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  • ICE Integrates Global Business Names - IPE Changes Name To ICE Futures

    Date 27/10/2005

    IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) yesterday announced that its subsidiaries and business units will operate under the ICE name, effective today. ICE operates the leading electronic global futures and over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace for trading energy contracts. The parent company will continue to be known as IntercontinentalExchange, or ICE.

  • HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

    Date 27/10/2005

    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 Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 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 methodol

  • Dubai International Financial Centre Courts Holds Its First Historic Session Today

    Date 27/10/2005

    The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts held its first session yesterday, firmly establishing the first independent judiciary system of its kind in the region. The formal sitting today marks a very significant step for the DIFC in its quest to establish a world class financial centre. The session was chaired by Sir Anthony Evans, Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts and Mr Michael Hwang, who was recently appointed as the Deputy Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts.

  • Deputy Chief Justice Of The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts Sworn In

    Date 27/10/2005

    HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, UAE, swore in Mr. Michael Hwang SC as the Deputy Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial Centre Court on October 23 rd, 2005, at the Ruler’s Court. Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, Director General of Dubai International Financial Centre Authority, Sir Anthony Evans, Chief Justice of the DIFC Courts, Mr. Omar Juma Mohamed Saif Al Fajeer Al Muhairi, Senior Judicial Officer, DIFC Courts and Mr. Ali

  • Charles A. Vice Promoted To President Of ICE

    Date 27/10/2005

    IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) today announced that Charles A. Vice, Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to President, effective immediately. Vice, 42, will retain the title of Chief Operating Officer while adding expanded responsibilities; he will continue to report to ICE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey C. Sprecher.

  • CESR Publishes Its Final Advice Of A Possible Amendment To The Prospectus Regulation Regarding The Treatment Of Complex Financial Information

    Date 27/10/2005

    The Prospectus Regulation came into effect on 1 July 2005 and contains requirements relating to how issuer’s historical financial information should be presented in a prospectus. Shortly after the legislation’s implementation, it became clear that more detail in the level two implementing measures might be helpful if the treatment of issuers having a complex financial history was to be handled in a consistent manner across Europe. CESR was therefore asked by the European Commission to provid

  • CESR Launches A Consultation On Simplification Of The Cross-Border Notification Procedure Of UCITS

    Date 27/10/2005

    CESR publishes today its first consultation paper (Ref. CESR/05-484) on its draft guidelines regarding the cross-border notification procedure of UCITS funds. CESR requests comments and reactions to its proposal and to the specific questions raised in the document by 27 January 2006, from both market participants and from retail investors. A public hearing will also be held in Paris at CESR’s premises and information regarding the date and agenda wil

  • CBOT Fed Watch - October 27 Market Close

    Date 27/10/2005

    In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 1, 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.

  • CalPERS: Three California Pension Funds Recover $257 Million In WorldCom Lawsuit

    Date 27/10/2005

    Three California public pension funds today announced they have recovered more than $257.4 million from a non-class action lawsuit filed against former WorldCom Inc. executives and investment banks after the financial collapse of WorldCom, Inc.

  • CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Mark Anson Resigns

    Date 27/10/2005

    Mark J.P. Anson, Chief Investment Officer for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), advised the pension fund's Board today that he has accepted a position to be the Chief Executive Officer of Hermes, the London-based institutional fund manager that invests assets for the British Telecom Pension Fund, and other pension funds, insurance companies, financial institutions, and endowments.