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EDM Council Members Work With DTCC To Standardize Financial Instrument Terms And Definitions - EDM Council Takes Positive Steps To Achieve Industry Agreement On Financial Instrument Ontology

Date 24/04/2007

Members of the EDM Council, a not-for-profit forum for financial institutions to address the business strategies and practical realities of implementing solutions to manage data across the enterprise, are now part of an industry working group formed by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to define and standardize the data terms and definitions included in the DTCC's New Issue Information Dissemination Service (NIIDS). The DTCC initiative is another step towards standardizing
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Record Revenues And Profits - Net Income Grew 42 Percent In First-Quarter 2007

Date 24/04/2007

Diluted earnings per share rose 41 percent to a record $3.69 Quarterly volume records reached in all product lines First-quarter processing services revenue increased 92 percent to a record $35 million
Commissioner McCreevy Urges Member States To Ensure Rapid Implementation Of Markets In Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID")

Date 24/04/2007

Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has urged those Member States that have not yet implemented the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ("MiFID") in national law to put this issue at the top of their political agenda. In letters to the Ministers of Finance concerned, the Commissioner expresses deep concern about delays in implementation in national law, for which the deadline elapsed on 31 January 2007. To date only the United
Market Coupling Between Denmark And Germany: Project Entered The Implementation Phase - Improved Market Integration Expected In The 4th Quarter Of 2007

Date 24/04/2007

In April the project “Market Coupling between Denmark and Germany” advanced from the conceptual phase into the implementation phase. Market coupling allows highly efficient use of existing cross-border interconnections and is an important step towards integrating wholesale electricity markets. With the market coupling procedure, so-called implicit auctions – joint allocation of energy and cross-border transmission rights – will be held on a daily basis. Operation is expected to start in the 4
Warsaw Stock Exchange: Allotment Of "OPERA Za 3 Grosze FIZ" Fund Unit Certificates

Date 24/04/2007

Today, the unit certificates of the closed-end "OPERA Za 3 Grosze FIZ" Fund have been allotted in a public offering by using the Warsaw Stock Exchange IT system. 1,845 subscription requests have been made for a total of 89,091 securities totalling PLN 89,091,000. Limits to subscription requests have not been reduced. This is the first case to use the Warsaw Stock Exchange IT system for the subscription of public investment certificates - in a way analogous to that used in the subscription of

OMX – Interim Report January-March 2007 - Record High Exchange Activity

Date 24/04/2007

Revenues during January – March increased to SEK 1,062 m (903) Operating income rose to SEK 348 m (334) Income after financial items rose to SEK 329 m (319) Income after tax rose to SEK 257 m (244) Earnings per share rose to SEK 2.12 m (2.05) Return on shareholders’ equity rose to 20 percent (14) Record high equity trading Launch of Genium – next generation of systems for the exchange industry Widespread interest in information
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Regarding System Capacity Augmentation

Date 24/04/2007

To ensure confidence in the market, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has phased in augmentations to the capacity of each system since last year, and also drew up a system capacity augmentation plan for the Stock/CB System last January. In light of recent market trends, however, the TSE will revise the original plan.
OMX Makes Minor Divestment Of Shares In Orc Software

Date 24/04/2007

OMX has sold 650 000 shares in Orc Software. OMX' result from this divestment is estimated to approximately SEK 100 million, to be recognized as other income during the second quarter of 2007. Following the divestment OMX owns 3 838 075 shares in Orc Software, corresponding to slightly more than 25 percent of its share capital.
Works Infrastructure ROADS List On The NZDX Market

Date 24/04/2007

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is pleased to welcome $200 million of Redeemable Optionally Adjustable Distributing Securities (ROADS) to the NZDX Market today for Works Infrastructure Finance (NZ) Limited.
Strengthening Networks For South Island Companies - New NZX Sponsor

Date 24/04/2007

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is pleased to welcome Dunedin based investment bank Parker O' Connor Trust Ltd as the first new NZX sponsor of 2007, bringing the total group of NZX Sponsors to 47.