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Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited: Amendments To The Listing Rules Relating To The Regulation Of Sponsors And Compliance Advisers

Date 24/10/2006

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published amendments to the Main Board Listing Rules and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) Listing Rules (together, the Rules) regarding the regulation of sponsors and compliance advisers.
Performance Chart: Do Corporate Scandals Really Shake Up Wall Street? A Market's View Of The Enron Collapse

Date 24/10/2006

On Monday, October 23, 2006, Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced to 24 years and 4 months for his crimes that led to Enron's 2001 collapse. From 10/22/01-10/23/06, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, the only broad U.S. stock market index, has had a cumulative return of 30.86%; the Dow Jones Wilshire Global Total Market Index gained 53.26% and the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Oil & Gas Index is up 100.46%. The Dow Jones-AIG Energy Sub-index, a commodity index that measures crude oil, heating oil, natural gas
TSX Group Welcomes New Methodology For S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index

Date 24/10/2006

TSX Group welcomes Standard and Poor’s recently announced change to the methodology of the S&P/TSX Capped Gold Index. Effective December 18, 2006, the Index will include international mining issuers, and the name of the index will be changed to the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index to reflect the new, global scope. The new methodology provides Index investors with broader company and geographic diversification than the existing methodology and aims to have greater international representation of the
RTS Board: October 16th – October 20th, 2006

Date 24/10/2006

For the week of October 16th – October 20th, 2006, 217 trades were registered, 13% down compared with results of the last week. The total trading volume on the RTS Board is 13 933, 495 thousand US dollars down by 36%, compared with 21 681, 617 US dollars of the last week.
Remarks By The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor Of The Exchequer, At The HMRC Corporate & Social Responsibility Conference With His Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales, At HM Treasury, 24 October 2006.

Date 24/10/2006

In welcoming you all to today's summit here in the Treasury, let me say first of all what a privilege it is to welcome here for the first time His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.

Cyprus Stock Exchange: Review Of Developments For September

Date 24/10/2006

Monthly review of developmentsOn the last trading session of September 2006, the General Index reached 2.947,98 points, representing a relative increase of 9,35 %. The value of shares traded also exhibited an increase of 14,67 % compared to the previous month. It is worth mentioning however, that the highest level the index reached for the month was 2.947,98 points. The other Market Indices reached the following levels: Main Market reached 3.005,71 , Parallel Market 1.381,87
T+O Weekly Trading Results - October 16th – October 20th

Date 24/10/2006

For the week of October 16th – October 20th, 2006, total trading volume on the RTS T+0 market reached 261,3 million rubles. Total trading volume in the "second-tier" stock equaled 110,7 million rubles, 42,35% of the total trading volume.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Bundled Brokerage And Soft Commission Arrangements - Performance Management Framework - An Update

Date 24/10/2006

Our work on bundled brokerage and soft commissions seeks to improve the management of conflicts of interest inherent in these arrangements. So we introduced new rules in July 2005 which came into effect on 1 January 2006 (with limited transitionals until July 2006). Our rules set the framework for implementing an industry-led solution to improve the accountability of fund managers through: limiting investment managers' use of dealing
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Strong Revenues And A 34 Percent Increase In Net Income For Third-Quarter 2006 - Diluted Earnings Per Share Rose 33 Percent To $2.95

Date 24/10/2006

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) today reported a 22 percent increase in total revenues to $275 million and a 34 percent increase in net income to $104 million for third-quarter 2006 compared with third-quarter 2005. Income before income taxes was up 33 percent to $171 million. Diluted earnings per share rose 33 percent to $2.95 from $2.22.
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: October 16th– October 20th, 2006

Date 24/10/2006

For the week of October 16th – October 20th, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 55,6 billion rubles or 1,52 million contracts. The total open interest at of the last day of the week, October 20th, 2006, reached 85,9 billon rubles or 2,24 million contacts.