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Closed-End Fund Leader Calamos Investments Expands Accessibility With A Dual Listing On Nasdaq

Date 31/03/2006

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLMS) today announced that the Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NYSE: CSQ) has dual listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, effective today.
CBOT Metals Complex Volume Surpasses 40,000 Contracts

Date 31/03/2006

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), announced today that its Precious Metals futures complex achieved a new daily volume record on March 30, 2006, as total volume exceeded 40,000 contracts for the first time. The CBOT Metals futures complex includes full-sized and mini-sized Gold and Silver futures contracts.
BME Expands Its Product Range For Investors - BME Choses The Entities That Will Create The ETFs On The IBEX 35® - 4 Licence Agreements On The IBEX 35® Have Been Given To Barclays Global Investors, BBVA Gestión, Lyxor Asset Management And Santander Asset M

Date 31/03/2006

Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has given 4 licence agreements on the IBEX 35® to Barclays Global Investors, BBVA Gestión, Lyxor Asset Management and Santander Asset Management, following a thorough selection process.
Alitalia Will Replace Banca Antonveneta In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 31/03/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB Index, effective at the open of business, Wednesday 5 April 2006: Alitalia, (Italy, ISIN IT0003918577) will replace Banca Antonveneta (Italy, ISIN IT0003270102) in the S&P/MIB Index, following the results of the Public Tender Offer launched on Banca Antonveneta ordinary shares. Acceptances have now exceeded the 91% threshold.
Agri-Fax Announces New Ownership Structure, New Direction - Sale Of Its Business Infrastructure To NZX

Date 31/03/2006

North Canterbury-based rural data company Agri-Fax has completed the sale of its business infrastructure to NZX ( New Zealand Exchange Limited). The deal will see NZX conduct a phased takeover of the operational side of the business, whilst freeing up Agri-Fax founders Rod McKenzie and David Meares to concentrate on developing new products and services for the business.

Warsaw Stock Exchange Main Indices Set New Closing High

Date 30/03/2006

The Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG, all share index, closed at a new high of 40 115,91 points. The previous closing high was 40 073,44 on February 27, 2006.
UK's Financial Services Authority Consults On Listing Rule Changes And Transparency Directive

Date 30/03/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published a consultation paper on proposed changes to the Listing Rules (LR) for investment entities and on proposed changes to the Listing Rules and Disclosure Rules to implement the Transparency Directive (TD).
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Default Of MMG Arrows Co., Ltd

Date 30/03/2006

Pursuant to Article 68 (Action against nonpayment) of the Business Method Manual of the Japan Commodity Clearing House Co., Ltd. (JCCH), a notice was issued by JCCH on March 30, 2006 that MMG Arrows Co., Ltd., a broker member of TOCOM, failed to pay mark to market losses (1,358,930 yen) by noon of March 30 to JCCH.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 30/03/2006

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, March 31, 2006: The pay date has been determined for the units of Aeroplan Income Fund (TSX:AER.UN) distributed by ACE Aviation holdings Inc.(TSX:ACE.B) subsequent to an announcement on February 16, 2006. The units of Aeroplan will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equit
Standard & Poor’s Identifies Italy’s S&P/MIB As European Dividend Champion

Date 30/03/2006

The S&P/MIB Index, the headline index for the Italian equity market, is outpacing its European counterparts as the top dividend payer in the region, according to analysis by Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of indices. The analysis is issued as Standard & Poor’s begins publication of country-by-country comparable index-level fundamentals for all 17 European equity markets.