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NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. Selects Alps Mutual Funds Services, Inc. To Inform Investment Professionals About Enhanced Portfolio Techniques Using QQQ

Date 11/07/2005

NASDAQ Global Funds, Inc. has entered into a professional services agreement with ALPS Mutual Funds Services, Inc. to wholesale the NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking StockSM QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQQ), the most actively traded exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the world.
London Stock Exchange: Main Market Has Best Month For IPOs In Four Years

Date 11/07/2005

June 2005 was the strongest month for IPOs on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 2001. There were 15 IPOs on the Main Market during June, raising a total of £1.9 billion between them, the largest amount of money raised by IPOs on the Main Market since July 2001 and the largest number of IPOs since November 2000. AIM saw 36 IPOs during the month raising £552.8 million between them.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report June 2005

Date 11/07/2005

Turnover The total turnover (excluding block trading) on all market segments of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange (LJSE) in June 2005 amounted to SIT 9.1 billion. The turnover in June was therefore 45.2% lower than last year’s average. In comparison to June 2004, the total turnover decreased in size by SIT 3.6 billion (-28.1%). In June 2005, shares of joint-stock companies amounted to 60.6% in the overall LJSE turnover structure. Bonds came second with a 23.8% share of the over
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 08.07.2005

Date 11/07/2005

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 Securities Exchange South Africa.
IIC Licenses iTraxx Indices To Eurex For European iTraxx Credit Derivatives - Eurex And International Index Company To leverage CDS Index Benchmark Success - Launch Of The First Exchange-Listed Credit Derivative Products Planned

Date 11/07/2005

Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, and International Index Company Ltd. (IIC), the leading provider of credit derivative and fixed income indices, announced today that they have signed an exclusive agreement to license IIC’s European iTraxx indices, which are based on European credit default swaps (CDS). Eurex intends to list an exchange-traded credit derivative product based on the iTraxx Europe CDS index, comprising 125 credit default swaps on European entities, by the end of the

HKEx Change Of Designated Securities For Short Selling

Date 11/07/2005

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces that with effect from 15 July 2005 (Friday), China COSCO Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 1919) will be added to the list of designated securities eligible for short selling.
European Union: IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition And Measurement - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Date 11/07/2005

(see also IP/04/1385) How are decisions taken in the European Union to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? The IAS Regulation[1] lays down the procedure for making International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), formerly known as International Accounting Standards (IAS), ma
Dow Jones Indexes, AIG Financial Products Corp. Announce New Commodity Indexes - Additional Benchmarks For Rapidly Growing Asset Class, Non-US Dollar Denominated Indexes Created

Date 11/07/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and AIG Financial Products Corp., a leader in financial derivatives products and a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., today announced the creation of five new commodity indexes and sub-indexes. Two of these are sub-indexes of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity IndexSM (DJ-AIGCISM). Two of the indexes are Euro and Yen denominated versions of the existing DJ-AIGCI, and the third is a spot price version o
CBOT To Extend Trading Hours On Its Electronic Trading Platform

Date 11/07/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced the expansion of trading hours on its electronic platform, an initiative created to respond to global demand for additional trading opportunities at the Exchange. This enhancement will be completed in conjunction with the upgrade to the CBOT electronic platform on October 9, 2005, and will make CBOT products available to electronic market users for an additional hour each day.
Boston Options Exchange Begins Trading In 23 New Names

Date 11/07/2005

Twenty-three new options classes began trading on BOX this morning bringing the total number of BOX listed classes to four hundred and fourty-three. BOX intends to reach 500 classes listed by the end of the summer. For a complete list of BOX listed classes, click here.