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Tallinn Stock Exchange Is Ten Years Old

Date 31/05/2006

Tallinn Stock Exchange started its activities on 31 May 1996 and trading in 11 securities listed on the exchange began on 3 June. Over the ten years’ history of Tallinn Stock Exchange, the exchange index has grown to 615 points.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 31/05/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Wednesday May 31, 2006: Southern Star Resources Inc. (TSXVN:SSR) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.
SGX Issues Consultation Paper For Phase Two Of Proposed Changes To Derivatives Trading Rulebook

Date 31/05/2006

Singapore Exchange (SGX) is inviting public comments on Phase Two of the proposed changes to the SGX Derivatives Trading Rulebook. This is part of a wider review of the entire rulebook that SGX is currently undertaking.
Osaka Securities Exchange Signed MOU With Taiwan Futures Exchange

Date 31/05/2006

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) announces that Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) and OSE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The objective of this MOU is to enhance the liquidity and efficiency of the markets operated by both parties and to establish procedures for information exchange between both parties in order to secure the fair and orderly market, etc. Mr. Der-Shang Wang, Chairman of TAIFEX and Mr. Michio Yoneda, the President & CEO of OSE attended the signing c
NASD Fines LaSalle Street Securities $200,000 For Supervisory Violations Related To Fraudulent Schemes Perpetrated By Broker Frank Devine - Firm Suspended From Hiring Representatives With A Disciplinary History, Must Retain Independent Consultant To Corre

Date 31/05/2006

NASD announced today that it has fined LaSalle Street Securities, Inc. of Elmhurst, IL, $200,000 for failing to adequately supervise Frank Devine, a former representative of the firm who last week began serving a 13-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal wire and tax fraud charges for defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme. A federal judge also ordered Devine to pay nearly $3 million in restitution to his victims. Earlier this month, an Illinois judge handed Devine a concurrent 15

NASD 2005 Annual Financial Report And Year In Review

Date 31/05/2006

NASD's 2005 Annual Financial Report and Year in Review are now available.
May 2006 “Market’s Measure” - Preliminary Report - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes And STOXX Ltd. On The Performance Of U.S., European, Asia And Other Global Stock Market Indexes - Dow Jones Industrial Average Posts 2.40% Loss In May, European Sto

Date 31/05/2006

The U.S. blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.40% in MAY, closing at 11094.43. Stock market indexes in Europe, Asia and globally were down in MAY, according to preliminary monthly figures from global index providers, Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd.
Marshall Carter, NYSE Group, Inc. Chairman, On “America’s Capital Markets: Maintaining Our Lead In The 21st Century,” Testimony Before The House Financial Services Subcommittee

Date 31/05/2006

Chairman Baker, Ranking Member Kanjorski, Chairman Oxley, Ranking Member Frank and members of the Committee. I am Marsh Carter, Chairman of the NYSE Group, Inc. Thank you for inviting me to testify before your committee today. I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss an issue of rising national importance, which is the loss of U.S. competitiveness in the capital formation process. Chairman Baker, your leadership on this issue could not come at a more significant
LME Select To Open At 0100hrs From 1 June 2006

Date 31/05/2006

The London Metal Exchange (LME) has today confirmed that the Exchange’s electronic trading platform, LME Select, will open six hours earlier from 1 June 2006. The new trading times will be from 0100hrs London time to 1900hrs.
Jesús Benito Is Appointed CEO, José Massa, New Chairman Of Iberclear

Date 31/05/2006

José Massa was appointed Chairman of Iberclear during the company’s Board Meeting, which took place today. Iberclear is the Spanish CSD and also a BME company. During the meeting, Jesús Benito was appointed Chief Executive Officer.