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Date 19/05/2005

Market For Alternative Investment Cooperates With 14 Leading Brokers To Produce Research Reports On mai Stocks

The Market for Alternative Investment (mai) has joined hands with 14 leading securities companies to have research reports produced on all mai-listed stocks and disseminated on www.mai.or.th and www.settrade.com.
Date 19/05/2005

London Stock Exchange Announcement Of Preliminary Results For The Year Ended 31 March 2005

Highlights: Turnover up four per cent to £259.7 million Operating profit before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation down one per cent to £82.0 million and down ten per cent including exceptional items and goodwill to £73.2 million Profit before tax up slightly to £89.1 million, including profit on disposal of Tower of £7.2m Basic earnings per share up seven per cent to 23.1 pence and adjusted basic earnings per share up 11 per cent to 23.
Date 19/05/2005

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Margin Rates Set For FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Futures

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, has set margin rates for the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Futures contract, which will be introduced on Monday, 23 May 2005.
Date 19/05/2005

HKEx Posts Responses To Consultation Paper On New Structure For Listing Decision-making On HKEx Website

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has received 15 submissions in response to its Consultation Paper on New Structure for Listing Decision-making. HKEx today (Thursday) posted those submissions on its website.
Date 19/05/2005

Component Change Made To Dow Jones Transportation Average

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a prospective component change in the Dow Jones Transportation Average.

Date 19/05/2005

Company Circle Launched In São Paulo To Support Corporate Governance Initiatives In Latin America - The Initiative Intends To Disseminate Best Governance Practices Among Companies In The Region

On May 11, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) launched the Companies Circle at BOVESPA as part of the Latin American Corporate Governance Roundtable. The initiative aims to gather a select group of reputable Latin American companies known for their corporate governance initiatives to divulge their experiences and stimulate other companies from the region to adopt these practices.
Date 19/05/2005

CME Announces Certified Options Partner Program - Twelve Firms To Provide Front-End Solutions For Options Trading

As part of its initiative for increasing the volume of electronic trading for options on foreign exchange, equity indexes and interest rates, CME, the largest futures exchange in the U.S., today announced the new CME-Certified Options Partner Program listed below. This program fosters collaboration between CME and the CME Options Program Partners so that enhanced CME Options products and functionality are available to the marketplace upon CME launch.
Date 19/05/2005

ChinaAMC Adopts FTSE Xinhua High Yield 150 Index For High Yield Fund

FTSE Xinhua Index (FXI), the leading China index provider, and China Asset Management Co., Ltd (ChinaAMC), one of China’s largest asset management companies, have recently signed a licensing agreement that enables ChinaAMC to launch the first high yield fund, a new-kind of investment vehicle, in China.
Date 19/05/2005

CBOT Exchange-Wide Open Interest Surpasses 15 Million Contracts

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that on Wednesday, May 18, Exchange-wide open interest rose to a new record, surpassing 15 million contracts. Total Exchange open interest increased to 15,113,459 contracts, exceeding the previous record of 14,934,632 contracts set on May 17, 2005.
Date 19/05/2005

American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 797,486,110 shares as of the May 13 settlement date, an increase of 30,080,104 from the 767,406,006 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-April. The May figure represents trades through May 10, 2005.