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PricewaterhouseCoopers To Apply For Membership Of Dubai International Financial Centre

Date 18/10/2005

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the world’s largest accountancy firm, is finalising its application to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to register as an Ancillary Service Provider with the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
New York Stock Exchange Suspends Trading And Moves To Delist Refco Inc.

Date 18/10/2005

The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) announced today that it determined that the common stock of Refco Inc. (the "Company") –ticker symbol RFX – should be suspended immediately. Trading in the common stock has been halted since October 13, 2005 as the NYSE was evaluating the need for further disclosure and the continued listing of the Company.
NASDAQ President And CEO To Visit China - Bob Greifeld To Meet With Business Leaders And Speak At Tsinghua University In Beijing

Date 18/10/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ; NASDAQ: NDAQ) President and CEO Bob Greifeld will visit China beginning November 28. Among other events, Mr. Greifeld will deliver an address at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing on November 30. NASDAQ officials will also tour Tsinghua’s Science Park, a university park dedicated to fostering innovation and development of intellectual property.
NASDAQ And Scottrade Partner To Offer NASDAQ Totalview(R) To Scottrade Customers - Scottrade Is The First Major Discount Brokerage To Offer Totalview(R)

Date 18/10/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ) and Scottrade, a leading online brokerage, announced today that they have partnered to offer TotalView(R), NASDAQ's premier market data product, to Scottrade customers who use ScottradeELITE(R), Scottrade's advanced platform for active traders. Scottrade is the first major discount brokerage to offer TotalView on its retail active-trader platform.
NASD Fines Instinet And INET ATS $1,475,000 For Inaccurate Execution Quality Reports, Inadequate Supervision And Other Violations

Date 18/10/2005

NASD announced today that it has ordered Instinet, LLC and INET ATS, Inc. (formerly known as The Island ECN, Inc.) to pay $1.475 million for rule violations relating to publication of inaccurate reports on order execution quality, backing away from the firm's posted quotes, failure to report orders, improper "last sale" or trade reporting, supervision and other areas. Although the firms used automated systems to generate their reports on execution quality, they failed to reasonably supervise th

London Stock Exchange SETSmm – Significantly Reducing The Cost Of Trading In Small Cap Securities

Date 18/10/2005

The London Stock Exchange today published the findings of an independent review, showing a significant reduction in the cost of trading the 200 largest Main Market Small Cap Index securities, following their transfer to SETSmm, the Exchange’s successful hybrid electronic order book.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Financial regulation, Integration And Competitiveness, Central Bank Of Ireland, Dublin, 17 October 2005

Date 18/10/2005

Thank you for inviting me. I notice you have changed your name since I was last here – from IFSRA to the Financial Regulator. That will leave one spare acronym for us in Brussels to bag – At this stage we can’t be far off the point where all letters of the alphabet in all combinations of 3 and 4 have been used up!!
CBOT Holdings Prices Initial Public Offering Of Class A Common Stock

Date 18/10/2005

CBOT Holdings, Inc., holding company for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), announced today the initial public offering of 3,191,489 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $54.00 per share. The company is selling 2,940,486 shares, and 251,003 shares will be sold by existing stockholders. CBOT Holdings has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 478,723 shares at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.
Business Continuity Test A Success For USA Financial Services Industry

Date 18/10/2005

The Securities Industry Association (SIA), the Bond Market Association (TBMA), the Futures Industry Association (FIA) and the Financial Information Forum (FIF) on Saturday conducted an industry-wide business continuity planning (BCP) test as part of an extensive, ongoing and industry-driven initiative to verify and demonstrate the resilience of the securities markets. The test, which expanded on prior connectivity tests, included components for equities, fixed income, options, futures and settl
Boston Options Exchange Daily Volume At Record Setting Pace In October

Date 18/10/2005

Average daily volume on BOX for the first two weeks of October is 442,991 contracts, an increase of 43.0% over the first half of September 2005 and of 166.5% over the comparable period in 2004. The ADV for the period is the highest BOX has achieved over a ten day period.