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Lyxor Licensed To Use FTSE JSE Top 40 For New ETF

Date 12/06/2007

Global index provider, FTSE Group (FTSE) and the JSE, Africa’s premier exchange, today announce that they have licensed Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor) to use the large cap FTSE JSE Top 40 Index as the basis of an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to be listed on Euronext Paris today. The FTSE JSE Top 40 is the leading measure of the South African market for domestic and international investors and forms part of the FTSE/JSE Africa Index Series – a series created to ensure that international investor
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Feedback On Private Equity Risks

Date 12/06/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published its feedback to Discussion Paper 06/6 Private Equity: A discussion of risk and regulatory engagement, which examined the impact that growth and development in the private equity market has on the FSA's regulation of the UK's wholesale markets.
FTSE Group And Abu Dhabi Securities Market Join Forces To Create New Index Family

Date 12/06/2007

FTSE Group (FTSE), the global index company, today signs a letter of agreement with the Abu Dhabi Securities Market (ADSM) at a conference in London, signalling the two organisations’ intent to create a new set of indices, for the Abu Dhabi market.
Borsa Italiana: MiFID-Compliant Services Get The Go-Ahead - The MiFID Section Is Online On www.borsaitaliana.it From Today

Date 12/06/2007

The MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) directive, that will come into force on 1st November 2007, defines a series of new regulatory fulfilments for the redesigning of rules applicable to European financial markets and their operators.
BELMS Quarterly Review - May 2007

Date 12/06/2007

As a result of the quarterly review of 31 May 2007, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 2 July 2007.

London Metal Exchange Announces Two Regional, Physically Delivered Steel Billet Futures Contracts

Date 12/06/2007

The London Metal Exchange has today confirmed that it will commence futures trading in steel billet in April 2008. There will be two regional contracts, one for the Near East and one for the Far East.
The Stock Exchange Of Mauritius Secures The No. 2 Position, As JSE Securities Exchange Wins Top Spot For The “Best African Stock Exchange” - The Launching Of The First Africa-Dedicated Hedge Fund Also Announced At The Africa Investor (Ai) Index Awards Cer

Date 12/06/2007

The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) was highly commended by the Ai Index Awards jury for the Africa investor (Ai) Index Awards. The Ai Index Awards were presented on June 8, 2007 at the London Stock Exchange to reward Africa’s best performing stock exchanges, listed companies, investment banks, research teams and fund managers. The ceremony attracted leading fund managers, investment banks, executives of Stock Exchanges, CEO's of African listed companies and members of Africa's financial co
NYBOT Volume Tops 400,000 Contracts For First Time

Date 12/06/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodity exchange, announced that its New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) subsidiary today exceeded the 400,000 contract mark for the first time, setting a new daily volume record with 407,150 contracts traded. Also yesterday, NYBOT established a new electronic trading record of 220,372 contracts.
EEX Launches Trayport Globalvision Trading Gateway Interface New Access For EEX Derivatives Market Through EEX Communicator

Date 12/06/2007

The European Energy Exchange AG (EEX) and Trayport Limited have announced that trading participants on the EEX Derivatives Market can also now access EEX markets via Trayport’s GlobalVision Trading Gateway System.
Bursa Malaysia Crude Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) Open Interest Hits Over 100,000 Contracts

Date 12/06/2007

Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange Berhad hits record high for Crude Palm Oil Futures (FCPO) open interest at 101, 536 contracts on Friday, 8 June 2007; and 101,525 on Monday, 11 June 2007. The increase of open interest in excess of 100,000 is an important milestone which showed the increasing outstanding contract established by the market players.