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SWX Swiss Exchange: Rodolfo Straub To Become New Head Of Admission Division

Date 27/06/2007

Rodolfo Straub, Head of Capital Markets at the Zürcher Kantonalbank, will take over as Head of Admission at the SWX Swiss Exchange in the fourth quarter of 2007. He will succeed Daniel Keist, who will be leaving the company at the end of July 2007. In the person of Rodolfo Straub, SWX will be gaining the services of a proven expert in Swiss capital market matters.
ASX Cash Market Pricing Update

Date 27/06/2007

In April 2007, ASX Limited (ASX) provided an update on Cash Market fees1. In that announcement, ASX detailed a new cash market rebate scheme to commence 1 July 2007: the Large Participant Rebate (LPR) scheme. The LPR will more equitably share the benefits from increased market activity through a gain-share process biased in favour of participants (75:25) above a revenue growth qualification threshold. This announcement contains specific details of LPR-related thresholds. ASX has also clarified t
ASX Derivatives And Austraclear Fees And Rebates Update

Date 27/06/2007

Following an annual review, ASX Limited (ASX) today announces a number of changes to fees and rebates for the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) derivatives market and Austraclear. In addition, ASX today announces the introduction of new access arrangements for SFE Derivatives Market Participants to commence from 1 July 2008.
Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 161, 26 June 2007

Date 27/06/2007

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Natural Gas, Related Futures Contracts

Date 26/06/2007

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes for its natural gas; Henry Hub swap, swing swap, and penultimate swap; natural gas penultimate and last day financial; and NYMEX miNYTM natural gas futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.

Interest Rate Futures Contracts: BM&F Rises In The Futures Industry Association’s Global Ranking

Date 26/06/2007

During January and February of 2007, BM&F was the second fastest growing exchange among derivatives exchanges, according to the Futures Industry Association (FIA) trading volume ranking for the first two months of the year.
CBOT Fed Watch - June 26, 2007

Date 26/06/2007

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 28, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 26/06/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 26, 2007:
KCBT Raises Minimum Wheat Margins - Changes Come As Result Of Increased Market Volatility

Date 26/06/2007

The Kansas City Board of Trade has raised its minimum margins for wheat futures contracts. The changes, effective tomorrow, come as a result of increased market volatility and are as follows:
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For June 2007

Date 26/06/2007

As of mid-June, short interest in 2,745 NASDAQ Global Market(sm) securities totaled 8,966,592,245 shares compared with 8,205,105,350 shares in 2,752 Global Market issues for the month of May. The June short interest represents 4.36 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 3.94 days in May.