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Australian Government Invest Australia a2a Financial Services eNewsletter Issue 168 – 02 October 2007

Date 02/10/2007

Welcome to a2a, Invest Australia's fortnightly financial services newsletter that provides a summary of key events in Australia's financial services sector. As Australia's inward investment agency, Invest Australia seeks to position Australia as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
Trading And Capital Raised Strong, NZX Data In Demand – NZX Metrics

Date 02/10/2007

NZX released the September and Q3 Operating Metrics today, with average daily trades up 22% in the month and 12% in the third quarter.
NZX Operating Metrics – Q3 2007

Date 02/10/2007

Highlights Total number of trades up 12% at 161,039. Average daily trades up 12% at 2,478 Average daily value traded up 4% at $142 million Total capital raised at $3.054 billion for 2007 - $404 million capital raised in Q3. Number of NZX real-time data terminals up 12% with 9,965 worldwide Trading of instalment warrants gaining momentum – trades up 107% in Q3 with 3,674 trades and $28 million traded.
Speech By Mr Seck Wai Kwong, SGX Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer At The 14th Derivatives World Singapore On 2 October 2007

Date 02/10/2007

Mr Ben Wilkie, Managing Editor, FOW, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: 1. Good morning. I am glad that FOW has brought the Derivatives World exhibition to Singapore for the 14th consecutive year. It is a pleasure to see our partners and customers from around the world here. And to those of you who are visiting Singapore for the first time, a warm welcome!
Five TDAX Independence ETFs List On NYSE Arca - The Industry’s First Target-Date ETFs For Life Event Planning

Date 01/10/2007

NYSE Euronext (NYSE Euronext: NYX) today announced that five TDAX Independence ETFs listed and began trading on NYSE Arca. Designed to track the performance of the Zacks Lifecycle Indexes, which are indexes designed to draw exposure from three broad asset classes: international equities, domestic equities, and fixed income, these ETFs will be reconstituted and rebalanced annually, or quarterly when necessary, based on the Zacks methodology.

Three Former Dynegy Executives Settle SEC Charges For Manipulating Financial Statements - Former CFO To Pay More Than $375,000 To Settle Charges

Date 01/10/2007

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement actions against former Dynegy Inc. chief financial officer Robert D. Doty, Jr. and two other former executives at the Houston-based energy company for their roles in a $300 million accounting fraud known as Project Alpha.
NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index® Announces Change To Index Components

Date 01/10/2007

NYSE Group Inc., today announced that the NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index® will replace one constituent in the index as a result of recent corporate actions. The changes are effective as of market close on October 1, 2007 .
47 Percent Rise In Turnover On Xetra In September - Total Volume Of €212 Billion Traded On All Stock Exchanges In Germany

Date 01/10/2007

In September €194.1 billion were turned over on Xetra and on the floor of Börse Frankfurt – a rise of 45 percent year-on-year (September 2006: €133.8 billion). Thereof €184 billion were traded on Xetra gaining 47 percent year-on-year (September 2006: €125.2 billion) and €10 billion on the floor (September 2006: €8,5 billion). German equities accounted for €181,8 billion, foreign equities comprising €9 billion. More than 97 percent of the transaction volume with German equities was executed at
Standard & Poor's Reports September Index Returns

Date 01/10/2007

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Eurex Trading Volume Up By 16 Percent To 156 Million Contracts - Equity Index Derivatives Is Strongest Segment With Approx. 70 Million Contracts - Average Daily Volume Nearly 8 Million Contracts

Date 01/10/2007

A total of approximately 156 million contracts were traded on the Eurex international derivatives exchange in September, which represents a year-on-year increase of more than 16 percent (September 2006: 134 million contracts). The average number of contracts traded per day in September was 7.8 million. In the first nine months of 2007, Eurex achieved trading volumes of approximately 1.5 billion contracts, around 25 percent higher than in the comparative period of 2006.