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Japan's Financial Services Agency: Public Consultation On "Notification Requirement For Foreign Audit Firms" As Set Out In The Proposed Cabinet Office Ordinance Of The Certified Public Accountants Law

Date 16/10/2007

The Financial Services Agency recently published the proposal for Cabinet Orders and Cabinet Office Ordinances to implement revised Certified Public Accountants Law etc. which were passed by the Diet in June 2007 and are expected to take effect in April 2008. The entire Proposed Cabinet Orders and the Cabinet Office Ordinances are now on public consultation and available in Japanese on the Financial Services Agency's website.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/10/2007

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: Northern Orion Resources Inc. (TSX:NNO) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX Completion and Capped Materials, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity, the S&P/TSX Equity Completion and Capped Diversified Metals & Mining, the S&P/TSX SmallCap and Equity SmallCap and the S&P/TSX Global Mining Indices after the close on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. As part of the transact
Canadian National Centre For Business Law First Annual Meeting

Date 15/10/2007

On Thursday, October 18, the National Centre for Business Law at the Faculty of Law University of British Columbia will hold its first Annual Meeting and Reception. Mr. Kevan Cowan, President, TSX Venture Exchange, will deliver the keynote speech on Free Trade in Securities. The meeting takes place from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver.
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/HKEx GEM Index – October 2007

Date 15/10/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes to the S&P/HKEx GEM Index as part of the October quarterly rebalancing. The rebalance includes company additions, constituent share and IWF changes.
Marc Lackritz, SIFMA CEO, On Master Liquidity Enhancement Conduit Initiative

Date 15/10/2007

“We welcome the Master Liquidity Enhancement Conduit initiative. Over the past few months commercial paper markets have undergone extraordinary stresses and change. We believe the formation of this conduit vehicle by the consortium of banks initiates a strong first step in bringing liquidity and stability back to the ABCP market. We are pleased the banks and market participants working together have undertaken this important and proactive initiative for the stabilization of short-term debt marke

The AMF Publishes Specimen Responsibility Statements For Annual And Half-Yearly Financial Reports And For Registration Documents

Date 15/10/2007

The AMF regularly receives queries about the wording to be used for the responsibility statement that accompanies annual and half-yearly financial reports and also for the statement included in a registration document when it incorporates by reference one of these financial reports.
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Announces Connectivity With Calyon Financial Through Patsystems

Date 15/10/2007

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced today that it will provide connectivity to Calyon Financial through Patsystems. This connectivity will enable Calyon Financial's customers access to all CFE products, including futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), CBOE DJIA Volatility Index (VXD), CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VXN), CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX) CBOE S&P 500 Three- and Twelve-Month Variance, and CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index.
National Stock Exchange CEO Joseph Rizzello Addresses STA Annual Conference

Date 15/10/2007

Good Morning, Everyone. I'm Joseph Rizzello and it's my pleasure to participate in this Conference on behalf of the National Stock Exchange -- and to be a part of this distinguished roster of speakers. I want to thank STA for the opportunity to speak with all of you here today.
Irish Stock Exchange 3rd Quarter 2007 Review

Date 15/10/2007

Turnover in the ISE’s equity market increased 81% to €51.6 billion in Q3, 2007 145% increase in equity transactions to 7,175 in Q3 Highest volume day of trading ever on ISE Debt listings grows 19% year to date with increasing diversity of issuers and products
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) Reviews Trading Activities At Nine Banks And Securities Companies

Date 15/10/2007

Finansinspektionen is investigating the trading activities in conjunction with valuation of complex financial products at nine banks and securities companies. FI has recently noticed an increase in trading activities and difficulties related to the valuation of complex financial products. These developments, combined with the overestimated trading result at Carnegie Investment Bank, have brought the need of a review of other banks and securities companies into the forefront.