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Tokyo Stock Exchange To Participate In The Chicago Futures And Options Expo

Date 21/11/2006

The Tokyo Stock Exchange will be participating in the FIA Futures and Options Expo 2006 held in Chicago from November 28 - 30. This expo, organized annually by the FIA (Futures Industry Association), is the world's largest event for derivative products, and draws exchanges and other futures industry players from across the globe.
Treasury Secretary Paulson Delivers Speech In NYC On Competitiveness Of The U.S. Capital Markets

Date 20/11/2006

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson spoke at luncheon hosted by the Economic Club of New York this week on the competitiveness of the U.S. capital markets. "We must remember that the competitiveness of our capital markets depends to a large extent on our nation's overall economic competitiveness. We are fortunate that because our economy is so strong, we approach our challenges from a position of strength. And we should use this position of strength to tackle long-term challenges that will affec
SEC Division Of Market Regulation No-Action Letter - Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

Date 20/11/2006

November 20, 2006 Richard P. Streicher, Esq. U.S. Legal Counsel Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. New York Representative Office 45 Broadway, 21st Floor New York, New York 10006 Re: Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. New Clearing Arrangement and Revised Options Disclosure Document Dear Mr. Streicher: In your lette
Inclusion Of Telstra 3 To The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 20/11/2006

On October 9, 2006, the Australian Government formally announced the public sale of 2.15 billion shares in Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Telstra). The widely anticipated sale has been formally detailed in the Telstra 3 share offer prospectus, allowing Standard & Poor’s and the Australian Index Committee to formally detail the treatment of Telstra 3 installment receipts within the S&P/ASX indices, including the S&P/ASX 50.
COMEX Seat Owners Vote In Favor Of NYMEX/COMEX Transaction

Date 20/11/2006

At a special meeting held today, COMEX seat owners voted to approve a NYMEX/COMEX transaction, which among other things, will expand the ability of NYMEX to provide COMEX electronic trading privileges to third parties, as well as to list all COMEX contracts for side by side trading in exchange for 8,400 shares of NYMEX Holdings common stock. More than 98% of the shares voted in connection with this meeting were voted in favor of the deal.

Indices Continue To Outperform Canadian Active Funds in Q3 - Latest SPIVA Report Shows Only 26.7% Of Canadian Equity Funds Beat The S&P/TSX Composite

Date 20/11/2006

Actively managed mutual funds in the Canadian equity and U.S. equity fund categories lagged indices in the nine months ended September 2006, Standard & Poor's, the leading provider of independent investment research, indices, and ratings, said today. According to the Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) for Canada, only 26.7% of Canadian equity funds outperformed the S&P/TSX Composite Index, while just 21.6% of U.S. equity funds beat the S&P 500 Index. Actively man
IntercontinentalExchange Registration Statement Declared Effective - New York Board Of Trade Sets December 11 Vote On Proposed Acquisition

Date 20/11/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective the ICE Registration Statement on Form S-4 with respect to the proposed merger with the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®). Under the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, NYBOT has scheduled a special meeting of its members for December 11, 2006, to approve the transaction. NYBOT will begin mailing the prospectus/proxy statement to its members today, Monday, November
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Friday, November 17

Date 20/11/2006

Total Exchange Open Interest Record New Record: 17,403,053 Date: November 17, 2006 Old Record: 17,380,641 Date: November 16, 2006 Soybean Oil Futures Volume Record (Electronic) New Record: 17,436 Date: November 17, 2006 Old Record: 16,147 Date: November 15, 2006 Corn Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 1,425,233 Date: November 17, 2006 Old
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Current Issues In Financial Services: Investment Fund Policy - SFE (Scottish Financial Enterprise) Industry Lunch Edinburgh, 20 November 2006

Date 20/11/2006

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be in Edinburgh, particularly as Scotland is one of Europe's leading financial services centers. These are great times to be involved with financial markets. Global capitalism is driving economic growth across the world. To achieve this, it requires liquid, dynamic and borderless capital markets.
UK's Financial Services Authority Signs Regulatory Cooperation Agreement With The CFTC

Date 20/11/2006

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States' Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to strengthen cooperation on the exchange of regulatory information which will support cross-market surveillance operations.