has considerably accelerated the speed of its growth throughout the first nine months of the year 2005. With an increase of the trading volume for power on the EEX Spot Market by 40.2 per cent to 60.7 TWh (previous year 43.3 TWh) and of the trading volume on the Deriva-tives Market by 33.2 per cent to 347.0 TWh (previous year: 260.5 TWh) the company from Leipzig was able to set new records.
CFTC Chairman Jeffery And FERC Chairman Kelliher Sign MOU On Information Sharing, Confidentiality

Date 12/10/2005

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the sharing of information and the confidential treatment of proprietary energy trading data.
CBOT Launches Its Newly Enhanced Premier Electronic Trading Platform - New Functionality, Other Enhancements Designed To Meet Customer Demand

Date 12/10/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that it has successfully launched its newly enhanced electronic trading platform, e-cbot, powered by LIFFE CONNECT®, by introducing a major API upgrade.

BT Radianz Increases Asia-Pacific Presence

Date 12/10/2005

BT Radianz, the leading global provider of financial services connectivity, today announced it has established infrastructure points of presence (POPs) and enhanced its sales and customer services in Taiwan. As a result, banks and brokerages in Taiwan, operating in a climate of evolving regulatory reform, will gain direct access to BT Radianz’s shared market infrastructure, allowing them to improve performance, increase market intelligence gathering and reduce latency. BT Radianz’s straight-th
BT Radianz Adds Tokyo Financial Exchange, Inc.

Date 12/10/2005

BT Radianz, the leading global provider of financial service connectivity, announced today that Tokyo Financial Exchange, Inc., TFX, is the fifth major exchange in the Asia-Pacific region to become a BT Radianz provider. The others include: the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), the Hong Kong Stock and Futures Exchange (HKEx), the Singapore Exchange (SGX), and the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Archipelago Holdings Releases September 2005 Transaction Volume Data

Date 12/10/2005

Archipelago Holdings, Inc. (PCX: AX) yesteray announced its September 2005 market transaction volume data for the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx®), a facility of the Pacific Exchange. Specifically, in NYSE-listed equity securities, ArcaEx's total trading market share was 3.9% in September 2005, up from 2.0% in September 2004 and up from 3.7% in August 2005.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Consults On Rules For Disclosure Of Financial Reinsurance

Date 11/10/2005

The Financial Services Authority is proposing new rules that would require greater disclosure by insurers of their use of financial reinsurance. Earlier this year, the FSA wrote to firms asking about their use of financial reinsurance. Their responses have helped to develop the proposals being consulted upon. The FSA is also looking into the use of financial reinsurance contracts by a number of insurers.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Business Data

Date 11/10/2005

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