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Standard & Poor's Announces The S&P/TSX Canadian Bond Index Rebalancing Report For July 2006

Date 25/07/2006

Standard & Poor's has completed the monthly rebalancing of the S&P/TSX 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.
Share Changes For Aviva Plc And Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics NV In The S&P European Indices

Date 25/07/2006

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro, S&P United Kingdom and the S&P Global 100 indices, effective after the close of trading on Thursday 27 July 2006: Aviva PLC (United Kingdom, SEDOL: 0216238, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40301030), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P United Kingdom indices, shares will change to 2,544,349,000 following a recent capital increase. Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics NV (Netherla
SGX To Go Fully Electronic In October

Date 25/07/2006

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) today announced that it will consolidate all trading of the SGX Euroyen (TIBOR and LIBOR) futures and options on SGX QUEST from Monday, 2 October 2006. Accordingly, the open outcry trading facility at SGX Centre will be closed on Friday, 29 September 2006 at the end of the business day.
Osaka Securities Exchange: Revision Of Half-Year Earnings Forecast

Date 25/07/2006

Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) announces revision of half-year earnings forecast for Fiscal Year 2006 (from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007).
NYMEX To Expand Membership To Non-Traditional Entities

Date 25/07/2006

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. announced today that it would expand its existing membership structure to allow non-traditional entities, including hedge funds, pools, and other collective investment vehicles, to become NYMEX member firms.

NYBOT Announces Synthetic Prices Used To Margin FCOJ Positions

Date 25/07/2006

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 July 24, 2006.
NYBOT Announces New Margin Requirements

Date 25/07/2006

Click here to download details of the New York Board of Trade® new margin requirements. These take effect with the opening of business on Wednesday, July 26, 2006.
Islamic International Rating Agency To Establish Presence At The DIFC

Date 25/07/2006

Islamic International Rating Agency (IIRA), the region’s leading Islamic rating agency, today announced it will establish a presence at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Sponsored by several leading banks, financial institutions and rating agencies, IIRA started operations in July 2005 and was recently registered by the DIFC Authority.
Hawkamah/IIF Team In Bahrain Assesses Corporate Governance Developments

Date 25/07/2006

Senior officials from Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) have held a series of high level meetings with senior officials from some of Bahrain’s major institutions yesterday. The meetings assessed current corporate governance practices in Bahrain. Led by Dr Nasser Saidi, Executive Director of Hawkamah, a subsidiary of Dubai International Financial Centre, and Keith Savard, Director, Global Economic Analysis, Institute of International
GL TRADE Achieves A Turnover Of €90M For The First Half Of 2006

Date 25/07/2006

With a turnover of €90M in the first half of 2006, GL TRADE has registered a growth of 3.4% compared to last year, of which €1.6M was recorded in the United States by OASIS, acquired on July 1, 2005.