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Financial Services Agency Of Japan: Public Consultation On The "English-Language Disclosure System"

Date 12/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Act (currently the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (hereafter referred to as "FIEA") was amended in 2005 to allow foreign issuers with an obligation to submit continuous disclosure documents in accordance with FIEA Art.24 para.1, etc. to provide continuous disclosure in the form of an English-language Foreign Company Report (Gaikokugaisha-houkokusho) instead of continuous disclosure documents such as the Annual Securities Report (this new framework being hereaf
Meeting Of The EEX Exchange Council: Economic Expert Con-Firms Reference Character Of The Pricing Procedure - Presentation Of The Expertise On The Pricing Mechanism On EEX by Professor Dr. Axel Ockenfels - Status Report On The Conversion Of The Trading Sy

Date 12/03/2008

In its meeting under the new chairman Dr. Günther Rabensteiner in Aachen on 4 March 2008 the essential results of an expertise on the pricing mechanism were presented and discussed by Prof. Ockenfels, full professor of Experimental Economic Research at Cologne University, on the exchange council of the European Energy Exchange (EEX). The result: The pricing mechanism in the uniform auction of EEX is the best feasible procedure for pricing on the spot market for power according to the economic
Trading Technologies To Establish Connection To TFX

Date 12/03/2008

Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX) announces that TFX and the Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) have agreed that TT will establish connectivity to TFX market as ISV*1 and provide the trading software to Trading Members of TFX.
CFTC Hosts International Regulators To Discuss Futures Industry Issues

Date 12/03/2008

As part of an annual event, more than 50 futures industry regulators from around the world will assemble today at an International Regulators Meeting hosted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The theme for this year’s meeting is “Modernizing Financial Regulation.”
S&P Launches Industry’s First Real-Time Currency Indices - Leading Index Provider Debuts Currency Beta Index Series

Date 12/03/2008

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider, announced today the launch of two real-time currency indices that provide investors with exposure to emerging economic superpowers that currently lack a liquid currency futures market. The S&P Chinese Renminbi Index and the S&P Indian Rupee Index are the first in what will be a series of real-time currency indices launched by Standard & Poor’s in 2008.

The Green Exchange™ Announces Vitol And RNK To Be Founding Members

Date 12/03/2008

The Green Exchange™, today announced that Vitol SA, one of the largest energy trading firms in the world, and RNK Capital LLC, a private energy and environmental markets investment firm, each have agreed to work toward building The Green Exchange venture as founding members.
Highest-Ever Daily Trading Value In Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges History

Date 12/03/2008

CASE has recorded its highest-ever trading value per day (excluding large prearranged deals) on the 12th of March 2008, amounting to LE 4.3 billion. Likewise, the volume traded has reached 161 million securities executed over 78 thousand transactions, while the market capitalization has recorded LE 935 billion. This in turn has positively affected CASE 30 index, which broke the threshold of 11500 points for the first time since inception, to close at 11546.11 points.
NYMEX Announces Margins For New Emission Allowance Futures And Options Contracts

Date 12/03/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today margins for the new NYMEX carbon and nitrogen oxide based emissions allowance futures contracts that will begin trading on March 17.
NYSE Regulation Announces March Disciplinary Actions Against Two Firms And Two Individuals

Date 12/03/2008

NYSE Regulation, Inc. today announced Monthly Disciplinary Actions for March 2007. NYSE Regulation undertakes disciplinary action to enforce violations of NYSE rules and federal securities laws by member organizations, NYSE Arca rules and federal securities laws by trading permit holders, as well as current and former employees of those organizations.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces The Launch Of Futures On Its Industry Leading Benchmark Sector Indexes To Begin On March 12, 2008

Date 12/03/2008

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange and its wholly owned subsidiary Philadelphia Board of Trade (PBOT) announced today that it will offer for the first time futures on its industry-leading sector indexes, The PHLX Oil Service SectorSM (OSXSM), The PHLX Semiconductor SectorSM (SOXSM), and The PHLX Housing SectorSM (HGXSM). In 2007, PHLX traded 2.69 million options contracts on these three indexes.