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MGEX Continues Growth Trend By Shattering January Trading Records

Date 01/02/2008

Continued high volatility in the Minneapolis Grain Exchange’s (MGEX or Exchange) Hard Red Spring Wheat contract contributed to another record-setting month. The Exchange closed January trading with another all-time daily electronic volume record – the fourth new top daily volume record this month. There were 7,343 contracts traded electronically Thursday, which beat the previous high of 6,623 contracts set on Tuesday by 720 contracts. Seven of the top 20 electronic volume days occurred in Jan
Statement Of The European Commission And The U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission On Mutual Recognition In Securities Markets

Date 01/02/2008

SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and the European Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services Charlie McCreevy met in Washington, D.C., on February 1. They had a wide-ranging discussion on topics of mutual interest, including the current market volatility, accounting standards, sovereign wealth funds, credit rating agencies, XBRL developments and mutual recognition of securities regulation. With regard to the recent market movements, they discussed national and international efforts to analyze
KCBT Sees Second Largest January Volume - KCBT January Trading Volume Second Largest in Exchange History for Calendar Month

Date 01/02/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade trading volume for the month of January was the second largest for that calendar month in the history of the exchange. Total exchange volume amounted to 352,893 contracts, an increase of 22.8 percent compared to last January and 69.5 percent compared to last month. This tally is second only to January 2006, which saw trading volume of 372,393 contracts.
Eurex: New Monthly Record With 207 Million Contracts - More Than 200 Million Contracts In A Single Month For The First Time - Equity Index Derivatives Set New Record With 98 Million Contracts - ISE For The First Time With More Than 100 Million Contracts

Date 01/02/2008

The international derivatives exchange Eurex traded traded a total of more than 207 million contracts in January, up 57 percent year on year (Jan 07: 132 million). Approximately 9,4 million contracts per day were traded in January. Open interest totaled around 126 million contracts at the end of the month.
Deutsche Börse: 65 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In January - Xetra Trades Up By 106 percent - Total Volume Of €330 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 01/02/2008

In January €307 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 61 percent year-on-year (January 2007: €191,1 billion). Thereof €292,7 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 65 percent year-on-year (January 2007: €176.6 billion) and €15 billion on the floor (January 2007: €14.4 billion). German equities accounted for €289.8 billion, foreign equities comprising €13.4 billion. Roughly 97.8 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Bör

Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Introductory Remarks, National Press Club, "Newsmaker" Debate, Washington, 1st February 2008

Date 01/02/2008

Ladies and gentlemen Thank you for having me here today in his famous club. I will focus most my opening remarks on the current financial turmoil, sovereign wealth funds, and two issues likely to attract considerable attention in the coming years: mutual recognition in the field of securities and insurance.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report For January 2008

Date 01/02/2008

1.3rd Quarter Financial Results for FY ended March 2008 The breakdown of the 3rd quarter financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2008 is as follows. Due to factors such as a decrease in the number of listed stocks resulting from capital increase and conversion of convertible bonds, listing-related revenue was down 24.0% from the corresponding period of the previous year. However, trading part
SEC Begins Small Business Costs And Benefits Study Of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 - Commission Proposes One-Year Extension Of Final Compliance Requirements For Smaller Companies While Study Underway

Date 01/02/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its professional staff has commenced a cost-benefit study of an upcoming auditor attestation requirement for smaller companies under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
CME Group Reports January 2008 Volume Averaged 14.3 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 65 Percent, Recording Second-Highest Monthly Volume Ever

Date 01/02/2008

Record E-mini equity index volume was up 126 percent Interest rate volume was up 57 percent and commodities and alternative investments volume was up 17 percent, both representing the second-highest monthly volume Record NYMEX energy and metals volume on CME Globex was up 42 percent to 953,000 contracts per day
Record Breaking 2.3m Repos Processed By TRAX

Date 01/02/2008

Xtrakter, the market utility, is pleased to announce that TRAX the matching and regulatory reporting system processed 2.3 million repos with a nominal value of EUR 65 trillion over the course of 2007. TRAX is the only fully automated repo matching system available in the capital markets (www.TRAX2.org).