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CESR Publishes The Outcome Of A Call For Evidence On Possible Level 3 Work On Transparency, And Provides An Indicative Work Programme

Date 21/02/2008

Following the call for evidence, the transparency group has started work on three different work streams:
FIO (Slovakia) Becomes A Remote Warsaw Stock Exchange Member

Date 21/02/2008

On 19 February 2008, the WSE Management Board admitted the company FIO o.c.p., a.s. with its seat in Bratislava to operation on the WSE as a Remote Exchange Member. It is the first Exchange Member from Slovakia.
"Strengthening The Competitiveness Of Japan's Financial And Capital Markets" Speech By Takafumi Sato, Commissioner Of The Financial Services Agency At Third Japan CFO Roundtable, Tokyo

Date 21/02/2008

Please click here to view the speech of Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Takafumi Sato.
NASDAQ Prices Convertible Notes

Date 21/02/2008

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it has agreed to offer $425 million aggregate principal amount of 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2013. NASDAQ has also granted an option to the initial purchasers to purchase up to an additional $50 million in principal amount of notes to cover over-allotments. The interest rate on the notes will be 2.50% per year on the principal amount from February 26, 2008, payable semi-annually in arrears. Upon conversion, holders will
Euroclear Achieves Strong Performance In 2007

Date 21/02/2008

The Euroclear group of national and international central securities depositories (CSDs) performed well in 2007, generally surpassing results from previous years.

Yuanta Becomes World's First Taiwanese Issuer To Launch Structured Warrants On A Foreign Exchange – SGX

Date 21/02/2008

Taiwan-based Yuanta Securities Co. Ltd. and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that Yuanta will launch its first warrants on Taiwanese underlying stocks outside Taiwan on SGX on Monday, 25 February 2008. This marks the first time a Taiwanese issuer is venturing abroad after the Taiwan Securities and Futures Bureau granted approval on 28 December 2007 for Taiwanese issuers to issue warrants on 26 exchanges worldwide.
Shanghai Stock Exchange's XBRL Financial Listed Company Taxonomies Acknowledged By XBRL International

Date 21/02/2008

On February 13, 2008, the XBRL-based financial listed company taxonomy formulated by the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) was "Acknowledged" by the XBRL International. The acknowledgement information has been released on the official website of the XBRL International (http://www.xbrl.org/FRTaxonomies/). All the technical documents of the taxonomy have been published on the SSE website of http://xbrl-cn.org to the publ
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange Set Futures Trading Volume Record

Date 21/02/2008

On Feb. 20, 2008, the trading volume of futures contracts on ZCE (Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange) peaked at 2439406 contracts, surpassing the previous record of 2127184 contracts set on Feb. 19, 2008.
NYMEX To Change Margins For Platinum Futures Contracts

Date 20/02/2008

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it will change margins for its platinum and Asian platinum futures contracts, effective at the close of business tomorrow.
World Federation Of Exchanges: Competition And Regulated Exchanges

Date 20/02/2008

With most exchanges commercially based operations, questions are still raised about competition. The problem is the loose, simplistic use of the word "competition." ASX states the case well in the public document linked here. (ASX Regulating Price Discovery and Conflicts of Interest in a Multi-Operator Financial Market)