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Leading Central European Broker, WOOD And Company, To Offer Direct Market Access To Prague, Budapest And Warsaw Stock Exchanges Via GL NET

Date 19/09/2006

GL TRADE, global provider of front-to-back office software solutions for international financial institutions, offers WOOD & Company, the first Central European broker Direct Market Access to Prague, Budapest and Warsaw stock exchanges via GL NET.
JADE To Go Live September 25

Date 19/09/2006

Starting September 25, 2006 trade Asian commodity derivatives in a state-of-the-art electronic environment established in partnership by two of the world's most respected exchanges. The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have joined forces to create the Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE), a market division of SGX-DT. On this date, JADE will commence trading in its first futures contract, TSR 20 Rubber. This contract will be traded on
ICEX News & Views - Volume 6, Issue 20

Date 19/09/2006

This issue: the planned combination of ICEX and OMX, day count methods on the bond market and first day of trading in Exista.
Iceland Stock Exchange To Join The OMX Nordic Exchange

Date 19/09/2006

OMX and Eignarhaldsfelagid Verdbrefathing hf (EV), the owner of Iceland Stock Exchange (ICEX) and Icelandic Securities Depository (ISD) have signed a Letter of Intent regarding an acquisition of EV. The transaction is the next step in realizing the vision of an integrated Nordic and Baltic securities market and establishing the OMX Nordic Exchange as a leading European marketplace.
Eurex Clearing Lowers Fees For Equity Transactions On Xetra Additional Volume Discounts For The Clearing Of Algorithmic Trading Transactions - Total Cost Of An Average Order In Algorithmic Trading €1.93/€10,000 Private Client Order Costs €1.27

Date 19/09/2006

As of 1 October, Eurex Clearing will be reducing the clearing fees for Xetra orders: The fixed fee per order will be reduced from €0.52 to €0.50; the variable fee remains unchanged at 0.0015 percent of the transaction value. Eurex Clearing also offers volume discounts of up to 49 percent on the fixed clearing fee per order to clients who generate orders on a fully electronic basis using the Automated Trading Program (ATP) on Xetra. This means that clients save around 7 percent of the current

Doral Financial Settles Financial Fraud Charges With SEC And Agrees To Pay $25 Million Penalty

Date 19/09/2006

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed financial fraud charges against Doral Financial Corporation, alleging that the NYSE-listed Puerto Rican bank holding company overstated income by 100 percent on a pre-tax, cumulative basis between 2000 and 2004. The Commission further alleges that by overstating its income by $921 million over the period, the company reported an apparent 28-quarter streak of “record earnings” that facilitated the placement of over $1 billion of debt and equit
Corporate Sustainability Index - BOVESPA’s ISE Board Starting Public Hearing On Questionnaire To Assess Companies - Consultation Period To End By September 22 And New Updated Portfolio Due December 1

Date 19/09/2006

BOVESPA´s Corporate Sustainability Index (local acronym ISE) is due for updating on December 1, and the draft questionnaire to be used in assessing the sustainability level of public companies wishing to join the new portfolio is now available for public hearing. The document also contains a brief history of socially responsible investment in Brazil, as well as the methodology used by the index in the 2005 portfolio and new developments for 2006.
CBOT Top Daily Volume & Open Interest Records For Monday, September 18, 2006

Date 19/09/2006

A list of some of the Chicago Board of Trade's top daily volume and open interest records from the previous business day. Binary Options Open Interest Record New Record: 15,870 Date: September 18, 2006 Old Record: 15,715 Date: September 15, 2006
CBOT Fed Watch - September 19 Market Close

Date 19/09/2006

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 20, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
BT Radianz Provides Euronext.liffe With Low Latency Trade Access

Date 19/09/2006

BT Radianz, a leading global provider of financial services connectivity, has announced that Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext and the world's second largest derivatives exchange by value, is utilizing the Radianz Proximity Solution in London to provide low-latency access to the LIFFE CONNECT® trading platform.