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Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 122, 10 October 2005

Date 11/10/2005

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
Versatel Removed From Next 150 Index

Date 10/10/2005

New composition of Next 150 Index
SWX Group: Deutsche Börse AG Appoints Chairman

Date 10/10/2005

The Board of Directors and the senior management of the SWX Group would like to extend their congratulations to chairman, Dr. Reto Francioni, on the occasion of his having been named member and Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Börse AG. Dr. Francioni successfully headed the SWX Group for a period of three-and-one-half years, a commitment for which the Swiss financial marketplace is sincerely thankful.
STOXX Ltd To License Dow Jones EURO STOXX To BNP Paribas As Basis Of Exchange Traded Fund - New ETF Reflects Interest In Using Larger Benchmarks For Financial Products

Date 10/10/2005

STOXX Limited, the leading European index provider, today announced that it has licensed its Dow Jones EURO STOXX index to BNP Paribas as the underlying index for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Dow Jones EURO STOXX index is the first broad Euro zone index that has been licensed as underlying for an ETF in France. The ETF that will be part of the EasyETF range managed by BNP Paribas and AXA Investment Managers will be launched on October 14, 2005 on Euronext.
Share Changes For Foster’s Group Limited In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 10/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Thursday Oct. 13, 2005:

Reuters Brings Financial Professionals Quality Information On China's Growing Bond Market

Date 10/10/2005

Reuters (LSE: RTR; NASDAQ: RTRSY) is the first foreign company to release a comprehensive range of reference rates on China’s bond market. ‘Reuters Bond Reference Rates - China’ helps meet the global and domestic markets’ vast appetite for reliable, benchmark quality data on Chinese bonds and builds on Reuters growing involvement in the development of China’s fixed income and foreign exchange markets.
Reto Francioni Appointed Deutsche Börse CEO - Viermetz To Take Over From Breuer As Chairman Of The Supervisory Board - Francioni To Assume His New Responsibility At The Earliest Possible Date - Frankfurt Local Court Appoints New Members Of The Supervisory

Date 10/10/2005

On Monday the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse nominated Reto Francioni (50) member of the Executive Board and appointed him Chief Executive Officer. Francioni will assume his new responsibility at the earliest possible date. The members of the Supervisory Board elected Kurt F. Viermetz new Chairman taking over the position from Rolf-E. Breuer, who resigned from the Supervisory Board as of the end of the meeting.
Preparation Of Eurogroup And Economic And Finance Ministers Council, Luxembourg 10 And 11 October (Amelia Torres, Jonathan Todd, Oliver Drewes)

Date 10/10/2005

EUROGROUP Eurogroup ministers will meet at 19:00 hrs on Monday 10 October. Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs, and European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet will attend. Eurogroup ministers are expected to be debriefed on the G7 and IMF meetings on 23-24 of September in Washington since most of them do not attend. Ministers will later resume their discussions on how to improve the external representatio
NYMEX To Donate $1.5 Million To Hurricane Katrina Releif Effort

Date 10/10/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will contribute $1.5 million to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
NYBOT Suspends Dupuy Storage Coffee Licenses

Date 10/10/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it has suspended the coffee license for stores #1, 2, 10 and 18, maintained by Dupuy Storage in the Port of New Orleans.