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FESE President Ruuska Writes To SEC Chairman Cox On Mutual Recognition

Date 21/08/2007

In the context of the discussions on the potential mutual recognition on the basis of substituted compliance contemplated by the US SEC, Jukka Ruuska, President of FESE, sent a statement to the SEC to welcome the concept and to set out a number of principles that should underpin it. Prominent among these principles is the need to consider the EU as a whole as well as the need to base the process of regulatory comparison on high level principles. While endorsing global regulatory convergence as a
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: August 13th - August 17th, 2007

Date 21/08/2007

For the week of August 13th – August 17th,2007 , the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 154,458 billion rubles or 3,108 million contracts. The total open interest at of the last day of the week, August 17th, 2007, reached 259,427 billon rubles or 6,750 million contacts.
Warsaw Stock Exchange: More Companies On The NewConnect Authorised Advisers List

Date 21/08/2007

On 21 August 2007, the WSE Management Board adopted a resolution enlarging the group of Authorised Advisers to the NewConnect market. Their number has risen to 43. Authorised Advisers will prepare issuers for an entry to the NewConnect market and support them by providing expertise in the early phase of trading in the market.
RTS T+O Weekly Trading Results: August 13th – August 17th, 2007

Date 21/08/2007

For the week of August 13th – August 17th, 2007 total trading volume on the RTS T+0 market reached 132,0 million rubles. Total trading volume in the "second-tier" stock equaled 110,5 million rubles, 83,73% of the total trading volume. There were concluded in whole 1526 trades. Market participants traded 123 securities (without "Gazprom"). The most popular "second-tier" stocks were Mechel common stocks (MTLRG) (10,53%), Orenburgneft preferred stocks (ORNBPG) (9,84%) and SSHPS named after P.S.
New Commodity ETF Tradable In XTF Segment On Xetra - Indexchange Launches World’s First ETF On DJ AIG Commodity Index

Date 21/08/2007

A new exchange traded fund issued by Indexchange Investment AG has been tradable in Deutsche Börse’s XTF segment since Tuesday. The Dow Jones AIG Commodity Swap EX (ISIN: DE000A0H0728) is the world’s first ETF to track the performance of the Dow Jones AIG commodity index.

RTS Classic Market Weekly Trading Results: August 13th – August 17th, 2007

Date 21/08/2007

August 17th 2006, RTS Index is down by 1,92% and reached 1860,70 (1897,20 as of August 10th, 2007). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 – is down by 4,10% to 2038,86 (2126,12 as of August 10th, 2007).
Kershner Trading Selects NYSE TransactTools TCM6 - After Vigorous Testing, Ultra Low Latency, Flexibility, And Access Are Key To Decision

Date 21/08/2007

NYSE TransactToolsSM, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX), today announced that Kershner Trading Group has selected TCM6 to automate their trading environment. According to Bob Schulz, President and CIO of Kershner Trading, “We needed a solution that would best empower our traders with low latency access to pools of liquidity, one that compliments our own proprietary trading and analysis software and one that can grow with our business.”
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 21/08/2007

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 Thursday, 23 August 2007, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining metho
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, Will Examine The Final Owner Of OMX

Date 21/08/2007

The company that finally becomes the owner of the OMX will be examined by FI. The examination takes 60 days and is an assessment of whether the new owner is fit and proper.
MICEX Group Publishes Its 2006 Financial Statements Under The International Financial Reporting Standards

Date 21/08/2007

Joining the trend of adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards in the business practice of Russian enterprises and banks, the MICEX Group has published its consolidated financial statements, prepared under the IFRS.