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FORTS Weekly Trading Results: October 20th – 24th, 2008

Date 28/10/2008

For the week of October 20th – October 24th, 2008 the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 89,1 bln. roubles or 3,5 mln. contracts, including 23,5 bln. roubles during the evening trading session. The total open interest as of the last day of the week, October 24th, 2008 reached 82,2 bln. roubles or 2,5 mln. contracts.
Xtrakter: Firms Shift Execution Venues During Turbulent September

Date 28/10/2008

Xtrakter, the fixed income market utility, announced today the third edition of its league table of execution venues. This edition tracks the movement of liquidity for both fixed income and equities during Q3 08 and provides a detailed analysis of where trading occurred during the turbulent month of September.
KLD Indexes And FTSE Group Announce New Global Partnership - Global Index Provider FTSE To Offer Indexes In Partnership With Sustainability/SRI Index Leader KLD

Date 28/10/2008

KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., the leading provider of environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and indexes, and global index leader FTSE today announce a strategic partnership to offer a comprehensive suite of ESG indexes. FTSE will collaborate with KLD on the conception, design and worldwide marketing of co-branded ESG indexes.
NYSE Arca Options To List ISE FX Options

Date 28/10/2008

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) and NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) announced today that they have entered into an agreement to license the right to list ISE FX Options® products on the NYSE Arca Options platform. This allows NYSE Arca Options to trade options on all currency pairs traded at ISE. The unique, dollar-based structure of ISE's FX options creates an underlying value similar to traditional equity or index options and provides investors with a simple tool to trade
State Aid: European Commission Approves German Support Scheme For Financial Institutions

Date 28/10/2008

The European Commission has approved, under EC Treaty state aid rules, a German rescue package intended to stabilise financial markets by providing capital and guarantees to eligible financial institutions. Following close cooperation with the German authorities and the submission of a comprehensive set of commitments to ring-fence the application of the measures, the Commission found the scheme to be in line with its Guidance Communication on state aid

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR And HKEx Futures Contracts

Date 28/10/2008

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 30 October 2008, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining metho
Scoach And EDG Make Certificate Development Transparent - New Indices For Guarantee, Bonus, Discount And Outperformance Certificates - Representative Market Tracking Based On Volume Actually Invested

Date 28/10/2008

Scoach, the Frankfurt exchange for structured products, and the European Derivatives Group (EDG) are implementing the concept they developed together for the analysis of certificate performance. New certificate indices mean that for the first time, there are transparent yardsticks for the most important products.
ETF Securities To List Europe's First Carbon ETC

Date 28/10/2008

European first for listed access to carbon emissions Simple and direct exposure on the London Stock Exchange ETC to track the world's most liquid carbon emissions futures contract European carbon emissions trading expands by 80% in 1H08 to EUR 30 billion
RTS Indices Weekly Review

Date 28/10/2008

Weekly review: October 20th - 24th, 2008 in pdf, 104Kb All reviews of RTS Indices
HKEx: Allocation Of Stock Codes In The 60000 Range For New CBBC Listings

Date 28/10/2008

As previously planned (see the 29 April 2008 news release for details), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will allocate stock codes in the range of 60000 to 69999 for new Callable Bull/Bear Contracts (CBBCs) to be listed on or after 3 November 2008.