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European Climate Exchange Monthly Report & Exchange Monthly Volume - March 2009

Date 01/04/2009

March 2009 Highlights:

ITRS Announces 65% Growth In Turnover

Date 01/04/2009

ITRS Group plc, the leading provider of management and monitoring solutions to the world’s financial community, has announced a set of outstanding preliminary results for 2008. Turnover of the privately held company has continued to increase achieving a year-on-year growth of 65%. The EBDTA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation) are equally impressive, showing an increase of 95% year-on-year.

Trading Volumes On The Spanish Exchange Reached €60.66 Bn In March, Up 5.7% From February - The Derivatives Market Reports Quarterly Record High In Contracts Traded, At 24.3 Million

Date 01/04/2009

The trading volume to the end of March totalled €184.61 bn. The number of shares traded in March was 9.72 bn, up 26.3% from February. The Derivatives Market traded 10.5 million contracts in March, up 33% from the same month last year. Highlights include Options on Stocks, with 3.8 million contracts traded, up 170% from the same period a year earlier. Trading volume on the Corporate Debt market to the end of March came close to

The Options Industry Council Announces March Volume Grows 23 Percent

Date 01/04/2009

The Options Industry Council (OIC) announced today that 346,037,577 total options contracts were traded in March, which represents a 22.7 percent increase over March 2008 volume of 282,000,233 contracts.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Ping An Insurance Futures

Date 01/04/2009

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 3 April 2009, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Deutsche Börse Expands Indices For Leveraged Investments In DAX - New LevDAX x4 Tracks Daily Performance Of The DAX Index Fourfold - Indices Allow Leveraged Short Investments

Date 01/04/2009

Deutsche Börse has expanded its offering in the area of DAXplus strategy indices with two new ShortDAX indices and a new LevDAX index. LevDAX and ShortDAX give investors the option of leveraged investment in the DAX index when prices rise or fall. In addition to the LevDAX and ShortDAX Deutsche Börse is also introducing further, more highly leveraged variations.

Oslo Børs Monthly Statistics For Equities 2009

Date 01/04/2009

Indices, turnover per sector, winners and losers, key figures per instrument, shareholder structure, new issues and new listings last month and year to date. The archive includes monthly statistics from May 2001.

Rabobank Global Financial Markets Integrates All Asset Classes In Reorganised Client Structured Products Group

Date 01/04/2009

In a trend being seen across the industry, Rabobank today announces three appointments that finalise its goal of integrating all trading , structuring and engineering of structured products across all asset classes (equity, fixed income, hybrid , FX and credit). The rationale for this development is to create synergies across all structuring groups as well as serving Rabobank’s core clients across the full product spectrum.

Private Equity Fundraising Collapses To Lowest Level Since 2003 - Total Of 73 Funds Hold Final Close In Q1 2009 Raising An Aggregate $45.9bn

Date 01/04/2009

Over the past week Preqin has contacted the 1,673 fund managers across the world currently in the process of raising a private equity fund to enquire as to their fundraising status, and importantly whether they had already, or were planning to hold a final close in Q1 2009. The results demonstrate the hugely challenging environment that is currently facing firms with funds on the road.

Mortgage Approvals: Increase Could herald start of a turnaround - UK Mortgage Approvals Have Gone Up For The Third Consecutive Month - Datamonitor

Date 01/04/2009

Alongside the news that the number of UK mortgage approvals has risen for the third month in a row, HSBC shareholders have backed a cash call from the bank, despite the problems faced by other banks with recent rights issues. While doom and gloom still shrouds the city, these could be early signs that renewed confidence among investors is starting to infiltrate the markets.