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JSE Equities Market Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 3 February 2006

Date 07/02/2006

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Equities Market.
January 2006 Performance Review Of The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks - A Monthly Report From Dow Jones Indexes On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks

Date 07/02/2006

All of the six hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes entered 2006 by posting net-of-fees gains in January.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - January 2006

Date 07/02/2006

Equity turnover for January was EUR 12,410.74 million; ETF turnover was EUR 40.87 million while that for bonds was EUR 3,491.46 million.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Statement Regarding MBF Clearing Lawsuit

Date 07/02/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, yesterday issued a statement regarding the lawsuit filed by MBF Clearing Corp. on February 2, 2006.
ICEX News And Views – 7 February 2006 - Volume 6, Issue 5

Date 07/02/2006

This issue: How Exchange Rate Developments was a Decisive Factor on the 2005 Bond Market, ICEX's interpretation of rules regarding director remuniration, and a new SAXESS course on 16 and 17 February.

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces Revised Margins For H-Shares Index And Petrochina Futures Contracts

Date 07/02/2006

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 9 February 2006, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
FTSE Private Banking Index Series Is Now Live

Date 07/02/2006

The FTSE Private Banking Index Series, compiled and calculated by FTSE Group (FTSE), the award-winning index company, and Private Banking Index Ltd (PriBIL) is now live. The index series offers investors an independent and objective means to compare performance returns from across a series of risk profiles, currencies and asset classes. It is designed to be used as a benchmark by the private banking industry and its clients, and is also suitable to be used as the basis of index-linked investment
FORTS Weekly Trading Results: January 30th – February 3rd, 2006

Date 07/02/2006

For the week of January 30th – February 3rd, 2006, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) reached 38 billion rubles or 1,56 million contracts, up 11,86% and 9,9% compared the last week (33,97 billion rubles and 1,42 thousand contracts). The total open interest at of the last day of the week, February 3rd, 2006, reached 44,74 billon rubles or 2,17 million contacts, 0,1% and 1,2% up on the data shown January 27th, 2006.
FORTS Lowers Margin Payments For The Futures On 3-Year Moscow City Bonds FORTS

Date 07/02/2006

Effective February 6th, 2006, the size of the initial margin payment for the futures on 3-year Moscow City Bond basket traded on FORTS will be lowered twofold. From now on traders will have to deposit only 5% of the total value of the contract as the initial margin (before that amount equaled 10% of the total contract value). The decision to lower the payment was made by RTS Derivatives Market Committee on February 2nd, 2006.
FIA Strongly Opposes Proposed Tax On Futures Transactions

Date 07/02/2006

The Futures Industry Association today stated its strong opposition to the so-called “user fee” on futures transactions contained in the Bush Administration’s fiscal 2007 budget.