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  • The Directorate Of The MICEX Stock Exchange Decides To Admit The Debut Issue Of Exchange-Traded Bonds Of “36,6” Chain Of Pharmacies To Placement

    Date 24/08/2007

    The debut placement of the first exchange-traded bonds, issued by “36,6” chain of pharmacies, is expected on the MICEX Stock Exchange. The initial placement and secondary trading in these bonds on the MICEX SE are scheduled for the fall of 2007. According to the CEO of the MICEX Stock Exchange Alexei Rybnikov, Russian companies will use exchange-traded bonds to manage liquidity, diversify their loan portfolios and cover cash gaps. “Exchange-traded bonds may replace or complement programs of i

  • SHSE-SZSE300 Index Tops 5,000 Mark

    Date 24/08/2007

    Shocked by the raise of interest rate by China's central bank, the SHSE-SZSE300 Index opened yesterday 72.78 points lower than the previous closing. But it soon rebounded, broke the key mark of 5,000 points in less than half an hour, and then inched up to the highest at 5,075.89 points, with an all-time high closing of 5,051.69 points. On the same day, the SSE Composite Index climbed to the highest of 4,999.20 points during business hours and finished at the record high of 4,980.08 points.

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading One New Option On Friday, August 24

    Date 23/08/2007

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade one new option on August 24, 2007.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

    Date 23/08/2007

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Monday August 27, and Monday September 3rd, 2007: 1. Deletions and additions of preferred stocks After the market close on August 27 (Mon) The closing price of ITO-EN Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6455789, GICS: Consumer Staple, GICS Code: 30201030) common stock shares will be reduced reflecting the allotment ratio of

  • IMF At The Derivatives Conference: Brazil Is An Example Of Derivatives Market Management And Efficiency

    Date 23/08/2007

    BM&F’s Chairman, Manoel Felix Cintra Neto, opened on Wednesday the 3rd International Derivatives and Financial Markets Conference, in the city of Campos de Jordão, in the State of São Paulo. In his opening speech, Mr. Cintra Neto saluted the participants for their disposition to debate important domestic and international economic themes in the mist of the current market turbulence.

  • SEC Files Action To Halt $25 Million Fraudulent Scheme Preying Upon Retirement Savings Of Senior Citizens

    Date 23/08/2007

    Continuing its crackdown on financial fraud against senior citizens, the Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an emergency action to shut down a $25 million Ponzi scheme that victimized hundreds of senior and other investors nationwide who bought fractional ownership interests in life insurance policies.

  • OMX: The Disciplinary Committee Fines Kaupthing Bank Sweden

    Date 23/08/2007

    Kaupthing Bank Sweden has contravened OMX Nordic Exchange’s and Finansinspektionen’s rules by reporting 15 trades to the Exchange for which contract notes and other documentation where missing. The prices at which the trades have been reported have also, on a number of occasions, diverted from the prices at which trading in general has taken place, this lead to the suspicion that the reporting has been done with an unduly objective. OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm’s Disciplinary Committee has d

  • CFTC Requests Public Comment On Exemption Request For The China Foreign Exchange Trade System

    Date 23/08/2007

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is requesting public comment on a proposal to allow the China Foreign Exchange Trade System and National Interbank Funding Center (CFETS) to clear for customers domiciled in China foreign currency and interest rate futures transactions, at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

  • Program Trading Averaged 33.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 13-17

    Date 23/08/2007

    The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Aug. 13-17.

  • Standard & Poor’s And ASX: Consultation Paper Now Released To Consider Renaming Of Two Indices

    Date 23/08/2007

    Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today released a consultation paper seeking market feedback on the proposed renaming of two indices. S&P and ASX will seek market feedback on the proposal until October 5, 2007, after which a final announcement will be made.