ISE Announces Sponsorship of NYU Derivatives 2007 Conference

  
    
  
  
    
      The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) is pleased to announce 
      that it is a co-sponsor of Derivatives 2007: New Ideas, 
      New Instruments, New Markets. This important conference brings 
      together leading academics and industry practitioners to examine the 
      links between modern derivatives theory and market practice. The event 
      will take place at the Stern School of Business at New York University 
      (NYU) on Friday, May 18, 2007.
    
    
      Several notable academics and industry leaders will review the latest 
      theoretical advances and innovations in derivatives trading as well as 
      the future of the derivatives marketplace. The roster of renowned 
      speakers includes Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, Nobel Laureate Robert 
      Engle and ISE President and CEO David Krell.
    
    
      Derivatives pioneer Myron Scholes will present the keynote speech at the 
      conference. In addition, he and this extraordinary group of intellectual 
      leaders in the field of derivatives will offer their views on critical 
      issues facing the industry through a series of panel discussions. Topics 
      will include an overview of new kinds of derivatives instruments, 
      advances in trading and risk management strategies, and the 
      technological evolution of the derivatives marketplace.
    
    
      For more information or to register for the conference, please visit http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/salomon/salomon.cfm?doc_id=6885.
    
    
      ISE Background
    
    
      International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ISE), through 
      its subsidiaries, operates a family of innovative securities markets. 
      ISE is founded on the principle that technology and competition create 
      better, more efficient markets for investors and consists of an options 
      exchange, a stock exchange and an alternative markets platform. ISE 
      continually enhances its trading systems and develops new products to 
      provide investors with the best marketplace and investment tools to 
      trade smarter.
    
    
      ISE developed a unique market structure for advanced screen-based 
      trading systems and in May 2000 launched the first fully electronic US 
      options exchange. Currently, ISE operates the largest U.S. equity 
      options exchange and is among the leading options exchanges in the 
      world. ISE offers index options, including a portfolio of proprietary 
      index products, and enhanced market data products for sophisticated 
      investors. ISE FX Options™ launched in the 
      second quarter of 2007.
    
    
      ISE Stock Exchange, launched in September 2006 with strategic partners, 
      includes an innovative MidPoint Match™ 
      platform which offers investors continuous price improvement. MidPoint 
      Match was integrated with a fully displayed Best Bid Offer market in the 
      fourth quarter of 2006.
    
    
      ISE’s alternative markets business currently 
      consists of an events market trading platform known as Longitude. 
      Longitude’s patented and proprietary 
      technology provides a unique parimutuel structure for derivatives 
      auctions which results in greater trading and pricing flexibility for 
      market participants.
    
    
      For more information about ISE and its options exchange, visit www.iseoptions.com 
      and for more information about ISE Stock Exchange, visit www.isestock.com. 
      Additionally, to learn more about ISE alternative markets technology, 
      visit www.longitude.com.