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  • FTSE/Xinhua Indexes License First China ETF For US Investors

    Date 23/01/2003

    FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (FXI), the China Index provider, today announces that Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to add the iShares FTSE/Xinhua Hong Kong China 25 Index Fund to its international exchange traded funds (ETF) offerings. This will be the first ETF tracking the Chinese market available to US investors.

  • Foreign Investors Welcome Thai Listed Companies In London

    Date 23/01/2003

    The Finance Minister, His Excellency Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, commented during the Thailand Global Investors Conference that the roadshow comes at a very opportune time. He went on to say that we could be proud that the listed companies accompanying his team received such a lot of interest from investors. The conference is the result of collaboration between the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), Merrill Lynch Phatra Company Limited, and the Finance Ministry, to present information on twelve lis

  • CBOT January 2003 Fed Watch

    Date 23/01/2003

    In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, the Chicago Board of Trade is reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • UK's Financial Services Authority Warns Of Need To Plan For A Challenging Year Ahead

    Date 22/01/2003

    The Financial Risk Outlook 2003 , published today by the Financial Services Authority, highlights a number of risks associated with the economic outlook and depressed conditions in financial markets. FSA Managing Director Carol Sergeant said: "The year ahead should be one of modest recovery. But there are considerable uncertainties and plenty of reasons for caution at a time when more consumers look financially stret

  • TIFFE:Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 January 2003

    Date 22/01/2003

    TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 January 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 22/01/2003

    Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: After the close of trading on Wednesday, January 22, 2003, Limtech Lithium Metal Technologies Inc. (TSXVN:LTC) will change its name to Limtech Lithium Industries Inc. The new ticker symbol will be "LTL" and the new CUSIP number will be 532757 10 1. The number of post-consolidation shares will be 8,784,903.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

    Date 22/01/2003

    Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change: On January 15, 2003, the shareholders of Vermilion Resources Ltd. (TSX:VRM) approved the plan of arrangement whereby the company will be divided into an income trust, Vermilion Energy Trust, and an exploration company named Clear Energy Inc. As a result, effective after the close of trading on Thursday, January 23, 2003, Vermilion Energy Ltd. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Com

  • Securities And Exchange Commission Adopts Rules Strengthening Auditor Independence

    Date 22/01/2003

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rules to fulfill the mandate of Title II of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, strengthen auditor independence and require additional disclosures to investors about the services provided to issuers by the independent accountant.

  • SEC Adopts Rules On Retention of Records Relevant To Audits And Reviews

    Date 22/01/2003

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the adoption of Rule 2-06 of Regulation S-X to implement Section 802 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

  • SEC Adopts Rules On Disclosure Of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements And Aggregate Contractual Obligations

    Date 22/01/2003

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to implement the mandate of Section 401(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Section 401(a) added Section 13(j) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires the Commission to adopt final rules by Jan. 26, 2003, to require each annual and quarterly financial report required to be filed with the Commission, to disclose "all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent oblig