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  • Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s (Bursa Malaysia) Derivatives Trading System Glitch

    Date 14/03/2007

    Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s (Bursa Malaysia) derivatives trading system – Bursa Trade Derivatives – today encountered a glitch from 3:30 pm to 3:54 pm. During this period, market participants were not able to send orders and no matching of trades was done by the system.

  • BEL Indices

    Date 14/03/2007

    As a result of the quarterly review of 28 February 2007, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 2 April 2007.

  • The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Eight New Options On Thurday, March 15

    Date 14/03/2007

    The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to trade eight new options on March 15, 2007. All of the options have been allocated to Group One Ltd:

  • Trading Hours For Euribor Futures To Cover Asian Trading Day

    Date 14/03/2007

    Euronext.liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext, today confirmed the date for the extension of trading hours for its benchmark Euribor interest rate futures contract in order to incorporate the Asian trading day. With effect from Monday 25 June 2007 Euribor futures will commence trading at 01:00 hours London time, six hours earlier than the current start time.

  • CFTC To Host Meeting Of International Futures Industry Regulators

    Date 14/03/2007

    More than 40 futures industry regulators from around the world will assemble today at an International Regulators Meeting hosted annually by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Participants include regulators from Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

  • CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Announces Expanded Connectivity Through Patsystems

    Date 14/03/2007

    The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) and Patsystems today announced that Patsystems will offer connectivity to the CFE. The connectivity is expected to be effective on March 16, 2007 and will provide Patsystems' customers with access to all CFE products, including futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), CBOE DJIA Volatility Index (VXD), CBOE S&P 500 Three- and Twelve-Month Variance, and CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index. With the addition of Patsystems, access to the CFE will be greatly expand

  • New NYBOT Cocoa, Coffee And Sugar Position Accountability Rules

    Date 14/03/2007

    The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced amendments to its rules which, effective immediately, will add single month position accountability levels for the Cocoa, Coffee “C”® and Sugar No. 11sm contracts. The single month levels are identical to the existing all months combined position accountability levels for these contracts. The position accountability rules are set at a level at which a person, holding or control

  • NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Record For RBOB Futures On CME Globex

    Date 14/03/2007

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:NMX), announced today that it set a daily volume record for the RBOB futures contract on the CME Globex electronic trading platform yesterday.

  • CBOE To Launch Exchange-Traded Credit Default Options In Second Quarter

    Date 14/03/2007

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it has developed and plans to launch Credit Default Options based on credit events, during the second quarter of 2007, pending regulatory approval. Regulatory approval for Credit Default Options on individual companies is expected shortly, and CBOE intends to file for Credit Default Basket Options soon. CBOE's Credit Default Options offer the opportunity to hedge the risk of adverse credit events such as bankruptcy and failure to

  • SEC Enforcement Action Against Banc Of America Securities For Failing To Safeguard Nonpublic Research Information And Publishing Fraudulent Research - Firm To Pay $26 Million

    Date 14/03/2007

    The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today a settled enforcement action against Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS) for failing to safeguard its forthcoming research reports, including analyst upgrades and downgrades, and for issuing fraudulent research. As part of the settlement, BAS agreed to a censure, a cease-and-desist order, and payment of $26 million in disgorgement and penalties.