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Futures, Jun 2008 by Birkner, Christine

EXCHANGES

Intercontinental Exchange and globalCOAL will launch two new coal futures contracts at ICE Futures Europe, www.theice.com

The New York Mercantile Exchange introduced a certified emission reduction options contract. The contract will be priced in euros with a minimum price fluctuation of euro 0.01 per metric ton. www.nymex.com

Bursa Malaysia introduced direct market access for the derivatives market in order to enhance market accessibility. www.klse.com. my /website/bm

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange launched side-by-side hard red spring wheat options, www.mgex.com

The International securities Exchange (ISE) announced a new $0.0035 rebate tier for displayed market liquidity providers and lowered the midpoint match fee to $0.0015 per share for the initial pricing tier, www.ise.com

Tokyo Stock Exchange introduced a new options trading system, Tdex , which is based on Liffe Connect and AEMS technology and services, www.tse.or.jp

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange will begin to trade 20 new options, www.phlx.com

The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) in June will launch financially settled futures based on Brent and Oman crude oil. DME currently lists physically delivered futures on Oman crude oil. www.dubaimerc.com

Eurex in late June will launch derivatives on the MSCI Russia Index denominated in U.S. dollars. www.eurexchange.com

ETFs

Barclays Global Investors listed 31 new (Shares funds on NYSE Euronext's French market, www.barclaysglobal.com

JPMorgan launched a new series of ETFs based on the subindexes of JPMorgan's European Monetary Union Government Bond Index on NYSE Euronext. www.nyx.com

Invesco PowerShares introduced three new ETF portfolios on NYSE Amex: PCA - PowerShares Autonomie Balanced NFA Global Asset Portfolio, PAO - PowerShares Autonomie Balanced Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio and PTO - PowerShares Autonomie Growth NFA Global Asset Portfolio, www.invescopowershares.com

INDEXES

Russell Investments launched the Russell Global Large Cap Growth Index, Russell Latin America Value Index and Russell Australia Growth Index, www.russell.com/indexes

TRADING PLATFORMS

Zealous Trading Group launched its ZATS Next Generation Trading Platform for restricted and illiquid securities. www.zealousats.com

Smart Trade Technologies launched the LiquidityOrchestrator smart order router, and an upgraded SmartTrade Transaction Platform 5.5. The new platform includes the LiquidityConnect, LiquidityAggregator, and LiquidityCrosser systems, www.smart-trade.net

OTHER

Dorman Trading launched its new Web site. www.dormantrading.com

eSignal released Nasdaq LiveQuotes Pro, an upgrade to Nasdaq LiveQuotes. www.esignal.com

FIX Protocol Ltd, FpML / ISDA, SWIFT and ISITC launched a financial messaging Investment Roadmap to map the FIX, ISO, and FpML protocols to the appropriate business processes across major asset classes. www.fixprotocol.org/investmentroadmap.