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Institute For Financial Markets And Multi Commodity Exchange Of India To Offer Education Throughout India

Date 17/10/2006

The Institute for Financial Markets (IFM), an affiliate of the Futures Industry Association (FIA), announced today that it has established a joint venture with Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) to develop commodity futures courses and educational content to be delivered throughout India. Courses will be tailored to various stakeholders including investors, traders, corporations, producers/processors, regional trading centers, importers, exporters, co-operatives and industry associations
FIA: Futures Global Volume Totals

Date 17/10/2006

The attached spreadsheet covers the global futures industry for the last five years, and includes a breakdown by futures exchanges for 2005 and the first half of 2006.
Share Change For Commonwealth Bank of Australia In S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 17/10/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia, SEDOL: 6215035, GICS Code: 40101010), a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index, will increase its shares to 1,289,888,553. This change is the result of a dividend-reinvestment plan.
NYBOT Announces Synthetic Prices Used To Margin FCOJ Positions

Date 17/10/2006

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, announced today that in accordance with its New York Clearing Corporation (NYCC) rules, it will utilize an alternate price for purposes of margining outstanding positions at the clearing member level for October 17, 2006.
FIA: US Futures Volume Statistics 2005 And First Half 2006

Date 17/10/2006

The attached spreadsheet covers the U.S. futures industry for the last five years, and includes a breakdown by futures exchanges for 2005 and the first half of 2006.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/10/2006

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: The shareholders of ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) have accepted the cash and share offer from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD). ATI Technologies Inc. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite, the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped, the S&P/TSX Equity and Capped Equity and the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Indices. Penn West Energy Trust (TSX:PWT.UN) will replace ATI Technolog
Canadian Energy And The Role Of Exchanges

Date 17/10/2006

Click here to download the Energy Presentation, given today by TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt, at the World Exchanges Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 17/10/2006

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, October 17, 2006: Scorpio Mining Corporation (TSXVN:SPM) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the same ticker symbol.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Monday, October 16

Date 17/10/2006

Corn Options Open Interest Record New Record: 1,323,587 Date: October 16, 2006 Old Record: 1,270,886 Date: October 13, 2006 Wheat Options Open Interest Record New Record: 298,395 Date: October 16, 2006 Old Record: 295,552 Date: October 13, 2006 Mini-Sized Corn Futures Open Interest Record New Record: 12,750 Date: October 16, 2006 Old Record: 12,5
UK's Financial Services Authority Implementation Plan For MiFID - Update

Date 17/10/2006

This paper provides an update on our implementation plan, setting out a revised programme of consultation and rulemaking, together with other planned publications in the run-up to transposition and implementation.