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Instinet Group Shareholders Adopt Merger Agreement

Date 21/09/2005

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq-INGP) ("Instinet Group") today announced that, with a majority vote, its shareholders adopted the merger agreement between Instinet Group and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ")(NASDAQ: NDAQ) that was entered into on April 22, 2005, pursuant to which NASDAQ will acquire Instinet Group. NASDAQ will acquire all outstanding shares of Instinet Group for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.88 billion in cash.
CME Selected For CMP MEDIA InformationWeek 500 Based On Innovation And Technology Leadership

Date 21/09/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diversified financial exchange, today announced it has been named to CMP Media LLC's InformationWeek 500, a prestigious listing of the most innovative users of information technology in the United States. CME, ranked 93rd, is the only financial exchange to be recognized in this year's listing among the top 500 companies recognized for IT innovation.
City Of London Optimistic About Next Bonus Round, According To Morgan McKinley's London Employment Monitor Released Today

Date 21/09/2005

Three-quarters of City employees expect their 2005/2006 bonus to be higher than in 2004, according to figures from the Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor, released today.
CFTC Announces Participation In Providing Links for Hurricane Katrina Information

Date 21/09/2005

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) participates, along with nineteen other federal agencies, in the Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC), which provides Americans easy access to information that can help them better understand their money – how to save it, invest it, and manage it wisely. As part of this program, and in light of the terrible disruption to the lives of many individuals along the Gulf Coast due to the
Borsa Italiana's Allstars Index Reached New All-Time High

Date 21/09/2005

New record for the AllSTAR index (including quality mid and small caps) with 14,339 pts. Previous was set last September, 20th with 14.263 pts.

ASEAN Finance Ministers Launch New ASEAN Indices With FTSE Group - First Internationally Recognised Indices For Collective ASEAN Equity Markets Aimed At Branding ASEAN As An Asset Class

Date 21/09/2005

The ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Investors’ Seminar today announced the launch of the new FTSE/ASEAN indices, created in partnership with FTSE Group. The indices are designed for trading and benchmarking of financial products in the South East Asia Region and begin calculation today. The series has been initiated by the ASEAN Finance Ministers to brand ASEAN as an asset class and as a benchmark for ASEAN performance. The project is the first cooperative effort between the five ASEAN exchanges, namel
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 21/09/2005

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 850,069,836 shares as of the September 15, 2005 settlement date, an increase of 47,952,670 from the 802,117,166 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-August. The September figure represents trades through September 12, 2005.
Ad Interim Chairmanship Of SWX Group

Date 21/09/2005

The Board of Directors of the SWX Group has taken note that Dr. Reto Francioni, to date Chairman of the Board, has been nominated for the office of chairman of Deutsche Börse AG and will stand for election by its supervisory board. The SWX Board of Directors extends its best wishes to Reto Francioni for his election and future tasks, and would like to express its sincere gratitude for his devotion and the services he has rendered on behalf of SWX.
20 Market Makers Signed Up To Participate In Eurex FX Market - Nandapurkar: Significant Backing From Market Makers, Strong Industry Support

Date 21/09/2005

Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange, today announced that a total of 20 market makers have signed on to provide liquidity when trading commences in foreign exchange (FX) futures on September 23, 2005, on Eurex US. An additional eight firms have agreed to act as Early Volume Adopters (EVAs), providing a consistent amount of volume each day.
UK's Financial Services Authority Fines CFS Independent Limited For Serious Risk Management And Compliance Failures

Date 20/09/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a small independent financial adviser firm, CFS Independent Ltd, £25,000 for serious systems & controls, risk management and compliance failures. CFS Independent Ltd expanded its IFA business in November 2002 by taking on discretionary investment management activity, at which time it had 50 clients with an estimated £8 million under management.