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ICE Brent Crude Futures Contract Achieves Third Consecutive Day of Record Volume

Date 11/01/2007

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that its regulated futures subsidiary, ICE Futures, established a third consecutive record volume day in ICE Brent Crude futures on January 10. Volume in ICE Brent Crude futures yesterday stood at 344,149 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 337,042 established on January 9.
MICEX Derivatives Market Trading Statistics For December 2006

Date 11/01/2007

The following are the trading statistics for December’06 in the MICEX Derivatives Market:
Joint Baltic Membership Launched

Date 11/01/2007

In order to further integrate the Baltic securities market and to meet the demand of members, OMX has improved access to the Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius exchanges by introducing a joint Baltic membership, a single point of entry to the Baltic market.
Chairmen’s Committee Approve Proposed Combination Involving Euronext N.V. And NYSE Group Inc.

Date 11/01/2007

The Chairmen’s Committee of the Euronext regulators ("Chairmen’s Committee") yesterday approved the proposals for the Euronext / NYSE combination. This approval was based on the documentation made available during the assessment process and on the various assurances and commitments provided by NYSE Euronext Inc. and Euronext N.V.
SGX Takes Measures To Lower Securities Transaction Costs

Date 11/01/2007

Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced today that the securities clearing fee rate will be reduced from 0.05% to 0.04% of the contract value. At the same time, the maximum clearing fee will be raised from $200 to $600. These changes will come into effect on 1 March 2007.

EEX: 2006 Best Year Of Trading Since Launch Of The Exchange Level Of 1,000 TWh Exceeded On Derivatives Market For Power

Date 11/01/2007

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) finished the year 2006 with record sales. EEX managed to set new records with an increase of the trading volume of electricity on the EEX Spot and Derivatives Market by 88 per cent to 1,133 TWh (previous year: 602 TWh).
SGX Announces Strong Half Year FY2007 Results

Date 11/01/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced its half year financial results for FY2007 (1H FY2007).
Patsystems Plc Signs Contract To Supply Calyon Financial With FX Margining System

Date 11/01/2007

Patsystems plc has signed a contract with Calyon Financial to provide a system for margining of their FX business. The solution will cater specifically for spot and forward FX and FX options, both vanilla and exotic. The system is a further implementation of the Risk Informer product that Patsystems supplied to Calyon Financial last year to manage their ETD DMA business. Prior to selection of Patsystems’ Risk Informer, Calyon carried out a competitive analysis of the market.
Leading Mexican Broker-Dealer Selects TradingScreen - Casa De Bolsa Finamex To Use The TradingScreen For Direct Market Access (DMA) For Its Buy-Side Customers To The Mexican Stock Exchange

Date 11/01/2007

TradingScreen, supplier of cutting-edge electronic trading software, has been selected by leading Mexican broker-dealer Casa de Bolsa Finamex (Finamex) to provide its buy-side customers with direct and immediate access to the Mexican Stock Exchange. Finamex went live with TradingScreen this month.
BM&F Carbon Facility Records New EOI

Date 11/01/2007

The Dutch division of Fortis Bank placed today an expression of interest (EOI) for purchase of carbon credits from the BM&F Carbon Facility. The Bank is the fourth institution to use BM&F’s carbon trading system to register an EOI. Fortis Bank’s scope of interest comprises energy, civil construction, steel, chemicals, transportation and the manufacture industry. According to information available on its website (www.fortis.com), Fortis Bank is currently one of