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NASD Fines Four ING Broker-Dealers $7 Million For Directed Brokerage Violations

Date 09/08/2006

NASD today announced a total of $7 million in fines against four broker-dealers affiliated with ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. (ING) in connection with the receipt of directed brokerage in exchange for preferential treatment for certain mutual fund companies.
International Finance Corporation And Hawkamah Corporate Governance Institute Announce MENA Corporate Governance Survey

Date 09/08/2006

The International Finance Corporation and the Hawkamah Corporate Governance Institute, a subsidiary of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, today announced the launch of a regional corporate governance survey as part of their combined efforts to improve standards within companies and banks across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Deutsche Börse Systems And IXEurope Sign Contract For Proximity Services - Cooperation To Further Support Algorithmic Trading Customers - Kuhn: Response To Market Demand For Low Latency Access

Date 09/08/2006

Deutsche Börse Systems and IXEurope announced an agreement to offer proximity services to customers for lowest possible latency access to Deutsche Börse Groups execution venues and market data streams. This cooperation enables customers to place their trading equipment as close as possible to the different matching engines and data dissemination services of the market, reducing the latency delay inherent in the speed of light. Algorithmic trading, or the use of electronic algorithms to trade on
CBOT Fed Fund Futures Set Daily Volume Record

Date 09/08/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that its Federal Fund futures contract set a record on Tuesday as volume surged to 286,935 contracts. The previous high mark, 262,840 contracts, was set on August 4, 2006.
BOVESPA's Monthly Bulletin - July 2006

Date 09/08/2006

BOVESPA´s year-to-date foreign investment balance presented a deficit of BRL 1,205,062,458.00 or USD 525,599,985.68, as of July 31. This figure includes the net outflow of BRL 654,925,731.00 or USD 300,949,237.66, resulting from purchases of BRL 11,643,021,745.00 or USD 5,350,161,632.66 and sales of BRL 12,297,947,476.00 or USD 5,651,110,870.32.

Borsa Italiana - BItNotes n.16 Portfolio And Psychology Of High Frequency Online Traders - Second Report On The Italian Market

Date 09/08/2006

In Italy, online trading is an important and well established phenomenon. This paper investigates the portfolio and psychological traits of Italian high frequency online traders. Our analysis is based upon a telephonic survey conducted with more than 200 online traders. The sample is composed of both active traders, those with at least two trades per month, and heavy traders, those with daily negotiation activity. In this paper, first we investigate the trading and portfolio characteristics of o
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. And Shenzhen Stock Exchange Signed A Memorandum Of Understanding On Commencing Feasibility Studies Of Business Alliances

Date 08/08/2006

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) as of August 7th, 2006 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) upon commencing feasibility studies of business alliances between two Exchanges.
Tokyo Financial Exchange Rollover Of Leading Contract Month For Three-month Euroyen Futures - Effective From 7 August 2006

Date 08/08/2006

TFX has decided to shift the leading contract month for Euroyen futures from the current December 2006 contracts to the March 2007 contracts, effective from 7 August 2006. For information of historical data on TFX leading contract months, please click here.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 08/08/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, August 8, 2006: Valkyries Petroleum Corp. (TSXVN:VPC) will be removed from the index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange pursuant to a plan of arrangement with Lundin Petroleum Canada Inc.
Share Changes For ABB Ltd And Next Plc In The S&P European Indices.

Date 08/08/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P United Kingdom indices, effective after the close of trading on Thursday 10 August 2006: ABB Ltd (Switzerland, SEDOL: 7108899, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20104020), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, shares will increase to 2,182,009,703 following the issue of new shares for convertible bonds. Next Plc (United Kingdom, SEDOL: 3208986, GICS: Consumer Discretiona