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Knight Equity New Member Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 05/05/2006

Knight Equity Markets International Ltd. will begin trading in SAXESS on Tuesday May 9, 2006, and we are pleased to supply you with the following information: Name of member firm: Knight Equity Markets International Ltd. SAXESS short name: KEM Settlement: CD-ident 13089 Responsible for settlement: JP Morgan WSS Clearance Custody bank: SEB Merchant Banking
ICE Futures Sets Daily Volume Record With Over 430,000 Energy Contracts Traded

Date 05/05/2006

IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading electronic energy marketplace, announced that ICE Futures, its regulated futures subsidiary, achieved an exchange-wide daily volume record. On May 4, total volume in ICE Futures markets reached 430,939 contracts, surpassing the April 25 record of 407,303 contracts by 5.8%. Total open interest stood at 948,239 contracts, up 46.2% compared to 648,585 contracts at December 31, 2005. ICE Futures, which is the home of the benchmark Brent Crude futures
Having Listened To The Comments From Market Participants During The First Round Of Consultation And Following Careful Consideration, CESR Launches A Second Consultation On The Guidelines For Supervisors Regarding The Notification Procedure According To Se

Date 05/05/2006

This Consultation Paper is accompanied by a Press Release.
Election Of Peter Gomez As Chairman Of The Board – Changes In The Board Of Directors Of SWX

Date 05/05/2006

On Friday, 5 May 2006, the General Assembly of the SWX Swiss Exchange Association elected Peter Gomez as its new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Gomez has been Dean of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen since 2005 and will continue in that post. He has been a full professor of business economics since 1990 and headed the university as its rector from 1999 through 2005. Apart from his academic credentials, he also has experience in the entre
Changes To SICOM's Initial And Maintenance Margins

Date 05/05/2006

Please be advised that the margin levels for RSS1, RSS3 and TSR20 have been changed with immediate effect. Please refer to the circular to get more details.

CESR Welcomes The EU Finance Ministers Political Backing For Greater Supervisory Convergence Amongst Securities Regulators In The EU

Date 05/05/2006

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) welcomes ECOFIN conclusions adopted today by Europe’s Finance Ministers, and accepts the reconfirmed mandate given to CESR to take forward supervisory convergence amongst Europe’s securities regulators.
CBOT Fed Watch - May 5 Market Close

Date 05/05/2006

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 10, 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.
CBOE Wins "Exchange Of The Year, North America" Award For Excellence And Innovation

Date 05/05/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it has been named "Exchange of the Year, North America" in recognition of "excellence and innovation" at a May 4th ceremony in Coral Gables, FL, sponsored by Structured Products magazine. CBOE's continued innovations in creating new products and investors' tools were cited as criteria for the selection.
CBOE To Launch Options On EXQ-The New Benchmark Index Of Publicly Traded U.S. Exchanges

Date 05/05/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it plans to launch options on the CBOE Exchange Index, "EXQ," a new benchmark index based on the stock prices of publicly traded U.S. exchanges, pending regulatory approval.The EXQ Index is currently composed of the prices of CBOT Holdings, Inc. (BOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc. (CME), IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE), International Securities Exchange, Inc. (ISE), Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NDAQ) and NYSE Group, In
CBOE Creates Two New Indexes Based On The Russell 2000 Index

Date 05/05/2006

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it plans to publish two new benchmark indexes, under an agreement with the Russell Investment Group, based on the Russell 2000 Index: the CBOE Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index (BXR) and the CBOE Russell 2000 Volatility Index (RVX), beginning today. Both will be based on prices of the Russell 2000 Index options (RUT) traded at CBOE.