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Standard Bank Plc Establishes Its First Full Overseas Branch In The Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 14/02/2006

South Africa's leading financial institution, Standard Bank Plc, the international investment banking subsidiary of the Standard Bank Group, has been granted license by Dubai's Financial Services Authority to operate as an authorized firm within the DIFC. This will be the first full overseas branch of the Standard Bank Plc. Standard Bank believes that this development will both re-enforce its existing franchise in the Middle East, which began with the setting up of a Representative Office in Apr
Share change In S&P/TOPIX150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 14/02/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX150 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Tuesday February 21, 2006: Mitsui & Co. (Japan, SEDOL: 6597302, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20107010) a member of the S&P/TOPIX150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 130,575,481 to 1,714,291,178 due to the public offering and the exercise of convertible bonds.
Share Change For Macquarie Infrastructure Group In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 14/02/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Friday Feb. 17, 2006: Macquarie Infrastructure Group (Australia, SEDOL: 6456942, GICS Code: 20305020), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 2,445,535,853. This change is the result of a distribution reinvestment plan.
SFE Austraclear Launches Free Clearing & Settlement Education Program

Date 14/02/2006

SFE Austraclear has developed a comprehensive and free online education program, AClear Education for participants in the financial markets clearing & settlement industry and specifically for SFE Austraclear system users.
Osaka Securities Exchange: Launch Date Of New Trading Platform (For All Products)

Date 14/02/2006

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) launched New Trading Platform for Hercules-listed domestic stocks only, in advance of other products, on January 30, 2006, and has advanced its system development, targeting the full launch of New Trading Platform etc. for all products, such as stocks and derivatives products, at the end of February 2006.

NYSE CFO Amy S. Butte To Depart NYSE End Of May - Led Drive To Modernize Financial Systems And Processes To Position NYSE For The Future

Date 14/02/2006

“With Amy’s decision to leave the Exchange later this year, the NYSE will lose a strategically valuable and effective member of the senior management team,” said NYSE Chief Executive John A. Thain upon accepting the resignation of Amy S. Butte as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, effective May 31, 2006.
Nymex To List 25 New European Swaps Futures Contracts On NYMEX ClearPort®

Date 14/02/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that it will list 25 new European swap futures contracts on NYMEX ClearPort® on February 20 for the trade date of February 21.
NYBOT Announces Removal Of Coffee Warehouse Moratorium

Date 14/02/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that effective immediately, the moratorium at American Warehousing of NY, Inc., located at Pier 9 in the Port of New York, has been removed.
NASD Orders Diversified Investors Securities To Pay Over $2.2 Million For Facilitating Market Timing - Firm Also Fined For Supervisory Breaches, Email Failures

Date 14/02/2006

NASD announced today that it has fined Diversified Investors Securities Corp. of Purchase, NY, $1.3 million for facilitating impermissible market timing by certain institutional and other customers in its Diversified Investors International Equity Fund. The firm must also pay nearly $950,000 in restitution to the fund.
MTS And China Foreign Exchange Trade System To Cooperate In The Development Of The Chinese Bond Market

Date 14/02/2006

MTS S.p.A. is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (“CFETS”) under which both parties have agreed to cooperate towards the development of a transparent, liquid and efficient domestic fixed-income market in the People’s Republic of China.