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Exchange Sets Record For NYMEX Division Seat Sale

Date 23/09/2005

A seat on the NYMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., sold today for a record $2,800,000, surpassing the $2,750,000 record sale set on August 17.
EEX Physical Futures Help To Avoid Undulation In Reporting Results – EEX Supports By Reporting - Fourth Accounting Workshop: Experts From Pricewaterhousecoopers And Participants Confirm The Applicability Of “Own Use Exemption” According To IAS 39

Date 23/09/2005

European Energy Exchange (EEX) physical Futures may lead to the application of the “own use exemption” according to IAS 39. Due to this “own use exemption”, Futures are not balanced as derivatives and they do not have to be evaluated according to market value. This was confirmed by accounting experts from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), EEX and workshop participants during the fourth accounting workshop in Leipzig.
Component Change Made To Dow Jones China Indexes - Changes Are A Result Of A Regular Quarterly Review Of The Index

Date 23/09/2005

Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the third regular quarterly review in 2005 for Dow Jones China Indexes (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China 88 (Dow-China 88), Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai), Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index, and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index will be effective on October 10, 2005.
CME, Standard & Poor's Announce Extension Of Exclusive License for S&P Index Futures Contracts - Organizations Mark 25-Year Association By Extending Exclusive Agreement Through 2016, With Another Non-Exclusive Year in 2017

Date 23/09/2005

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME), the largest and most diverse financial exchange, and Standard & Poor's, the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data, today announced an extension of their existing agreement that provides CME with exclusive rights to offer futures and options on futures contracts on the S&P 500(R) Index, the investment industry's leading benchmark for measuring portfolio performance, and other
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Financial Services In Europe Today - Irish Association Of Investment Managers, Dublin, 22 September 2005

Date 23/09/2005

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen and thank you for inviting me this evening. It is nice to see so many old friends as well as new faces, and good to see you all in such good heart. I know your industry has faced some significant challenges here in recent years. It hasn’t been all plain sailing. But the overall story of investment management in Ireland has been a good one. It is an industry in which this country can, I am certain, strengthen its competitive advantages with the right regula

CESR Publishes A Speech Entitled CESR’s Investment Management Agenda: First Experiences & Future Priorities, by Arthur Docters Van Leeuwen, Which Was Delivered As A Key Note Address To The EFAMA Fund Forum

Date 23/09/2005

This key note address was delivered by Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, Chairman of CESR, at the EFAMA Fund Forum, which took place in Brussels on 23 September 2005
Bursa Malaysia: QSR Outcome To Be Decided By The Courts

Date 23/09/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad today confirmed that it has received and assessed the requested information from both parties involved in the QSR boardroom tussle.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Record In Weekly Trading Volume

Date 23/09/2005

For the week of Sep. 19 to Sep. 23, 2005, average daily volume set a new record of 405,691 contracts. BOX ended the week with 2,028,457 contracts traded. This is the first time BOX volume surpassed two million contracts in a single week.
Trading In Equity Derivatives At OMX To Become More Attractive

Date 22/09/2005

In order to strengthen its customer offering, OMX Derivatives Market will reduce its fees for certain customer segments with respect to trading in primarily Swedish stock options. The fee adjustment, which is expected to increase trading in these products on the exchange, will become effective on January 2, 2006.
Tokyo Financial Exchange: Trading Of Interest Rate Etc., Financial Futures Transactions Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 September 2005

Date 22/09/2005

TFX announced the temporary change of trading hours for Interest Rate etc. Financial Futures Transactions (except for Exchange Forex Margin Transactions) on 30 September 2005, responding to the releases as follows: The Consumer Price Index at 8:30am. The Preliminary Report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am. Opening on that day Pre-open 8:30am - 8:45am (Normal days 8:45am - 9:00am) Open of morning session 8:45am (Normal days 9:00am)