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Liffe To Launch Credit Default Swaps On Bclear In Q4 2008

Date 07/07/2008

Liffe announced today that the Exchange is planning to launch Credit Default Swap (CDS) contracts on Bclear in Q4 2008.

HKEx Monthly Market Highlights - June 2008

Date 07/07/2008

Highlights

Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services, Regulation & Supervision After The Credit Crunch, Public Affairs Ireland Conference, Dublin, 4 July 2008

Date 07/07/2008

EPDA Launches Its Primary Dealerships Handbook - Key Resource For Government Bond Market Participants

Date 07/07/2008

The European Primary Dealers Association (EPDA), an affiliate of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), today launched its European Primary Dealerships Handbook. The Handbook gathers together for the first time significant information on both the structure and functioning of the primary dealership systems in Europe.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Hang Seng Bank Futures

Date 07/07/2008

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 Wednesday, 9 July 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

SGX Moves To New Securities Trading Engine

Date 07/07/2008

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) is pleased to announce that it today moved its securities market to a new, enhanced trading system. The new trading engine, Quest-ST, replaces Central Limit Order Book (CLOB), which has served the industry for 19 years since it was launched in March 1989.

SPH, SGX And FTSE Launch New FTSE ST China Top Index

Date 07/07/2008

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore Exchange (SGX) and FTSE Group (FTSE) are pleased to announce the launch today of a new index within the FTSE ST Index series.

Osaka Securities Exchange Extension Of Trading Hours In Evening Session

Date 07/07/2008

A Glorious Day For Tehran Stock Exchange

Date 07/07/2008

July 6th marked a new record in the 40 year history of the Iranian capital market. The main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TEPIX) gained 590 points, demonstrated a 4.7 percent increase in one single day and reached 12,512 units. The TSE Price and Dividend Index (TEDPIX) which calculates both the price movement and market return also jumped up 6.2 percent to 47,017 units; a 2,925 points increase.

Barbados Stock Exchange Report For 1st Quarter 2008

Date 06/07/2008

There was a large decline in the volume traded and a small increase in the value traded for the first Quarter of 2008. In both 2007 and 2008, take-over transactions played a significant role in the total trading activity on the market. In 2007, the CIBC Investments (Cayman) Limited take-over of FirstCaribbean International Bank accounted for 129,753,524 of the total shares traded (97%) and $424,294,023.48 of the value traded (97%). Whereas in 2008, there were two companies which were the subject