News Centre

Federal Reserve Is Prepared To Expand The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)

Date 10/02/2009

The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced that it is prepared to undertake a substantial expansion of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF).  The expansion could increase the size of the TALF to as much as $1 trillion and could broaden the eligible collateral to encompass other types of newly issued AAA-rated asset-backed securities, such as commercial mortgage-backed securities, private-label residential mortgage-backed securities, and other asset-backed securities.

ICE Futures Canada Holiday Notice

Date 10/02/2009

This is to advise that ICE Futures Canada, Inc. and ICE Clear Canada, Inc. will be closed for trading and clearing operations on Trade Date Monday, February 16, 2009.

PLUS Trading Volumes Up Almost 100% - Record High Monthly Volume Of Almost Five Billion Shares Traded

Date 10/02/2009

PLUS Markets – the new stock exchange for London - today announced very strong trading activity for the month of January 2009 with 781,485 trades, a 96.64% increase on January 2008. The number of shares traded rose 187% against the same month to a record high of 4.99 billion, while trade value was up by 30% at £3.78 billion for the month.

RTS Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: February 2 – 6, 2009

Date 10/02/2009

Over the week of February 2 – February 6, 2009, the RTS Index went down by 2,64% to reach 520,91 points (535,04 points as of January 30, 2009). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (minus 10,23 points), Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (minus 4,89 points) and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (minus 3,99 points).

Last Days To Sign Up For CESR's Conference 2009 - Preparing For The Future: Where To Now For Regulation In The Field Of Securities? - February 23 In Paris

Date 10/02/2009

The CESR Conference 2009 follows significant efforts by European securities regulators to implement a modernised regulatory framework and to converge practices.

IntercontinentalExchange Reports Record Full-Year 2008 Revenues, Net Income and Operating Cash Flow; Record Fourth Quarter 2008 Revenues - 4Q08 Revenues Rise 30% To $207 MM; 2008 Revenues Up 42% To $813 MM - 4Q08 Operating Income $97 MM, Up 1%; 2008 Opera

Date 10/02/2009

 IntercontinentalExchange(R), Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of regulated global exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, reported that consolidated revenues in the fourth quarter rose to a record $207 million, a 30% increase over fourth quarter 2007 revenues of $159 million. Consolidated net income for the fourth quarter of 2008 was $49 million, a 24% decrease compared to $65 million for the prior fourth quarter. Adjusted to exclude the $16 million pre-tax, or $11 milli

US Treasury Releases Photo From Geithner, Carstens Bilateral Meeting

Date 10/02/2009

MCX Stock Exchange Launches 5th Regional Language Website On Benefits Of Currency Futures - Aimed To Educate Traders, Importers, Exporters, SME's Across Maharashtra

Date 10/02/2009

MCX-SX (MCX Stock Exchange), India's new stock exchange, today formally launched its 5th regional website in Marathi (http://marathi.mcx-sx.com). Dr. A. M. Pedgaonkar, CGM-in-Charge, Department of Information and Technology, RBI was the Chief Guest of Honor and unveiled the website. Maharashtra is an industrial state and is hub for traders, exporters and other business participants. This new initiative will provide the benefits of the currency futures markets in local language to a segment de

CESR Publishes The 8th Update Of The Prospectus Q&A, Including CESR's View On Employee Shares Schemes

Date 10/02/2009

The European Commission wrote to CESR on 18 July 2007 to request that regulators should adopt a common 'light-touch' approach to share offers to employees under the Prospectus Directive and Prospectus Regulation.

SGX-ST Enforcement Action On Breaches Of Its Directives

Date 10/02/2009

On 6 February 2009, the SGX Appeals Committee fined UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd (“UOBKH”) a total of $115,000 for breaching SGX’s directives for the administration of the Trading Representative Examination on SGX Extended Settlement Contracts (“ES Contracts”). In addition, UOBKH is required to re-administer the examination for the TRs who sat for the examinations held on four particular days. The ES Contracts examination prepares Trading Representatives (“TRs”) for the trading of the to-be-launched