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Standard & Poor’s Announces Treatment Of Kookmin Bank In The S&P Asia 50 Index

Date 24/09/2008

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Asia 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Thursday October 9th, 2008.
RTS: Initial Margin For The Sugar Contract To Be Increased

Date 24/09/2008

Starting from 06:00 pm Moscow time, September 24th, 2008 the initial margin for the futures contract on granulated sugar, produced in accordance with all-Union State Standard 21-94 (trading system ticker SUV8) will be increased up to 25% of the contract’s settlement price.
ICE Futures U.S. Announces Innovative Foreign Exchange Futures - ICE Millions To Serve Buy And Sell Side FX Trading Needs

Date 24/09/2008

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global futures exchanges and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, announced today that ICE Futures U.S.(TM) will launch million-currency-unit versions of 12 existing foreign exchange (FX) futures contracts in November 2008. The new futures contracts, known as ICE Millions, uniquely combine the benefits of futures and OTC products, bringing transactional efficiencies and risk management opportunities to the growing FX marketplace. The con
RTS Gold Futures Is The Fastest Growing Bullion Contract In The World

Date 24/09/2008

According to the latest FI Magazine rating compiled by experts from the Futures Industry Magazine, one of the world’s major professional associations of derivatives exchanges, on the basis of the results of the first half of 2008, the RTS gold futures, apart from being one of the world’s top 20 bullion contracts by the trading volume, is the fastest growing bullion derivative instrument in the world.
Tehran Stock Exchange Will Hold Two General Meeting Of Shareholders

Date 24/09/2008

Tehran Stock Exchange announces that its ordinary and extraordinary general meeting will hold on 6th October 2008. The agenda of these meetings are as following:

Record Number Of Russian Issuers In RTS Board

Date 24/09/2008

Starting from September 22nd, 2008 RTS Board members have the opportunity to submit bids and asks for ordinary and privileged shares from 1055 Russian issuers.
Burgundy Appoints Cinnober As Technology Provider

Date 24/09/2008

Cinnober today announced that it has been selected as technology provider for Burgundy, the new trading facility for listed Nordic securities, targeted for launch in the first half of 2009.
AppLabs Testing Solution Enables Turquoise To Launch On-Time

Date 24/09/2008

AppLabs, the world’s largest independent testing, quality management and certification solutions company, today announces the completion of a major Functional and Performance Testing phase for Turquoise, the multi-lateral trading facility established by nine leading European investment banks.
September 2008 “Islamic Market’s Measure” – Preliminary Report - Monthly Report On The Performance Of The Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes

Date 24/09/2008

Based on the close of trading on September 23, the global Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index, which measures the performance of 100 of the leading Shari’ah compliant stocks globally, lost -7.39% month-to-date, closing at 2112.40. In comparison, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, which measures the 50 biggest companies worldwide, posted a loss of -6.31%, closing at 185.41. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Asia/Pacific Titans 25 Index, which measures the performance of 25 of the lea
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Sun Hung Kai Properties Futures

Date 24/09/2008

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 Friday, 26 September 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 methodol