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CESR Publishes Responses Received To Its Consultation On The Role Of Credit Rating Agencies In Structured Finance

Date 01/04/2008

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FESE Welcomes The SEC’s Work Plan On Mutual Recognition

Date 01/04/2008

The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) welcomes the SEC’s announcement on March 24th, 2008, concerning the series of actions it intends to take to further the implementation of the concept of mutual recognition for high-quality regulatory regimes in other countries.
CME Group Reports First-Quarter 2008 Volume Averaged A Record 13.7 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 32 Percent - March 2008 Volume Averaged 13.5 Million Contracts Per Day, Up 15 Percent

Date 01/04/2008

Quarterly volume records were achieved across all major product lines Record quarterly total electronic options volume was up 60 percent to average 414,000 contracts per day Record quarterly total electronic Eurodollar options nearly doubled from first-quarter 2007, representing a record 14 percent of total traded Legacy e-CBOT products reached a record 3.9 million total contracts per day during first quarter after transitioning to CME Globex platform A recor
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For March 2008

Date 01/04/2008

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) today reported that in March 2008, its options exchange traded an average daily volume of 4.2 million contracts. The ISE Stock Exchange traded an average daily volume of 91.7 million shares in the same period.
OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen Is Open May 2, 2008

Date 01/04/2008

OMX Nordic Exchange, part of the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) (NASDAQ OMX Group) informs that the Nordic Exchange Copenhagen is open May 2 2008.

European Climate Exchange Market Update – March 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Highlights: March saw close to 120 million tonnes EUAs traded on ECX, up 61% (excluding CER volume) on March 2007 despite there being 4 fewer trading days in March 2008. This represents an average daily futures and options volume of 6.3 million tonnes. ECX reported a new record for screen-based volume on 25th March, with 5.4 million tonnes transacted on the webice screen in EUAs and CERs. The total for the day, including options and brokered bilateral trades, reached 9 m
Disciplinary Committee Of OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm Fines Digital Vision

Date 01/04/2008

Digital Vision AB has contravened the rules of the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm by not complying with the applicable accounting principles (IFRS) and by not immediately disclosing a qualified audit report. The Exchange's Disciplinary Committee has resolved that Digital Vision shall pay a fine of three annual fees, corresponding to SEK 576,000.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HKEx Futures Contracts Related To Change Of Contract Multiplier

Date 01/04/2008

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 April 2008, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
CESR Reviews Its Old Standards And The Implementation Of UCITS Guidelines

Date 01/04/2008

CESR publishes today the results of CESR members’ self-assessment of their implementation of the CESR Guidelines to simplify the notification procedure of UCITS ("the guidelines") (CESR/08-113), and the results of CESR’s revision of its FESCO/CESR standards, guidelines and recommendations which are now superseded by the Lamfalussy Directives
NZX Operating Metrics - Q1 2008

Date 01/04/2008

Highlights Total capital raised year to date was $811 million. Number of NZX real-time data terminals up 24% with 10,990 worldwide. Trading of instalment warrants up 33% on Q1 2007 with 3,464 trades and $20 million traded. Smartshares funds under management (FUM) is $669 million across its five ETFs, a 29% increase on the same period last year. Smartshares has a total of 15,157 unitholders.