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NYSE Welcomes Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund Record $5.5 Billion In Proceeds - Largest Closed-End Fund IPO To Date In U.S. Equities Markets

Date 27/02/2007

Today, the New York Stock Exchange welcomed its largest initial public offering of 2007 year-to-date when it listed the common shares of closed-end fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund. The fund issued 275 million shares at an initial price of $20 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $5.5 billion (exclusive of the underwriters’ over allotment shares) making it the largest closed-end fund initial public offering to date. The fund began trading on Feb. 23 o
UK’s Financial Services Authority Acts To Stop UK Firm From Assisting Overseas Boiler Rooms

Date 27/02/2007

The High Court has placed The Inertia Partnership LLP (Inertia) into compulsory liquidation after the East Sussex-based company assisted boiler rooms which were unlawfully promoting and selling shares to UK consumers.
FlexTrade Appoints Dr. Max Palmer Director Of Algorithmic Solutions

Date 27/02/2007

FlexTrade Systems, a leader in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, today announced the appointment of Dr. Max Palmer as Director of Algorithmic Solutions. He will be responsible for developing next generation algorithmic trading solutions for FlexTRADER, the company’s execution management system.
FFastFill Announces Natexis Commodity Markets As New Customer For Its Application Service

Date 27/02/2007

FFastFill announced today Natexis Commodity Markets as a new customer to go 'live' on its Application Services platform. This service gives Natexis Commodity Markets users and customers direct access to a large number of futures and options exchanges which will include LME, Euronext Liffe and ICE.
Deutsche Börse Launches New Shortdax® Strategy Index - New Index Methodology Allows Investors To Participate In Falling Prices

Date 27/02/2007

Deutsche Börse launched the new ShortDAX® strategy index on Tuesday, further expanding its offering in the DAXplus® index family. The performance of the ShortDAX is directly opposed to that of the DAX® index, i.e. if the DAX rises by 5 percent, the ShortDAX falls by 5 percent, and vice versa. This makes Deutsche Börse the first index provider in Europe to develop an effective short strategy in the form of an index. The ShortDAX gives investors who expect negative performance on the DAX index

Singapore And Ho Chi Minh City Securities Markets Sign MOU

Date 27/02/2007

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and The Ho Chi Minh City Securities Trading Center (HoSTC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance both capital markets.
STOXX Launches Leveraged And Short Indexes On The Dow Jones Euro STOXX 50

Date 27/02/2007

STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today launched two new strategy indexes based on the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 Index, the leading blue-chip index measuring the performance of the Euro zone.
BME’s Net Profit In The Fourth Quarter Climbed 41.4% To € 38.38 Million, From € 27.14 Million In The Same Year-Earlier Period - BME Reports 2006 Net Profit Of More Than € 130 Million

Date 27/02/2007

BME’s revenues rose 21.4% to 287.74 million euros in 2006 from 2005 EBITDA increased 30.7% in the same period to € 191.35 million. Operating revenues in the fourth quarter totalled € 83.67 million. The efficiency ratio—costs as a percentage of revenues—stood at 33.5% at year end, a significant improvement over the 38.2% figure a year earlier.
Euronext And China Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

Date 27/02/2007

On Monday 26 February 2007 China’s Vice-Minister of Finance and Secretary-General of China Accounting Standards Committee (CASC) Mr. Wang Jun held a high-level meeting with Euronext Managing Board Member Hugh Freedberg and Executive Director of Listing and Issuers Martine Charbonnier.
Standard & Poor’s And The Australian Securities Exchange: New Index Methodology Enabling Inclusion Of Foreign-Domiciled Companies

Date 27/02/2007

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today announced index methodology enhancements to accommodate the inclusion of foreign-domiciled entities within the S&P/ASX indices. The revised methodology follows a thorough consultation process with index stakeholders, and the announcement in September 2006 that the index methodology would be revised to enable the inclusion of foreign-domiciled companies.