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SGX FY2005 Third Quarter Financial Results Improve Over The Previous Quarter

Date 12/04/2005

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announces moderately improved third quarter financial results for the financial year 2005 (3Q FY2005) compared with 2Q FY2005.
SEC Institues Enforcement Action Against 20 Former New York Stock Exchange Specialists Alleging Pervasive Course Of Fraudulent Trading - Respondents Include Two Former Ceos Of Spear Leeds & Kellogg Specialists And Four Former Members Of Van Der Moolen Spe

Date 12/04/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against 20 former New York Stock Exchange specialists for fraudulent and other improper trading practices. In the Order Instituting Proceedings, the Division of Enforcement alleges that between 1999 and mid-2003 these specialists pervasively executed proprietary orders for their firms' proprietary accounts ahead of executable public customer or "agency" orders that were placed through the NYS
SEC Charges The New York Stock Exchange With Failing To Police Specialists - NYSE Agrees To Settlement With SEC, Including Censure, Cease And Desist Order, $20 Million Fund For Regulatory Auditor, And Audio-Video Surveillance

Date 12/04/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted and simultaneously settled an enforcement action against the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., finding that the NYSE, over the course of nearly four years, failed to police specialists, who engaged in widespread and unlawful proprietary trading on the floor of the NYSE. The Commission found that the NYSE violated Section 19(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by failing to enforce compliance with the federal securities laws and NYSE rule
RTS Stock Exchange: FORTS Open Interest Record

Date 12/04/2005

On April 11 th , 2005, the new open interest record was registered on FORTS, the derivatives market of the RTS Stock Exchange. Total open interest exceeded 1,72 million contracts, two times over the number of daily average number of open positions in 2004 and 28% higher than the daily average posted since the beginning of the year.
NYSE Regulation Charges 17 Former Specialist Members With Securities Fraud

Date 12/04/2005

New York Stock Exchange Regulation today announced the issuance of charges against 17 former specialists for alleged securities fraud violations. The charges, which were issued by the Enforcement division, were the result of investigations conducted in conjunction with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Northeast Regional Office.

NYMEX Europe Sets Brent Crude Oil Daily Volume Record

Date 12/04/2005

Brent crude oil futures trading set a daily volume record yesterday when 18,374 contracts were traded on the NYMEX Europe Dublin trading floor. The previous daily record of 16,427 Brent crude futures contracts traded was set on November 19, 2004.
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 08.04.2005

Date 12/04/2005

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
Euronext.liffe Extends Trading Hours For Three Month Euribor Futures Contract

Date 12/04/2005

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext N.V, announced today that from Monday 27 June 2005 the trading hours in the Three Month Euribor Futures contract will be extended by three hours. Euribor futures will close at 21.00 not 18.00 London time.
Deutsche Börse Announces Agenda For 2005 AGM - Calls On Shareholders To Register Support For Ongoing Efforts To Enhance Shareholder Value/ Repeats Call For TCI Cooperation With Orderly Board Transition In 2006

Date 12/04/2005

Deutsche Börse on Tuesday published the agenda for the company’s 2005 AGM, to be held on 25 May. Commenting on the AGM, Rolf-E. Breuer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, said, "In the vote at this year’s AGM, shareholders will have the opportunity to express their support for ongoing Board and management initiatives to achieve superior returns for shareholders."
CESR Takes Further Steps To Increase Its Accountability To The European Institutions And To Enable The European Union To Assess The Steps Being Undertaken To Enhance Supervisory Convergence On A Day-To-Day Basis

Date 12/04/2005

On Thursday, 7 April 2005, CESR presented its 2004 Annual Report and a detailed report on the steps it is taking to improve supervisory convergence in the European Union to the Financial Services Committee (FSC). The FSC is a Council Committee that gathers together high-level representatives of the European Union’s Finance Ministries. This marks the first of a more periodic framework of reporting by CESR which will further strengthen CESR’s accountability with the EU institutions. Similar r