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MCX Inks Strategic MOU With The Agricultural Futures Exchange Of Thailand

Date 19/04/2007

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore areas of cooperation that would be of mutual benefit to the exchanges.
The New Index IBEX TOP DIVIDENDO® Will Be Disseminated As Of May 9 - The Index Includes The 25 Companies With The Highest Dividend Yield On The Spanish Market

Date 19/04/2007

The new tradable index, IBEX TOP DIVIDENDO®, created by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) to show the performance of the companies offering the highest dividend yields on the Spanish stock market, will start being calculated and disseminated, in real time, as of May 9.
ICE Futures Announces ICE Middle East Sour Crude Futures Contract - Cash-Settled Sour Crude Enables Broad Participation While Serving As A Transparent Sour Crude Price Reference - Brings Together Three Leading Crude Benchmarks On One Platform

Date 19/04/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace and soft commodities exchange, announced plans to introduce a new sour crude futures contract based on one of the world’s largest crude oil production regions. The ICE Middle East Sour Crude futures contract will begin trading electronically on ICE Futures, ICE’s energy futures subsidiary, on Monday, May 21, 2007, pending U.K. regulatory approval.
Mitchells & Butlers To Enter FTSE 100 After Takeover Of Scottish Power

Date 19/04/2007

FTSE Group (FTSE), the company which calculates and manages the FTSE 100 index, today confirms that energy company Scottish Power is to be deleted from the FTSE 100, after its takeover by Spanish company Iberdrola. In the second change to the FTSE 100 this week, Mitchells & Butlers, the managed pub operator, will replace Scottish Power in the blue chip index at the close of trading today.
FSA Fines Sesame £330,000 For SCARPs Complaints Handling Failures

Date 19/04/2007

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Sesame Limited (Sesame) £330,000 for failing to treat its customers fairly by not handling complaints concerning Structured Capital At Risk Products (SCARPs) adequately.

HKEx Announces Senior Appointment And New Senior Executive In Its Listing Division

Date 19/04/2007

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Thursday) that Michael Cheng will join HKEx in June as Senior Vice President to lead the Listing Policy and Mainland China Affairs Department of the Listing Division, and Bonnie Chan joined HKEx on 16 April as Senior Vice President in charge of the Division's IPO (initial public offering) Transactions Department (Ms Chan's appointment was announced earlier).
Changes To The Supervisory Board of STOXX Ltd. - Werner Bürki Of SWX Swiss Exchange Elected Chairman

Date 19/04/2007

Werner Bürki, a member of the management committee of the SWX Swiss Exchange and CEO of EXFEED Ltd., has been elected chairman of the supervisory board of STOXX Limited.
BM&F Reaches Historic Record Of 2 Billion Contracts Traded

Date 18/04/2007

The Brazilian Mercantile & Futures reached the historic record of 2 billion contracts traded, on Monday, April the 16th*. The record was reached at 12:16pm, in the Ibovespa futures market, between the brokerage houses Ágora (buyer) and Fator (seller). The four traders responsible for the trade were: Amauri Simões de Almeida Jr. and Rodrigo Mancini (Ágora) and Fernando Jorge Carneiro Filho and Adolfo Nunes Correa Jr. (Fator).
Jeb Bush Praises BM&F’s Initiatives For Ethanol Market

Date 18/04/2007

“The initiatives carried out by the Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange are on the right track to creating a true ethanol market”. The statement was made by Jeb Bush, ex-governor of Florida, who visited the Exchange on Monday, April 16th. Bush, accompanied by Brazil’s former minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues, visited the trading floor with BM&F’s vice-Chairman, Renato Diniz Junqueira; and CEO, Edemir Pinto. For Bush, the phasing out of the U.S. tariffs will also play an important
Speech By SEC Commissioner Kathleen L. Casey: The Euro And The Dollar: Pillars In Global Finance

Date 18/04/2007

Thank you and good afternoon. I am honored to be a participant in this important conference bringing together regulators from both sides of the Atlantic to exchange perspectives on regulatory convergence. Before I continue, let me state that the views I express here today are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or my fellow Commissioners.