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CBOT® Sets All-Time Records For Average Daily Volume And Total Monthly Volume - Electronic Trading Of Financial Options Reaches Monthly Volume Record

Date 01/06/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges, today announced that average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 3,628,552 contracts in May, an increase of 18 percent compared with May 2005. Total volume for the month also set a CBOT record, as 79,828,143 contracts changed hands. The previous record, 70,495,317 contracts, was set in March 2006.
CBOT To Present At Sandler O'Neill Financial Services Conference

Date 01/06/2006

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) (NYSE: BOT), one of the world’s leading derivatives exchanges, today announced that Bernard Dan, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Glen Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the following Investor Conference: Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. - Financial Services Conference
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Shatters Trading Records In May - New Highs Reached In Monthly And Single Day Volume, Open Interest Hits New Peak Of 38,000 Contracts

Date 01/06/2006

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that May was the busiest month in CFE history as exchange volume totaled 56,295 contracts traded. May's volume shattered the one year old record of 27,692 contracts set in May 2005, and was an increase of 219% over April 2006's volume of 17,641 contracts. The busiest single day in CFE's two-year history also occurred during May when 9,402 contracts traded on Wednesday, May 3.
Bank Of China Makes Fast Track Entry To FTSE Xinhua Index Series

Date 01/06/2006

FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the joint venture index company set up by global index provider FTSE Group, and China market specialist Xinhua Finance announces that following today’s listing of the Bank of China (BoC) on the Hong Kong Exchange, the company becomes eligible for inclusion within the FTSE Xinhua Index Series. Because of the large market capitalization size of the BoC, fast track rules are applied and thus the bank will be added at the close of business today to FTSE Xinhua China 25 and F
Banistmo To List On LATIBEX - Banco Santander Will Act As The Specialist For The Stock

Date 01/06/2006

Grupo Banistmo, a financial conglomerate from Central America, has expressed its interest in listing on LATIBEX, the market in euros for Latin American stocks, and has started to work on the listing.

ASX Supervision Speech By Eric Mayne, ASX Group Executive, Market Supervision At The SDIA Conference

Date 01/06/2006

Click here to download an ASX Supervision Speech by Eric Mayne, ASX Group Executive, Market Supervision at the SDIA Conference.
42 New Funds Joined The Baltic Fund Center

Date 01/06/2006

From June 1, 2006, five new fund management companies along with 42 investment funds joined the Baltic Fund Center, which is managed by Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius stock exchanges.
UK's Financial Services Authority Publishes Final Fees And Levies 2006/07 And Updates Its Online Fee Calculator To Help Firms

Date 31/05/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today published the final FSA fees and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) levies for 2006/07 for regulated firms.
TSX Technology Announcements: Next Generation Trading Platform And Smart Order Router

Date 31/05/2006

TSX Markets President Rik Parkhill today announced details of two significant TSX Group trading enhancements: the next generation trading engine and a smart order router. He made his comments at the FPL Canadian Electronic Trading Conference in Toronto.
Trading Starts In Stocks Of Österreichische Post AG On Wiener Börse

Date 31/05/2006

"The going public of Österreichische Post AG has attracted enormous attention from national and international investors in Wiener Börse, and has also sparked lively interest among Austrian private investors," stated Michael Buhl, Member of the Management Board of Wiener Börse AG at the press conference on the first day of trading in the stocks of Österreichische Post AG. Michael Buhl believes that the listing of Österreichische Post AG "is a true enhancement for Wiener Börse".