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Tokyo Grain Exchange: The Daily Price Limits For Oct. 8, 2008

Date 07/10/2008

Corn 1,000 yen, Soybeans 1,800 yen, Non-GMO Soybeans 3,000 yen, Arabica Coffee 1,500 yen, Robusta Coffee 1,500 yen and Raw Sugar 1,500 yen.
Tokyo Commodity Exchange: Extraordinary Clearing Margin For Kerosene

Date 07/10/2008

With regards to the Kerosene market, since the final contract prices for three or more contract months (excluding contract months with no applicable price limit) have reached the price limit in the same direction for two consecutive business days, based on item 3.3.2 of the Regulations Governing Management of the Oil Market, deposit of the below Extraordinary Clearing Margin is required.
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Constituent Change In TOPIX New Index Series

Date 07/10/2008

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) will make changes to the constituents of the TOPIX New Index Series, including TOPIX Core30, TOPIX 100, TOPIX 500 and TOPIX 1000, effective after the close of trading on Thursday, October 30, 2008.
Physically Backed Gold ETCs Continue Strong Demand

Date 07/10/2008

Physical gold ETCs see inflows of $93m in last 6 days, the largest gain for 10 weeks Physical gold ETCs now total $4.5 billion or 5.3 Moz Physically backed gold ETCs most traded ETC last week and year-to-date Investors continue to seek safe haven assets
Euroclear Bank Launches First ECP Benchmarks

Date 07/10/2008

Euroclear Bank announces the launch today of a free online service that displays average yields for Euro Commercial Paper (ECP) known as ‘Euroclear ECP Indices’. This pioneering tool provides capital market professionals with weekly and daily computed yield data, sourced from Euroclear Bank as a neutral service provider, to track the evolution of the ECP market.

First Japanese Customer For Clearstream’s CFF

Date 07/10/2008

Japan Wealth Management Securities, Inc. (JWM), a Japanese fund distributor, has become the first Japanese customer of Clearstream’s Central Facility for Funds (CFF), the innovative solution launched last year to streamline the post trade processes in the cross border investment funds industry.
Statement Of The 27 European Heads Of State And Government On The Stability Of The Financial System

Date 07/10/2008

All the leaders of the European Union declare that each of them will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure the stability of the financial system – whether by injecting liquidity from central banks, by measures targeted at certain banks or by enhanced measures to protect deposits. No depositor in the banks of our countries has suffered losses and we will continue to take the necessary measures to protect the system and depositors. In taking these measures, European leaders ackno
Chi-X Europe Granted FSA Approval To Offer Sponsored Access

Date 07/10/2008

Chi-X® Europe Limited, operator of the largest pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF), today announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to offer its Trading Participants the option of providing their clients “sponsored access” – which is direct technical connectivity to Chi-X Europe – with immediate effect.
STOXX To Launch New Indexes For Eastern Europe

Date 07/10/2008

STOXX Limited, the leading provider of European equity indexes, today launched a new index family that measures the performance of stocks traded in 18 Eastern European countries. The index family comprises the Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe Total Market Index (TMI), Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe 300 Size, Dow Jones STOXX Balkan TMI, Dow Jones STOXX Eastern Europe 50 and Dow Jones STOXX Sub Balkan 30 indexes and 27 additional sub-indexes.
The Increase Of Contributions To The FORTS Contingency Fund Rescheduled

Date 07/10/2008

Due to the reduction of the open interest, the increase of contributions to be made by General and Special Clearing Members to the FORTS Contingency Fund is postponed till January 15th, 2009.