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RTS Classic Market Weekly Trading Results: August 13th – August 17th, 2007

Date 21/08/2007

August 17th 2006, RTS Index is down by 1,92% and reached 1860,70 (1897,20 as of August 10th, 2007). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 – is down by 4,10% to 2038,86 (2126,12 as of August 10th, 2007).
Kershner Trading Selects NYSE TransactTools TCM6 - After Vigorous Testing, Ultra Low Latency, Flexibility, And Access Are Key To Decision

Date 21/08/2007

NYSE TransactToolsSM, a subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX), today announced that Kershner Trading Group has selected TCM6 to automate their trading environment. According to Bob Schulz, President and CIO of Kershner Trading, “We needed a solution that would best empower our traders with low latency access to pools of liquidity, one that compliments our own proprietary trading and analysis software and one that can grow with our business.”
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 21/08/2007

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 Thursday, 23 August 2007, 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 metho
Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, Will Examine The Final Owner Of OMX

Date 21/08/2007

The company that finally becomes the owner of the OMX will be examined by FI. The examination takes 60 days and is an assessment of whether the new owner is fit and proper.
MICEX Group Publishes Its 2006 Financial Statements Under The International Financial Reporting Standards

Date 21/08/2007

Joining the trend of adopting the International Financial Reporting Standards in the business practice of Russian enterprises and banks, the MICEX Group has published its consolidated financial statements, prepared under the IFRS.

Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Index To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund

Date 21/08/2007

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity IndexSM has been licensed to INDEXCHANGE Investment AG to serve as the underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Dow Jones – AIG Commodity SwapEX launched today on the XTF segment of Deutsche Börse.
Australian Government Invest Australia a2a Financial Services eNewsletter Issue 165 – 21 August 2007

Date 21/08/2007

Welcome to a2a, Invest Australia's fortnightly financial services newsletter that provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services sector. As Australia's inward investment agency, Invest Australia seeks to position Australia as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
On FORTS A New Record In Trading Volume Of Futures On MosIBOR Overnight Rate Was Registered

Date 21/08/2007

On August 17, 2007 on the Futures and Options on RTS market (FORTS) the trading volume on futures contracts on ruble overnight credit (deposit) rate MosIBOR (Moscow Inter-Bank Offered Rate) made up 2,52 billion rubles, which is equal to 2559 contracts.
Daily Trade Volume On The MICEX Derivatives Market Has Exceeded 2 Billion US Dollars - Liquidity For Currency Futures On The Russian Ruble Is Shifting To The Russian Internal Market

Date 21/08/2007

A record-high trade volume has been reached on the MICEX Group’s derivatives market. As a result of the trading session held 16 August 2007, the total volume of trading in derivative instruments exceeded 2.1 billion US dollars (54.85 billion rubles). This exceeds more than 8 times this year’s average daily liquidity figure (from January till July: 6.39 billion rubles). The previous record, reached on 15 August 2007, equaled 41.5 billion rubles. The daily trade volume figure is a new historica
Lyxor AM, SGX And TSE Introduce First Japan ETF In Singapore Based On Topix®

Date 21/08/2007

Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor AM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Société Générale; Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX); and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) announced today the listing of Lyxor ETF Japan (TOPIX®) on SGX on 30 August 2007. This is the first Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Singapore based on the Tokyo Stock Price Index (TOPIX).