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Standard & Poor’s Identifies Italy’s S&P/MIB As European Dividend Champion

Date 30/03/2006

The S&P/MIB Index, the headline index for the Italian equity market, is outpacing its European counterparts as the top dividend payer in the region, according to analysis by Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of indices. The analysis is issued as Standard & Poor’s begins publication of country-by-country comparable index-level fundamentals for all 17 European equity markets.

Speech by SEC Commissioner Roel C. Campos: Remarks Before The Meeting Of The International Organization Of Securities Commissions Standing Committee No. 1

Date 30/03/2006

Good morning. I'd like to welcome you all to the IOSCO Standing Committee No. 1 meeting here in Washington, DC. We may not be able to offer you the things that were available in some of our other venues - the canals of Amsterdam, the palaces of Madrid, or even the Great Wall of China. But we can share with you something that you will only be able to experience here - a perfect Washington, DC spring day framed by our cherry blossom trees, which of course originated as a gift from our friends in J

SGX Releases Consultation Paper To Provide For Admission Of Bank Clearing Members

Date 30/03/2006

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is seeking public comments on proposed amendments to the CDP and SGX-DC Clearing Rules to provide for the admission of banks as SGX clearing members.

Securities Markets: European Commission Encourages Applications For New Expert Group

Date 30/03/2006

The European Commission is to create a European Securities Markets Expert Group (ESME), which will look carefully at how the EU securities Directives are applied in practice, determine whether or not they are delivering the intended results, and propose changes where necessary. This is a follow-up action to the White Paper on Financial Services Policy 2005-2010 (

Securities And Exchange Commission Office Of The Chief Accountant Selects Two Professional Accounting Fellows

Date 30/03/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant has selected two professional accounting fellows for two-year terms beginning in June 2006: Sandie E. Kim, currently a senior manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP's National Office Accounting Consultation Group based in San Francisco, Calif.; and Josh K. Jones, currently a senior manager in Ernst & Young LLP's Atlanta, Ga., practice office.

SEC Charges Three Former KPMG Auditors For Altering Audit Working Papers

Date 30/03/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled administrative actions finding improper professional conduct by a former KPMG engagement partner and senior manager for failing properly to complete the audit of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's fiscal year 2002 financial statements and for making after-the-fact modifications to the audit working papers which created the false impression that the audit had been adequately performed. The KPMG manager on the Tenet audit was also charged

RTS Group T+O Weekly Trading Results: March 20th – March 24th, 2006

Date 30/03/2006

For the week of March 20th – March 24th, 2006, total trading volume on the RTS T+0 market reached 384,2 million rubles. Total trading volume in the "second-tier" stock equaled 274,2 million rubles, 71,3% of the total trading volume.

RTS Group FORTS Weekly Trading Results: March 20th – March 24th, 2006

Date 30/03/2006

For the week of March 20th – March 24th, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 35,67 billion rubles or 1,27 million contracts. The total open interest at of the last day of the week, March 24th, 2006, reached 41,75 billon rubles or 1,86 million contacts, 21,04 % and 20,94 % up on the data shown March 17th, 2006.

RTS Classic Market Weekly Trading Results, March 20th – March 24th, 2006

Date 30/03/2006

During the week of March 20th – March 24th, 2006, RTS Index gained – 0,38% and reached 1420,25 (1414,92 as of March 17th, 2006). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 – is up by 2,59% to 1686,53 (1643,88 as of March 17th, 2006).

Program Trading Averaged 59.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 20-24

Date 30/03/2006

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 Mar. 20-24.