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Date 05/05/2004

May To Succeed Simpson As CRESTCo Chief Executive

Euroclear announced today that Tim May, currently Chief Operating Officer of Gerrard Limited, shortly will become Chief Executive of CRESTCo succeeding Hugh Simpson, who is leaving the Euroclear Group.
Date 05/05/2004

IPE: April Showers Brent With Record Open Interest

The International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced that trading ahead of the recent UK bank holiday had produced a record open interest figure of 371,574 lots for its flagship Brent Crude futures contract.
Date 05/05/2004

International Securities Exchange Reports Monthly Volume For April 2004

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), the world's largest equity options exchange, reported an increase in April trading volume compared to the same year-ago period.
Date 05/05/2004

ICEX News & Views Volume 4 - Issue 10

This issue includes articles on decreasing spreads on ICEX, next SAXESS update, ICEX monthly statistics, SAXESS training course next week and new FESE members.
Date 05/05/2004

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-month HIBOR Futures Contract

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 6 May 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.

Date 05/05/2004

GL TRADE’s First Quarter Turnover Up 13.3% On Q1 2003, To EUR35.8m - At Constant Exchange Rates, Turnover Was Up 16.5%

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Date 05/05/2004

Euronext: First Day's Trading For New Air France Shares Following Exchange Offer For KLM

The 45,938,857 new shares issued by Air France, soon to become Air France-KLM, in connection with its exchange offer for KLM were today simultaneously admitted to trading on Euronext markets in Amsterdam and Paris.

Date 05/05/2004

Deutsche Börse Publishes Company Rankings For The Equity Indices - Decision On Changes To Equity Indices To Be Taken On May 18

On Wednesday Deutsche Börse published the current list of companies ranked by market capitalization and stock-exchange turnover for the equity indices DAX®, MDAX®, SDAX®, TecDAX® and NEMAX 50®. Decisions regarding possible changes in the composition of the indices will be made by the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse on the basis of these rankings on May 18; such changes will then take effect on June 21.

Date 05/05/2004

Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus: Rate Hike In The US Sets The Agenda

The development in the US economy will set the agenda for how interest rates will move in Europe. In Focus no. 81, Senior Economist Søren Nielsen, Nykredit Markets, looks at where the world economies are headed.

Date 05/05/2004

CESR/ESCB Draft Standards For Securities And Clearing And Settlement Systems In The European Union - Open Hearing Announced For 25 May 2004 And Draft Consultation Paper Published

The ESCB-CESR Working Group would like to thank all who replied to the public consultation on the consultative report entitled ‘Standards for securities clearing and settlement systems in the European Union’ and the note entitled ‘Scope of application of the ESCB-CESR standards’.