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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 24/02/2006

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 1 March 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 methodolo

Euronext France Expert Commission, Indices Committee

Date 24/02/2006

The Expert Commission, Indices Committee, meeting today, took the following decisions: SBF 120 index: Added: Eutelsat Communications SBF 250 index: Added: Eutelsat Communications Ipsen Removed: Buffalo Grill CAC MID100 index: Added: Eutelsat Communications Ipsen Removed: Alain Afflelou CAC SMALL90 index: Added: Alain Afflelou Removed: Buffalo Grill CAC AllShar

CUBE Financial Limited Terminates Its Membership With The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 24/02/2006

As of February 28, Cube Financial is no longer a member of the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Today Admits cBrain A/S To Listing

Date 24/02/2006

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange today welcomes a new company - cBrain A/S.

ASX To Introduce FIX Standard To Market Data Services

Date 24/02/2006

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will introduce low-latency market data services in 2006, based on the FIX (financial information exchange) protocol. ASX has selected the CameronFIX Market Data Server platform to support these new market data services, coinciding with the migration of equities trading across to ASX’s new integrated trading system in October 2006.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Number Of Orders And Executions

Date 23/02/2006

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SuperDerivatives Releases Powerful New Functionality To Its Commodity Clients

Date 23/02/2006

SuperDerivativesÒ, the benchmark system for options and the leading provider of option pricing, trading and risk management systems, has released a new version of its state-of-the-art SD-CM™ commodity option pricing platform. The new release is based on feedback that was received from its vast client base in the energy and the metal sectors.

Speech by SEC Commissioner Cynthia A. Glassman: Remarks Before The Tenth Annual Conference On SEC Regulation Outside The United States,

Date 23/02/2006

Speech by SEC Commissioner: Remarks before the Tenth Annual Conference on SEC Regulation Outside the United States by Commissioner Cynthia A. Glassman U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission London, England February 23, 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission, as a matter o

Share Change For Macquarie Airports In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 23/02/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Monday Feb. 28, 2006: Macquarie Airports (Australia, SEDOL: 6543628, GICS Code: 20305010), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 1,642,413,182. This change is the result of a distribution reinvestment plan.

Program Trading Averaged 58.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 13-17

Date 23/02/2006

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Feb. 13-17.