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New Records Set On The Sydney Futures Exchange

Date 15/03/2006

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced record daily trading volumes yesterday, with individual records also set for a number of its benchmark contracts. A total of 1,200,398 contracts were traded, up 23% from the previous exchange record of 972,781 contracts set on 14 June 2005 , whilst the SFE SPI 200 Equity Index Future, SFE 10 Year Australian Treasury Bond Futures, the SFE 3 Year Treasury Bond Options also achieved new individual contract records.<
New Gold-Based Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 15/03/2006

A new product has been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange, taking the total to 35 ETFs. The new fund is ZKB Gold ETF from Zürcher Kantonalbank on physical gold. The trading currency is CHF.
NASD Fines Merrill Lynch $5 Million for Call Center Supervisory Failures, Sales Contest Violations - Call Center Sales Contests Prohibited For Three Years, Firm Ordered To Impose Special Supervisory Measures Until Corrective Measures Completed

Date 15/03/2006

NASD announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. $5 million for supervisory failures, registration violations, impermissible sales contests and other violations in connection with the operation of its Financial Advisory Center (FAC) located in Hopewell, NJ and Jacksonville, FL. The firm was also prohibited from staging any sales contests for FAC personnel for three years.
Innospec Switches Its Stock Listing To NASDAQ - Trading Under New Symbol ‘IOSP’ To Commence On March 22, 2006

Date 15/03/2006

Innospec Inc. (NYSE: IOP) (NASDAQ: IOSP) announced today that it will list its common stock solely on the NASDAQ Stock Market and discontinue the company's listing with the New York Stock Exchange. The international specialty chemicals company's common stock will cease trading under the symbol IOP on theNYSE on March 21, 2006.
Fortis Extends Electronic Trading Services With RTS’ Internet Frontend “eRTD” - Fortis And RTS Realtime Systems AG Announced Today Their Expanded Relationship

Date 15/03/2006

eRTD, the internet trading platform with a system independent JAVA front end offered by the German provider, the leading ISV for Multi Asset Class eTrading, has been added to Fortis’ electronic trading services.

Euronext Brussels BEL Indices

Date 15/03/2006

As a result of the quarterly review of 28 February 2006, the following changes for the BEL Mid index (BELM) and BEL Small index (BELS) will be effective as of Monday, 3 April 2006.
Deutsche Börse Scenario Calculation For The Equity Indices - Changes In The Equity Indices Effective On 20 March

Date 15/03/2006

Effective on 20 March, new weights will apply for the companies in the equity indices of Deutsche Börse. Deutsche Börse released the preliminary weighting figures on Wednesday. The preliminary data can be downloaded from the Deutsche Börse website (www.deutsche-boerse.com). The final figures based on Friday’s Xetra closing prices will be published at the Deutsche Börse website on Saturday.
Conclusion Of UK Competition Commission Review - Deutsche Börse Is Looking Forward To Enter Negotiations With Euronext

Date 15/03/2006

The UK Competition Commission has today concluded its merger review process. Deutsche Börse notes that the Commission's concerns were solely related to access to equity clearing services for UK equities, a service Deutsche Börse does not provide for the UK market. Deutsche Börse does not intend to make an offer for the London Stock Exchange, but reserves the right to review its position and make an offer in the event that an offer or possible offer for the London Stock Exchange is announced or i
CME Launches Over-the-Counter Clearing Initiative For Interest Rate Products - CME(R) Clearing360(TM) Will Help Global Customers Reduce Counterparty, Operational And Legal Risks

Date 15/03/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today that, pending CFTC approval, it will launch CME(R) Clearing360(TM), a new initiative that will provide a comprehensive clearing solution to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants. Expected to launch on April 3, 2006, CME Clearing360 will be an extension of existing CME Clearing services, and will offer customers the flexibility of OTC transactions with the risk management efficiencies of centralized clearing.
CME Launches End-of-Month Options On Stock Index Futures - Exchange Continues To Expand Efforts to Grow Trading Volume of Equity Index Options on Futures

Date 15/03/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, announced today that it will launch end-of-month options, where the expiration date falls on last trading day of the month, for its CME S&P(R) 500 and CME E-mini S&P(R) 500 index futures in May 2006 using a European-style expiration. This is the first time CME is offering end-of-month options for its equity index line of products.