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SIFMA Pleased With China’s Elimination Of Barriers On New Foreign Securities Firms

Date 23/05/2007

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) today issued the following statement after the conclusion of the US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Washington, D.C.
SEC Settles Charges Against Hewlett-Packard For Misleading Disclosures Arising Out Of Company’s Boardroom Leak Investigation

Date 23/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled administrative charges against Hewlett-Packard Company for failing to disclose the reasons for a director’s abrupt resignation in the midst of HP’s controversial investigation into boardroom leaks. The Commission found that several months before the public revelation of the company’s leak investigation, an HP director objected to the company’s handling of the matter and resigned from the Board, yet HP failed to disclose the reasons for h
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Thirteen New Options On Thursday, May 24

Date 23/05/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade thirteen new options on May 24, 2007.
NYSE Enhances NYSEnet®, Comprehensive Market Intelligence Tool For Listed Companies

Date 23/05/2007

The New York Stock Exchange today introduced the newly enhanced NYSEnet, its market intelligence site for listed company executives. The new site offers enhanced tools that include real-time, proprietary market information never available before in any other online service.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Tuesday, May 22

Date 23/05/2007

Daily: Exchange - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 18,623,207 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 18,498,811 May 21, 2007 Daily: Exchange - Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 10,549,940 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 10,455,030 May 21, 2007 Daily: Financial - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 12,938,747 May 22, 2007 Old Record: 12,822,168 May 21, 2007

Barclays Launches New iPath(SM) CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index Exchange Traded Note - The BuyWrite Strategy May Help Offset Losses From Downside Equity Market Performance In A Single Trade

Date 23/05/2007

Barclays Bank PLC and the Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today the launch of the iPath(SM) CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BWV. It is the first iPath ETN to offer investors exposure to the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM)(SM), less applicable fees. The index tracks the total return of a hypothetical buy write, or covered call strategy, on the S&P 500® Index.
SEC Announces Agendas And Panelists For Final Roundtables On The Proxy Process

Date 23/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the agendas and participants for the final two roundtables in its series of roundtables on the proxy process. The Roundtable on Proxy Voting Mechanics, scheduled for May 24, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will cover topics including: (1) share ownership and voting; (2) broker proxy voting; and (3) shareholder communications.
NewConnect – WSE Equity Market

Date 23/05/2007

NewConnect – WSE Equity Market – is the official name of the WSE alternative trading system. Mr Ludwik Sobolewski, WSE CEO, jointly with Mr Marcin Gomo?a, Polish Financial Supervision Authority Vice-Chairperson, have presented the logo as well as the name of this new trading platform during a special press conference held at the WSE on May 23. Apart from numerous journalists, the event was attended by individuals involved in building NewConnect – the new tradi
BISYS To Pay $25 Million To Settle Financial Reporting And Related Charges By SEC

Date 23/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the filing and settlement of charges that The BISYS Group, Inc., a leading provider of financial products and support services, violated the financial reporting, books-and-records, and internal control provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. BISYS has agreed to settle the case, without admitting or denying the Commission's allegations. The company will consent to the entry of a judgment upon charges of violating the reporting, boo
Bermuda Stock Exchange Closed For Public Holiday

Date 23/05/2007

The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) Domestic Market and administrative offices will be closed, Thursday, 24th May, in observance of Bermuda Day.