SYDNEY, Nov. 28--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COMPLIANCE BENEFITS... SYDNEY: A survey conducted by SAI Global's LAWLEX and Operational Risk magazine of more than 400 global risk and compliance managers and executives has found that international financial services organizations are beginning to view operational risk and compliance as an effective strategy to help them improve their bottom line, and not just a business expense to please the regulators. PLAYER HONOURED... VICTORIA: Ian Taylor, Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing presented the 2nd annual Custom House Global Foreign Exchange 'Player of the Year Award' to star player Matt King in Victoria on Thursday night. http://www.customhouse.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$200 million on Dec 5 and 7, 2005 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com COURT GRANTS... SYDNEY: Sharman Networks said in a statement the Federal Court of Australia on Nov 24 granted the company a further stay of the injunction ordered on 5 September 2005. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... HELSINKI: MSOL (Marubeni Solutions Corporation) has signed a distribution agreement with the leading location tracking solutions supplier Ekahau, Inc., and starts reselling Ekahau's wireless LAN-based Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and site survey tools from December 2, 2005. HKDA AWARDS... HONG KONG: Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of the prestigious regional design competition HKDA Awards 05 were announced in Hong Kong on 20 Nov 2005. http://www.hongkongda.com/awards05 (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)