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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For HKEx Futures Contract

Date 25/09/2007

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, 27 September 2007, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining met
London Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. And Lyxor Asset Management Announce Listing Of Lyxor ETF Japan In London

Date 25/09/2007

Today the London Stock Exchange, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Lyxor Asset Management announced the listing of the Lyxor ETF Japan (TOPIX) on the London Stock Exchange, giving both institutional and private investors in London access to Japan’s most representative index, the TOPIX, for the first time. The launch comes as the two exchanges continue to make progress on their co-operation agreement, signed earlier this year.
Deutsche Börse And Chinese Index Provider CSI Sign Sales Agreement - Partners Agree Over Sales Cooperation For CSI300 Index

Date 25/09/2007

Deutsche Börse and the China Securities Index Company (CSI), a joint venture between the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, further expand their cooperation agreement. Both partners signed a sales cooperation agreement on Friday in Shanghai.
Changes To Directors On Board Of London Stock Exchange Group Plc

Date 25/09/2007

London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) today announced that Gary Allen and Peter Meinertzhagen have stepped down from the Board of LSEG.
Dow Jones Indexes Launches Sector And Single Commodity 3-Month Forward Indexes - Indexes Will Serve As Benchmarks For Exchange-Traded Financial Instruments

Date 25/09/2007

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today launched 3-month forward versions of the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Sector Sub-indexes and the Dow Jones – AIG Single Commodity Sub-Indexes. Dow Jones jointly markets the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity IndexSM (DJ-AIGCISM) with AIG Financial Products Corp. (AIG-FP), a leader in financial derivatives products and a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (AIG).

London Stock Exchange Pre-Close Period Update

Date 25/09/2007

Unless otherwise stated, the following commentary refers to the five months ended 31 August 2007 and, where appropriate, to the corresponding period last year.
SGX Statement On SGX Share Price

Date 25/09/2007

We refer to the M&A rumours concerning SGX, we are not aware of any information not previously announced concerning our business and our subsidiaries which, if known, might explain the price increase.
Rofex Continues Breaking Its Own Records

Date 24/09/2007

With a total amount of 642,850 open contracts, Rofex surpassed in three days its own Open Interest historical record.
Standard & Poor's Announces The S&P Canadian Bond Index Rebalancing Report For September 2007

Date 24/09/2007

Standard & Poor's has completed the monthly rebalancing of the S&P Canadian Bond Index. According to index methodology, the universe of Canadian bonds is exhaustively reviewed to reflect changes in par amount and term to existing index constituents. Qualifying new issues are added to the index and existing constituents that no longer meet the criteria for inclusion are removed.
Seven Credit Rating Agencies Register with SEC as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations

Date 24/09/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued orders today granting the registrations of seven credit rating agencies as nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (“NRSRO”). The firms are the first to be registered with the Commission under the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.