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SEC Staff Announces CCOutreach Regional Seminars For Adviser And Fund Chief Compliance Officers

Date 03/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission staff today announced the schedule and beginning of registration for 25 regional seminars to help mutual fund and investment adviser chief compliance officers improve their effectiveness for the benefit of investors throughout the country.
Eurex: Rise Of Traded Contracts By 32 Percent - February 2008 With 179 Million Contracts Traded

Date 03/03/2008

The international derivatives exchange Eurex traded 179 million contracts in February, an increase of 32 percent as against February 2007 (136 million contracts). The average daily turnover in February was 8.5 million contracts compared with 6.7 million in February 2007. Open interest has increased further and reached a value of 134.4 million contracts at the end of February, as against almost 128 million at the end of January 2008.
Deutsche Börse: Xetra Trades Up By 34 Percent In February - Total Volume Of €217 billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 03/03/2008

In February €190.7 billion were turned over on Xetra and thus reaching previous year’s level. The number of trades executed on Xetra was up by 34 percent reaching 17.3 million transactions (February 2007: 12.9 million). On Xetra and the Frankfurt floor €188 billion were turned over in German equities and €8.4 billion in foreign shares. Roughly 98 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at Börse Frankfurt. More than 84 percent of foreign equities were traded on Xet
NYSE Arca Options To Begin Trading Options On WisdomTree India Earnings Fund - The First India ETF Option Offered In U.S. - Further Proving The Value Of An NYSE Euronext Listing

Date 03/03/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that NYSE Arca Options began trading options on WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI). Listed on NYSE Arca on Feb. 22, 2008 , EPI is designed to track the performance of approximately 150 Indian companies included in the WisdomTree India Earnings Index on the annual index screening date. As the first ETF to offer pure exposure to local Indian securities, the WisdomTree India Earnings Fund grants investors access to one of the world’s fastest g
Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (AMF): New Regulations On The Equivalence Of Third Country Legislation

Date 03/03/2008

The ministerial order of 8 January 2008 approving the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) was published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on 13 January 2008.

SEC Permanently Suspends Attorney From Practicing Before Commission

Date 03/03/2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has permanently suspended from practicing before the Commission an attorney who took a primary role in his client's fraud and filed false and misleading documents with the Commission.
KCBT Sees Second-largest February Trading Volume - KCBT February Trading Volume Second Largest For Calendar Month

Date 03/03/2008

The Kansas City Board of Trade trading volume for the month of February was the second largest for that calendar month in the history of the exchange. Total exchange volume amounted to 455,112 contracts, an increase of 25.1 percent compared to last February and 29 percent compared to last month. February total monthly volume is second only to February 2006, which saw trading volume of 547,690 contracts.
Strong Growth Continues At MGEX, Record February Volume

Date 03/03/2008

Unprecedented volatility and record prices continued in the Minneapolis Grain Exchange’s (MGEX or Exchange) Hard Red Spring Wheat contract contributing to another record-setting volume month. February trading closed with an all-time high volume for February of 190,327 contracts surpassing the previous February volume record set in 2005 of 175,748 contracts by 8.3 percent. This is the 4th highest volume month in MGEX history and the fifth month in a row to post a new volume record.
Track ECN Available Via SFTI

Date 03/03/2008

NYSE TransactToolsSM, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX ), today announced that Track ECN is available via SFTI®. Track ECN is an electronic communications network that allows traders to display and match limit orders for stocks. It offers routing to major markets, book feed showing depth of book, and multiple order entry choices that help provide additional sources of tradi
HM Treasury Warns Of Higher Risk Of Money Laundering And Terrorist Financing

Date 03/03/2008

Firms should be aware of a notice issued on 29 February by HM Treasury regarding the lack of comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Terrorist Financing (CFT) systems in Uzbekistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, São Tomé and Príncipe and the northern part of Cyprus. More information is available on the HM Treasury web