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Minneapolis Grain Exchange Membership Values Break Into Six Figures

Date 20/02/2007

A membership in the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX or Exchange) sold on Friday for $100,000 breaking the six-figure level for the first time in the Exchange’s history. It was the 10th membership sold in February.
Share And IWF Changes In S&P Japan 500 And S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices

Date 20/02/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan 500 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices effective after the close of trading Tuesday, February 27 2007: Shochiku Co Ltd(Japan, SEDOL: 6805362, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401030) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by Sojitz Corp (Japan, SEDOL: 6594143, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20107010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap250 and S&P Japan 500 ind
CBOE Seat Price Reaches New Milestone, Sale Today Tops $2 Million For First Time In CBOE History

Date 20/02/2007

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded on Tuesday, February 20th for $2,050,000, a new all-time high at CBOE and the first time in CBOE history that a CBOE seat was sold for more than $2 million.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Five New Quarterly Option Listings On Wednesday, February 21

Date 20/02/2007

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin to list and trade option series that expire at the close of business on the last business day of a calendar quarter (“Quarterly Options Series”) on a pilot basis, beginning February 21, 2007. The following two options were allocated to Citadel Derivatives Trading Group LLC:
FCStone To Serve As Market Maker For CBOT Ethanol Contract

Date 20/02/2007

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that FCStone has become an electronic market maker for the CBOT’s Ethanol futures contract. FCStone will provide liquidity and continuous two-sided markets for the Ethanol futures trading on the CBOT’s electronic trading platform.

Higher Liquidity Standards Introduced To FTSE Indexes

Date 20/02/2007

Leading index provider FTSE Group (“FTSE”), will apply new enhanced liquidity measures at the next FTSE Asia Pacific ex Japan index review on 27th March 2007. The new rule will raise the liquidity hurdle for inclusion in FTSE indices, giving investors more accurate representation of investability by using median daily, rather than average monthly, trading volume as a screen.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, February 16

Date 20/02/2007

Daily: Soybean Oil - Futures and Options Electronic Volume Record New Record: 34,136 Feb 16, 2007 Old Record: 28,522 Feb 15, 2007 Daily: Soybean Oil - Futures Electronic Volume Record New Record: 34,136 Feb 16, 2007 Old Record: 28,522 Feb 15, 2007 Daily: Exchange - Futures and Options Open Interest Record New Record: 17,793,529 Feb 16, 2007 Old Record: 17,743,245 Feb 15, 2007 Daily: Agricultural - Futures and Options Open
Cass Business School Launches World's First Executive MBA Offering A Specialism In Islamic Finance In Association With DIFC

Date 20/02/2007

Cass Business School part of The City University, London, one of the world’s leading business schools, today announced the launch of its Executive MBA (EMBA) programme offering three alternative specializations: Islamic Finance, Energy and General Management and Finance.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Monthly Short Selling Value

Date 20/02/2007

Click here to download Tokyo Stock Exchange's monthly short selling value for January.
ICMA Proposes Post-Trade Transparency Standard For Bond Markets

Date 20/02/2007

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has issued proposals for consultation on delivering enhanced post-trade transparency in the international bond markets.