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Axiss Australia a2a Newsletter Issue 164, 8 August 2007

Date 08/08/2007

a2a e-newsletter is a the fortnightly bulletin compiled by Axiss Australia. a2a provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services industry and their implications for Australia's position as a global financial services centre.
NZX: Bridgecorp – Clarification Of Media Inaccuracies

Date 08/08/2007

In response to inaccuracies in recent media reporting, NZX would like to clarify the following in respect of Bridgecorp. Bridgecorp first approached the then NZSE for listing in February 1999. The profile was accompanied by the most recent financial statements to 31 March 1998. In June 1999 this listing application was declined. Bridgecorp made a second application for listing in February 2000. A report was prepared in March 2000 to assist the listing sub-committee of NZSE
Calculation Of Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section Stock Price Index In Relation To Stock Of BULL-DOG SAUCE CO. LTD.

Date 08/08/2007

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) announced today that it will exclude 6,299,859 shares of BULL-DOG SAUCE CO. LTD. (Second Section, SICC Code 2804, hereinafter the “Company”) in calculating Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section Stock Price Index after the close of trading on August 30, 2007 upon the announcement by the Company on August 7, 2007.
Share Change For TNT NV In The S&P European Indices

Date 07/08/2007

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, effective after the close of trading on Thursday 09 August 2007: TNT NV (Netherlands, SEDOL: 5481558, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20301010), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, shares will change to 391,820,000, following the repurchase and cancellation of shares, and the IWF will remain 1.
BOX Receives Regulatory Approval To Accept Orders In Pennies For All Options Series

Date 07/08/2007

BOX, the first options exchange to trade in pennies, received SEC approval on August 2, 2007 for the launch of its Auto Auction Order ("AAO") which will allow all Public Customer acccounts to send orders to BOX in pennies even if the option series is not part of the Penny Pilot. When a limit order denominated in pennies for a non-penny series is received by BOX, the order will be rounded to the nearest valid trading tick (rounded down if a buy order and up if a sell order) and bo

First Bancorp Settles SEC Financial Fraud Charges Involving "Non-Conforming" Mortgages - Bank Holding Company To Pay $8.5 Million Civil Penalty

Date 07/08/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed financial fraud charges against First BanCorp, alleging that former senior management of the NYSE-listed, Puerto Rico-based bank holding company concealed the true nature of more than $4 billion worth of transactions involving "non-conforming" residential mortgages. Non-conforming mortgages have income verification and credit history standards that are generally more flexible than those required for sale or exchange under Fannie Mae and Freddie
SEC To Convene Summit To Combat Investment Fraud Against Senior Citizens - Commission’s Seniors Summit To Be Held Sept. 10

Date 07/08/2007

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that the agency will hold its second annual Seniors Summit on Sept. 10, 2007, at the SEC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. The event will further examine how regulators, community organizations, and others can increasingly coordinate efforts to protect older Americans from abusive sales practices and investment fraud.
AMF: Enforcement Committee Decision Concerning Marionnaud Parfumeries, KPMG SA, Cofirec, And Messrs Marcel And Gérald Frydman, Yves Gouhir And Gérard Caro

Date 07/08/2007

Marionnaud, which at the material time was managed by Marcel Frydman, its chairman and chief executive, and by Gérald Frydman, managing director, chief financial officer and the person named in the registration documents as being responsible for disclosure, delayed the publication of the company's results on three occasions until 30 June 2004. On 17 December 2004, Marionnaud finally announced "error corrections" in the amount of €93 million at 30 June 2004. The AMF General Secretary decide
NYBOT Announces U.K. August Bank Holiday Schedule

Date 07/08/2007

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced today the FINEX floor trading schedule for the U.K. August Bank holiday on Monday, August 27, 2007.
OMX Nordic Exchange: Statistics Report - Derivatives Volumes January-July 2007

Date 07/08/2007

Click here to download OMX Nordic Exchange's statistics report of Derivatives Volumes January to July 2007. This report contains the total volume for Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Icelandic stock related derivatives, Swedish interest-rate related derivatives and Finnish stock lending.