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Shanghai Stock Exchange To Waive Annual Fees Of Listed Companies In Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Shaanxi

Date 03/07/2008

To cooperate in the reconstruction of listed companies and member companies in the disaster-stricken areas, reduce listed companies' burden and provide technical support for securities companies, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) has, upon its recent study, made such decisions as follows: firstly, the SSE's total 71 listed companies from Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces as well as Chongqing Municipality will be exempted from annual fees for listing in 2008. Similarly, the to-be-listed com
Program Trading Averaged 34.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During June 23-27

Date 03/07/2008

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for June 23-27.
Xtrakter: Asset Backed Securities (ABS) New Issuance Increases By 158%

Date 03/07/2008

Xtrakter, the fixed income market utility, released figures today highlighting an increase in asset backed securities (ABS) new issuance of 158% (USD 135 billion) in Q2 when compared to Q1 08. Overall fixed income new issuance increased by 80.1% (USD 452 billion) to a total USD 1.2 trillion for the same period. ABS accounted for 18.1% (USD 219.6 billion) of total fixed income new issuance in Q2 08.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - The Financial Turmoil - The Role Of The EU-Commission The Centre For European Policy Studies (CEPS) Breakfast Meeting Brussels, 3 July 2008

Date 03/07/2008

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to discuss the financial turmoil and the role of the European Commission. Financial disturbances are no new phenomenon. In the 17th century irrational futures trading led the Dutch to believe that the value of a single tulip bulb equalled that of a luxury Amsterdam canal house... More recently we witnessed the dot-com bubble... And in this particular case, US subprime mortgages have been sold and traded un
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Hang Seng Bank And Hutchison Whampoa Futures

Date 03/07/2008

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 Monday, 7 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 methodology.

EEX Trading Results And New Admissions In June

Date 03/07/2008

Electricity trading volume on the European Energy Exchange (EEX) in June 2008 totalled 127.6 TWh, compared with 96.1 TWh in June 2007.
Bursa Malaysia: Equities Market Suspension Continues Till End Day

Date 03/07/2008

Trading on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad will continue to be suspended for the afternoon session due to the trading system failure experienced earlier this morning.
Celoxica Strengthens Capital Markets Expertise With New Appointments - Jean-Marc Bouhelier Becomes Chairman As John Oddie Joins The Board And COO Antoine Rescourio Becomes Company Secretary

Date 03/07/2008

Celoxica Holdings plc (AIM: CXA) a leading provider of low latency trading solutions, has appointed John Oddie to the board as non-executive director and to take on the role of acting chief technology officer. In addition, Jean-Marc Bouhelier, who joined the board as a non-executive director in October 2007 takes on the chairmanship of the company and chief operating officer Antoine Rescourio becomes company secretary.
TZ1 Appointed Global Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) Registry

Date 03/07/2008

Carbon market operator, TZ1, has been appointed as a global registry for the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) following an extensive selection process. This further evidences TZ1’s increasing status as a leader in environmental market registry provision.
Bursa Malaysia: Trading On Equities Market Suspended For Morning Session

Date 03/07/2008

Trading on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad will be suspended for at least the morning trading session from 9:00am to 12:30pm following a multi hardware failure in our core trading system. The derivatives market will continue to trade as normal, however, there will not be any underlying KLCI feed for the FKLI and OKLI trading.