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NYMEX To Change Margins For Two Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 15/03/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will change margins for two of its financially settled electricity futures contracts, at the close of business tomorrow.
NYMEX To Change Margins For The RBOB Gasoline Futures Contracts

Date 15/03/2006

The New York Margins for the first month of the New York Harbor gasoline blendstock futures contract will increase to Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will change margins for the New York Harbor gasoline blendstock (RBOB) futures contract, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Gasoline And Related Futures Contracts

Date 15/03/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced that it will change margins for the unleaded gasoline, NYMEX miNY(TM) gasoline, and New York Harbor gasoline calendar swap futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
New Records Set On The Sydney Futures Exchange

Date 15/03/2006

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced record daily trading volumes yesterday, with individual records also set for a number of its benchmark contracts. A total of 1,200,398 contracts were traded, up 23% from the previous exchange record of 972,781 contracts set on 14 June 2005 , whilst the SFE SPI 200 Equity Index Future, SFE 10 Year Australian Treasury Bond Futures, the SFE 3 Year Treasury Bond Options also achieved new individual contract records.<
New Gold-Based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 15/03/2006

A new product has been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 35 ETFs. The new fund is ZKB Gold ETF from Zürcher Kantonalbank on physical gold. The trading currency is CHF.

NASD Fines Merrill Lynch $5 Million for Call Center Supervisory Failures, Sales Contest Violations - Call Center Sales Contests Prohibited For Three Years, Firm Ordered To Impose Special Supervisory Measures Until Corrective Measures Completed

Date 15/03/2006

NASD announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $5 million for supervisory failures, registration violations, impermissible sales contests and other violations in connection with the operation of its Financial Advisory Center (FAC) located in Hopewell, NJ and Jacksonville, FL. The firm was also prohibited from staging any sales contests for FAC personnel for three years.
Innospec Switches Its Stock Listing To NASDAQ - Trading Under New Symbol ‘IOSP’ To Commence On March 22, 2006

Date 15/03/2006

Innospec Inc. (NYSE: IOP) (NASDAQ: IOSP) announced today that it will list its common stock solely on the NASDAQ Stock Market and discontinue the company's listing with the New York Stock Exchange. The international specialty chemicals company's common stock will cease trading under the symbol IOP on theNYSE on March 21, 2006.
Fortis Extends Electronic Trading Services With RTS’ Internet Frontend “eRTD” - Fortis And RTS Realtime Systems AG Announced Today Their Expanded Relationship

Date 15/03/2006

eRTD, the internet trading platform with a system independent JAVA front end offered by the German provider, the leading ISV for Multi Asset Class eTrading, has been added to Fortis’ electronic trading services.
Euronext Brussels BEL Indices

Date 15/03/2006

As a result of the quarterly review of 28 February 2006, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 3 April 2006.
Deutsche Börse Scenario Calculation For The Equity Indices - Changes In The Equity Indices Effective On 20 March

Date 15/03/2006

Effective on 20 March, new weights will apply for the companies in the equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Wednesday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website (www.deutsche-boerse.com). The final figures based on Friday’s Xetra closing prices will be published at the Deutsche Börse website on Saturday.