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Securities Industry Association Outlines Views On SRO Reform, Reg NMS For Senate Banking Committee - Offers Plan For Improving Self-Regulation, While Keeping Benefits Of Current System; Suggests ‘Refinements’ For SEC’s Market-Structure Changes

Date 18/05/2005

In testimony today before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for its hearing on “Regulation NMS and Recent Market Developments,” Securities Industry Association President Marc E. Lackritz said that it was particularly important for the Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with changes to the structure of industry self-regulation in light of the proposed mergers involving major exchanges and markets. He also praised the SEC for addressing market-structure r
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager Hilary Shane With Insider Trading And Unregistered Sales Of Securities In Connection With “PIPE” Offering - Shane Agrees To Pay Over $1 Million To Settle Charges

Date 18/05/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has filed a complaint against Hilary L. Shane in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that Shane committed insider trading and registration violations by short selling securities of CompuDyne Corporation prior to the public announcement of a private investment in public equity (PIPE) offering and prior to the effective date of the resale registration statement for the PIPE shares. Without ad
Sandy Frucher, Chairman And CEO Of The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Appears On Bloomberg Television At 3:45 P.M.

Date 18/05/2005

Sandy Frucher, Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange was interviewed on Bloomberg television at 3:45 p.m. He spoke about Regulation NMS after his earlier appearance before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
S&P Publishes Transition Plan For Including Income Trusts In The S&P/TSX Composite Index - Income Trusts And REITs Established In Canada, As Well As Limited Partnerships Formed In Canada, Are Eligible For Inclusion In The S&P/TSX Composite

Date 18/05/2005

Standard & Poor's, the world's leading provider of independent investment research, ratings and indices, announced today the outline for including Income Trusts in the S&P/TSX Composite Index, Canada's premier equity index.
RTS Stock Exchange Nominated In Three Categories In Annual NAUFOR "Securities Market Elite" Contest

Date 18/05/2005

On May 17 th , 2005, the National Association of Professional Market Participants (NAUFOR) held the awards ceremony for the winners of its 5 th annual "Securities Market Elite" contest.

Nymex Announces Procedures For The Transition Of The e-miNY Futures Contracts To NYMEX ClearPort<SUP>sm</SUP>

Date 18/05/2005

New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will transition its e-miNYsm crude oil and natural gas futures contracts to NYMEX ClearPortsm from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange GLOBEX® system on June 20. After the transition, the contracts will be referred to as the NYMEX miNYsm contracts. The transition and listing of the July and August contracts is explained below.
Nymex Announces Position Accountability Levels, And Reporting Requirements For Four New Freight Swap Futures Contracts

Date 18/05/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced the position accountability levels and reporting requirements for its four new freight swap futures contracts which begin trading on May 23.
NYBOT Announces U.S. Memorial Day And U.K. Bank Holiday

Date 18/05/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedules for the 2005 U.S. Memorial Day and U.K. Bank Holidays:
John A. Thain, CEO, New York Stock Exchange, Testimony Before U.S. Senate Banking Committee May 18, 2005

Date 18/05/2005

Click here to download the testimony of John A. Thain, CEO, New York Stock Exchange, before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on May 18, 2005.
ICEX News & Views - This Issue Discusses Trading In The Shares Of Kaupthing Bank At ICEX And Stockholmsbörsen And The Annual Nordic Investor Relations Conference

Date 18/05/2005

Click here to download ICEX News & Views volume 5, issue 13, 18 May 2005.