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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)
SWX Swiss Exchange: Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG (PWTN) Opens At CHF 95

Date 22/09/2005

Today, the shares of Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG, a Swiss freight forwarding and logistics company, were traded in the main segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange for the first time. The offering price was set yesterday, Wednesday, at CHF 80 and the opening price on SWX was CHF 95. This corresponds to a market capitalisation of CHF 2.375 billion. Panalpina shares are included in the SPI® and SPI EXTRA®.
Share & IWF Changes In The S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 22/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Friday, September 30th, 2005: Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6250865, GICS: Health Care, GICS Code: 35202010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 229,716,000 to 397,900,154 and its IWF will be updated to 0.34 due to its merger. Okuma Corp (Japan,
Securities Industry Association Endorses Uniform National Standards For Data Breach Notification At Senate Banking Hearing - Current Patchwork Quilt Of Differing State Regulations Unworkable

Date 22/09/2005

The Securities Industry Association (SIA) today testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In the hearing, SIA affirmed its strong commitment to working with members of the Committee on breach notification legislation in creating a national standard that will prevent consumer confusion and eliminate the potential for conflicting compliance regulations. Demonstrating its commitment to the issue of data breach notification, SIA presented six fundamental principl