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Ivanhoe Mines To Dual List On NASDAQ – First company to dual list in 2006

Date 30/01/2006

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced that Ivanhoe Mines (NYSE :IVN & TSX :IVN) will dual list on the NASDAQ National Market and the NYSE under the trading symbol IVN. Ivanhoe Mines is the first Canadian company to dual list on NASDAQ and the NYSE. It is the second non-US mining company to dual list since November, 2005.
Euronext In Negotiations To Acquire CompanynewsGroup

Date 30/01/2006

Euronext, the pan-European exchange, is in negotiations to acquire CompanynewsGroup, a leading corporate news distributor in Europe. Now in the final stages, the acquisition is expected to be completed towards the end of the first quarter, subject to all relevant regulatory consents and required communications with employee representatives have been completed.
CME Eurodollar Electronic Options Reach A New Volume Record - Options Records Also Set In Equity And Foreign Exchange Products

Date 30/01/2006

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today reported record electronic options on futures contracts trading volume in its benchmark CME(R) Eurodollar interest rate product during the Friday, Jan. 27 trading session. A total of 183,672 CME Eurodollar options contracts were electronically traded on the CME(R) Globex(R) platform that operates virtually 24 hours every trading day. The electronic CME Eurodollar option contracts traded Friday, Jan. 27 represented 18 percent of
CFTC’s Office Of General Counsel Announces New Deputy General Counsel Appointments

Date 30/01/2006

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) today announced two new Deputy General Counsel appointments.
CBOT Fed Watch - January 30 Market Close

Date 30/01/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 31, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

CBOE And CFE Trading Schedule For Presidents' Day

Date 30/01/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced the following trading schedule in observance of the Presidents' Day holiday.
Breakwater Trading, LLC Connects To Winnipeg Commodity Exchange As Liquidity Provider

Date 30/01/2006

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. ("WCE") announces the addition of Breakwater Trading, LLC as a Direct Access Trading Participant in the category of Liquidity Provider.
ATX Breaks Through 4,000-Point Mark - The leading index in Vienna, ATX, is still soaring high – Austrian Investors Are Not Reaping The Benefits Of The Exceptional Performance Of The Domestic Stock Market As Much As They Could

Date 30/01/2006

At 10.53 a.m., the Viennese leading index broke through the 4,000 point mark on 30 January 2006 for the first time. This is the third year in a row that the ATX has continued to rally: In July 2004, the ATX broke through the 2000 point mark and only one year later it overcame 3,000 points. In the past three years, the performance of the ATX has been far above the international average at approximately 35% (2003), 57% (2004) and 51% (2005).
Cairo And Alexandria Stock Exchanges: CASE 30 Index Broke The 8000 Level

Date 29/01/2006

Another breaking record for the Egyptian market on 29 January 2005, with CASE 30 Index striking a new high of 8064 points, on the back of the ongoing robust market performance, to register a 27.5 % YTD increase. This in turn was reflected in the hike in the market capitalization to settle at L.E 540.3 billion (US$ 94 billion), up from L.E 456 billion (US$ 80 billion) at the end of December 2005.
UK's Financial Services Authority To Streamline Money Laundering Rules For Firms

Date 27/01/2006

The Financial Services Authority confirmed today in a Policy Statement that it will press ahead with streamlining its anti-money laundering requirements for firms as part of its drive to simplify the FSA Handbook and remove rules and guidance that are no longer needed.