The Financial Times today announced that it will host the conference Electric Money - Trading in the 21st Century on Wednesday 14th November 2007. The FT’s US Managing Editor Chrystia Freeland will open this discussion, which will take place at Gotham Hall, New York City.

To contribute to this important and timely debate, the Financial Times has assembled CEO’s from the most powerful stock exchanges and investment banks in the US to examine volatilities in the markets this year. Panel members include Duncan Niederauer, President of NYSE, Euronext; Craig Donohue, CEO of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Market Regulation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald.

Chrystia Freeland said: “This conference gives the industry a chance to examine and debate the current status of electronic trading in all its forms, together with the need for faster processing of data and on-demand real time information. The panel of distinguished key figures from the stock exchanges will offer an interesting take on the future of electronic trading.”

Additional features of the conference will include an examination of the current status of trading, a look at the success of the Citadel Derivatives Group and panel discussions on the effects of the market’s gains and recent losses using Quantitative & Algorithmic Trading and Dark Pools of Liquidity. The one-day conference will explore how recent market volatility has affected markets in the rest of the world, and look at some of the predictions of individuals from Wall Street on trading in the future.

The conference is being held at Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018. Registration and breakfast will be available from 8:00am and the conference will start at 9:00am sharp, finishing at 7:00 pm with a cocktail reception.

Full details of the program can be found at www.ftconferences.com/electricmoney. To reserve your space, please contact Aliki Varsamides via email at aliki.varsamides@ft.com.

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For further information, please contact:

Darcy Keller, Financial Times, +1 212-641-6614 or darcy.keller@ft.com

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