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Morgan Stanley To Pay $2.7 Million For IPO Lock-Up Violations - NASD Fines J.P. Morgan $150,000, Goldman Sachs $125,000 For Similar Violations

Date 09/06/2005

NASD today announced that it has ordered three firms - Morgan Stanley & Co, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., and Goldman, Sachs & Co. - to pay more than $2.9 million following sales of restricted securities in violation of lock-up agreements as required by NASD rules.
London Stock Exchange: SETSmm Contributes To Growth In Order Book Volume During May

Date 09/06/2005

SETSmm, the London Stock Exchange’s hybrid trading system, showed particularly strong growth during May 2005. During the month, the average daily number of order book trades increased by 110 per cent on May 2004 to 28,819 and the average daily value traded increased 57 per cent to £251.6 million.
JPMorgan New Member On Oslo Børs

Date 09/06/2005

The American based investment bank JPMorgan will start direct trading in shares on Oslo Børs Wednesday 9 June 2005. This is the fourth remote member in short time who starts trading on Oslo Børs. 19 out of at total of 42 members now have remote membership at Oslo Børs.
Instinet Group Responds To Third Avenue Management Proposal

Date 09/06/2005

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INGP) announced today that, after careful consideration by its Board of Directors of the unsolicited proposal received from Third Avenue Management LLC to acquire the assets and liabilities of Instinet Group's institutional brokerage business, the Board continues to believe that the pending merger with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. is in the best interests of Instinet shareholders.
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Selected By Hang Seng As Basis Of A New ETF

Date 09/06/2005

FTSE Xinhua Index Ltd, the leading China index specialist, has been selected by Hang Seng Investment Management Limited as the index provider for a newly created Exchange Traded Fund ("ETF"), which began trading on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HkEx) on Wednesday June 8.

Former AremisSoft CEO Roys Poyiadjis Pays Approximately $200 Million In Settlement Of SEC Fraud Case

Date 09/06/2005

Roys Poyiadjis, a former CEO of AremisSoft Corporation, which was a software company with offices in New Jersey, London, Cyprus, and India, agreed to final resolution of fraud charges brought against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission in October 2001. In documents filed with the federal district court in Manhattan, Poyiadjis consented to disgorge approximately $200 million of unlawful profit from his trading in AremisSoft stock -- among the largest recoveries the SEC has obtained from
Dow Jones Indexes Announces Changes To Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 09/06/2005

Dow Jones Indexes today announced two changes affecting the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes. Both sets of changes have been approved by the Shari’ah Board of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes.
Component Change Made To Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10 Index

Date 09/06/2005

Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes in the Dow Jones RusIndex Titans 10 Index.
CME FX Sets Overall And CME Globex Volume Records

Date 09/06/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX) trading, set several FX volume records yesterday, including a new total FX volume record of 748,050 contracts, representing $87 billion in notional value, and surpassed the previous record of 679,700 futures and options contracts traded achieved on Dec. 6, 2004. Electronic trading accounted for a significant percentage of Wednesday’s volume with record volume of 455,039 futures and options o
CBOT Chairman Rededicates Statues "Lost" For 76 Years

Date 09/06/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today began its celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Exchange’s landmark building, with Exchange Chairman Charles P. Carey rededicating two statues that once stood at the entrance of the original CBOT building completed in 1885.