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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 02/05/2007

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 2, 2007: Adanac Molybdenum Corporation (TSXVN:AUA) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the same ticker symbol.
OneChicago Reports April Volume

Date 02/05/2007

OneChicago, LLC today reported that 734,155 security futures contracts traded at the Exchange in April. Average daily volume (ADV) in April 2007 was 36,708 contracts, a 163% increase over average daily volume for April 2006.
Hong Kong-Based Broker CLSA Has Implemented GL TRADE Middle And Back Office Suite To Automate Derivatives Post-Trade Management

Date 02/05/2007

GL TRADE, global provider of integrated software solutions to the financial institutions, today announces that Hong-Kong-based broker CLSA has implemented GL TRADE Middle and Back Office to automate derivatives post trade management. CLSA which have been using GL TRADE Front Office Solutions for many years becomes the first institution in Hong Kong to choose the entire post-trade solution for derivatives from GL TRADE (combining TRADERWATCH, GL CLEARVISION and UBIX).
Deutsche Börse: 45 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In April - Order Book Volume Of Floor Trading Up By 11 Percent - Total Volume Of €198 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 02/05/2007

In April €181.2 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 42 percent year-on-year (April 2006: €127.1 billion). Thereof €169 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 45 percent year-on-year (April 2006: €116 billion) and €12 billion on the floor, a plus of 11 percent compared to April last year (April 2006: €10.8 billion). German equities accounted for €170.5 billion, foreign equities comprising €8.1 billion. More than 97 percent of the transaction volume with
SEC Charges A.G. Edwards With Failing To Supervise Brokers Who Engaged In Illegal Market Timing - A.G. Edwards Agrees To Pay $3.86 Million to Settle Charges - SEC Also Charges Two Brokers And Two Branch Managers With Misconduct

Date 02/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement proceedings against A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., alleging that A.G. Edwards failed reasonably to supervise some of its registered representatives who used deceptive means to place market timing trades on behalf of their customers. As part of its settlement with the SEC, A.G. Edwards, a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., will pay disgorgement and prejudgment interest of $2.36 million and civil penaltie

Trading Volumes Of Eurex Grew By 24 Percent - New Monthly Record Of Equity Derivatives With 53 Million Contracts - Best April Figure Of Index Derivatives With 49 Million Contracts - Average Daily Trading Volume At 8 Million Contracts

Date 02/05/2007

Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, reported today that trading volumes in April increased by 24 percent year-on-year to 151 million contracts (April 2006: 122 million contracts). Average daily trading volume at Eurex was roughly 8 million contracts. Total trading volumes in 2007 reached 618 million contracts in the first 4 months (plus 24 percent year-on-year).
Helene Glotzer, Associate Regional Director And Co-Head Of Enforcement For SEC's New York Regional Office, To Leave Commission

Date 02/05/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Helene Glotzer, Associate Regional Director and co-head of enforcement for the Commission's New York Regional Office, will leave the agency in May to join Bridgewater Associates, Inc. as Corporate Counsel/Deputy Chief Compliance Officer.
Nordic Exchange In Copenhagen Closed On May 4

Date 02/05/2007

The Nordic Exchange in Copenhagen will be closed on May 4.
SEC: A. Duer Meehan Named Associate Director In OCIE's Office Of Market Oversight

Date 02/05/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of A. Duer Meehan as Associate Director of the Office of Market Oversight in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).
CBOT Futures Daily Open Interest Surpassses 10 Million Contracts For The First Time

Date 02/05/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that futures open interest reached a new daily record yesterday, as futures open interest surpassed 10 million contracts for the first time. The new record, 10,031,752 contracts, surpasses the previous high of 9,976,613 contracts.