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Markit Expands Loan Business Through Acquisition Of FCS From JP Morgan

Date 28/07/2008

Markit, the financial information services company, and JPMorgan today announced that they have agreed to terms under which Markit will acquire J.P. Morgan FCS Corporation (“FCS”). FCS is the leading provider of portfolio and risk management software and services
Credit Suisse And Instinet Europe Offer Clients Bilateral Dark Pool Access - Smart Order Routing Agreement Provides Reciprocal Access To Advanced Execution Services’ - Crossfinder<SUP>TM</SUP> And Instinet Europe’s BlockMatch<SUP>TM</SUP> Liquidity Pools

Date 28/07/2008

Credit Suisse, one of the world’s leading banks, and Instinet Europe Limited (IEL), the European agency brokerage subsidiary of Instinet Incorporated, a global leader in electronic trading and agency-only brokerage services, today announced they have executed their first trades on each others’ dark pools via their smart order routers and algorithmic trading platforms. Enabling mutual access will provide both firms with access to additional liquidity in an effort to seek out the best possible
IOSCO Announces Next Steps On Credit Rating Agencies

Date 28/07/2008

The International Organization of Securities Commission’s (IOSCO) Task Force on Credit Rating Agencies (Task Force) has announced its next steps with regard to the monitoring of compliance with the Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies (Code of Conduct).
TNS Welcomes The Bombay Stock Exchange To The Network

Date 28/07/2008

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has appointed financial connectivity provider Transaction Network Services (NYSE:TNS) to provide trading functionality and market data information via its fully-managed Secure Trading Extranet.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Announces Outline Of Style Indices (Value And Growth Indices)

Date 28/07/2008

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has announced details on the specifications of the style indices (value and growth indices) that the exchange intends to launch in autumn as announced on February 29, 2008.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Announces Intent To Expand TOPIX Series With The Introduction Of "Composite Index Series"

Date 28/07/2008

The Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) today has announced its intention to launch a composite index series including the "TOPIX Composite 1500" later this year in an effort to enhance index usability. The TSE will begin calculating indices that adopt domestic classified stocks, foreign stocks with exclusive listings on the TSE, and domestic preferred subscription certificates into the index universe.
Tehran Stock Exchange IPOed First Cement Company This Year

Date 27/07/2008

On 27 July 2008, thirteen percent of equity shares of kordestan cement Co (Equivalent of 21,060,000 shares of company) first time after listing, was offered by Omid Investment Co (5%) and Ghadir Sanat and Sarmeye Tose Co (8%) on Tehran Stock Exchange at the price of $ .85 per share with the total value of $12.2 million.
SEC Emergency Action Freezes Assets Of Unknown Purchasers In Insider Trading Scheme

Date 25/07/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed an emergency action to freeze the assets of one or more unknown purchasers of the call options for the common stock of DRS Technologies, Inc. and American Power Conversion Corp., alleging that they reaped more than $3 million in profits by engaging in illegal insider trading through an account with UBS AG prior to public announcements related to acquisitions of those companies.
NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Record For Total Natural Gas Futures Contracts, Natural Gas Futures On CME Globex®

Date 25/07/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX), set daily volume records yesterday for total natural gas futures contracts traded via electronic and open outcry trading and natural gas futures contracts traded on the CME Globex electronic trading platform.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 25/07/2008

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, July 25, 2008: The shares of Noveko International Inc. (TSXVN:EKO) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same ticker symbol.