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Axiss Australia Newsletter Issue 115, 20 June 2005

Date 20/06/2005

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
ASX: Close Of SEATS Trading Today

Date 20/06/2005

Earlier today, due to broker feedback regarding anticipated high volumes from the News Corporation (NWS) reweighting, ASX announced it would extend the Closing Single Price Auction (CSPA) period by 5 minutes to close at approximately 4:10pm. This normally would have been done by a manual over-ride of the programmed schedule but an error was made and this did not happen. This process is standard procedure, performed from time to time by SEATS Market Control. Therefore, the SEA
WTB Hannover Clearing House Changes Margin Rates For All Potato-Futures

Date 17/06/2005

As of 20th of June 2005, the Clearing House of the WTB Hannover rises the Initial Margin Rates for Table Potatoes from 250 € to 400 €, for Futures on Processing Potatoes from 400 € to 600 € and for Futures on London Potatoes from 300 € to 500 €.
WSE Announces Quarterly Changes In Main Indices’ Portfolios

Date 17/06/2005

After close of business on June 17, 2005, WSE executed periodic changes in main indices’ portfolios.
TSX Group CEO Discusses Market Efficiencies In Halifax - Richard Nesbitt Cites Benefits Of Market Synergies Which Have Resulted In Cost Savings For Market Participants

Date 17/06/2005

TSX Group CEO Richard Nesbitt told a luncheon audience in Halifax today that efforts to focus on efficiency by TSX Group have helped lower costs and contributed to its extraordinary success story in recent years.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Board Report - May 2005

Date 17/06/2005

TSE's 4th Annual Shareholders Meeting
Tokyo Commodity Exchange Lifting Ordering Restrictions On IOC And FOK Orders

Date 17/06/2005

TOCOM will lift the ordering restrictions imposed on IOC and FOK orders since February 16, 2005, along with the introduction of new regulation that prohibits the cancellation of these orders. We will resume recieving these orders from June 20, 2005.
The Federation Of Thai Capital Market Organizations (FeTCO) Appoints Mr. Kongkiat Opaswongkarn As Its New Chairman Effective June 16, 2005

Date 17/06/2005

The Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (FeTCO) has appointed Mr. Kongkiat Opaswongkarn, Ph.D., as its new chairman, replacing Mr. Suthep Peetakanont, who finished his term as President of the Association of Securities Companies (ASCO) on May 13, 2005. The FeTCO chairman should normally head of one of FeTCO’s member organizations.
TAM S.A. Joins The Nível 2 (Level 2) Of Corporate Governance

Date 17/06/2005

The shares of TAM S.A. (code TAMM) started to be traded at BOVESPA’s Nível 2 (Level 2) of Corporate Governance on June 14, 2005. Since then TAMM has been included in the IGC - Corporate Governance Index.
Securities Industry Association Testifies On Critical Importance Of U.S.-EU Financial Services Relationship - Calls For Greater Regulatory And Accounting Convergence, Reduction Of Trade Barriers

Date 17/06/2005

In testimony yesterday before a House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology hearing on the economic relationship between the United States and the European Union, Securities Industry Association President Marc E. Lackritz stressed the importance of continuing to develop the transatlantic financial services relationship between the U.S. and the EU. Lackritz urged the subcommittee to support SIA’s advocacy for the establishme