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Date 18/04/2005

Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market

For the week of April 11th – April 13th, 2005, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) increased by 18% in rubles and reached 7 753 million rubles and 867 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of April 15th, 2005, equaled 13 774 million rubles and 1 602 thousand contracts.
Date 18/04/2005

Financial sector: Commission Launches Survey On Obstacles To Cross-border Mergers And Acquisitions

The European Commission has launched an online survey on why there is little cross-border consolidation in the financial sector. The survey will be open until 15 June 2005. The responses received will serve as an input for a report that the Commission will submit to the Ministers of the ECOFIN Council in September.
Date 18/04/2005

Deutsche Börse Releases Letter To TCI

Deutsche Börse published a letter from its CEO Werner Seifert to Christopher Hohn, Managing Partner of The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI), on Monday. In the letter Deutsche Börse raises questions as to Mr. Hohn’s intentions and corrects misrepresentations by Mr. Hohn.
Date 18/04/2005

Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: Borrower Preferences - Implications For The Bond Market

In Focus No. 101 Chief Economist John Madsen, Nykredit Markets, writes about the Danish bond market, which is undergoing transformation these years, and the product development of the mortgage banks, which is leaving a clear mark on the Danish bond market.
Date 18/04/2005

Committee Of European Securities Regulators Public Statement: The Eighth Meeting Of The Market Participants Consultative Panel

The Market Participants Consultative Panel held its eighth meeting on 17th March 2005 in Oslo jointly with all CESR Members. The discussion during the meeting was facilitated by the Chairman of CESR. The discussion was primarily focused on two different subjects: analysis of major trends and evolutions in financial markets and the EU/US regulatory and supervisory issues. The discussion on the Himalaya Report was postponed to the next meeting of the Panel.

Date 18/04/2005

CME FX On Reuters Expands Reach And To Launch In Asia

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange and the largest regulated marketplace for foreign exchange (FX), and Reuters (Nasdaq: RTRSY), the global information company, today announced that four additional clearing firms have joined CME FX on Reuters. Calyon Financial, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, and Refco join the existing seven clearing firms to facilitate trading for CME and Reuters end-users, further expanding the impact of this offer
Date 18/04/2005

CME Daily Volume Tops 7.0 Million For The First Time Ever - Exchange Also Sets New Single Day Volume Records In Electronic Trading Of Futures And Options On Futures On CME® Globex®

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced that on Friday, April 15, trading volume exceeded 7.0 million contracts in a single day for the first time*, surpassing the previous CME record of 6.7 million set on Friday, April 1. Average daily volume at CME for April to date is now 4.7 million contracts.
Date 18/04/2005

CBOT Mini-Sized Dow Futures Volume Surpasses Prior Record

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that on Friday, April 15, volume in CBOT mini-sized DowSM futures soared to the highest level ever.
Date 18/04/2005

CBOE To Move Forward With Purchase Offer For CBOT Exercise Rights

The Chicago Board Options Exchange today announced it will move forward with plans to purchase a number of CBOE exercise rights held by Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Full Members. The planned purchase offer was temporarily postponed while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reviewed a request by a CBOE member that the SEC reconsider its approval of CBOE's filing on the matter issued on February 25, 2005. On April 18, 2005, the SEC denied the request for reconsideration.
Date 18/04/2005

CBOE Sets Spider Options Trading Record; Friday's Volume Of 305,445 Contracts Is Busiest Single-Day

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that volume on Friday, April 15th, of 305,445 contracts in options on Standard and Poor's Depositary Receipts, known as Spiders, established a record high for volume at any exchange.Average daily volume in Spider options (options symbol SPY) at CBOE over the past 15 trading days has been 70,477 contracts. Open interest in SPY options stood at 2,483,835 contracts (1,042,956 calls and 1,440,879 puts) at CBOE this morning. CBOE first listed Spider