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Date 25/03/2003

Exchange to Change Margin Rates On Henry Hub Natural Gas, Swap, e-miNY Futures, And Natural Gas Basis Contracts

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will change the margins on Henry Hub natural gas futures, Henry Hub swaps futures, natural gas e-miNYsm futures contracts, and certain natural gas basis swap contracts at the close of business tomorrow.

Date 25/03/2003

Euronext.liffe To Amend Notional Coupon On The Long Gilt Futures Contract

Euronext.liffe today announced a change to the notional coupon level of its benchmark Long Gilt futures contract. Starting with the March 2004 delivery month, the notional coupon will be 6%. The notional coupon is currently set at 7%.

Date 25/03/2003

Deutsche Börse: Capital Market Experts Publish White Paper - Progress In The Framework Conditions And Agenda For The Future

Leading international capital market experts and Deutsche Börse have published a White Paper on the German capital market. The White Paper "German Capital Market - Achievements and Challenges" summarizes the most important regulatory advances in recent years from the capital market's point of view and outlines the remaining agenda, with the goal of winning new financial investors for Germany as a capital market, both at home and abroad.

Date 25/03/2003

Copenhagen Stock Exchange, Focus: Information To The Equity Market - Why,

Each year, the Danish Society of Investment Professionals grants an information award to the company on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange that in the past year disclosed the most detailed information to the market.

Date 25/03/2003

Chicago Board Of Trade To Launch Mini-Sized Agricultural Futures Contracts

Complementing its existing grain and soybean complexes, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will launch mini-sized Corn, Wheat, and Soybean futures on Monday, April 7, 2003. These new mini-sized grain contracts will trade in the CBOT's open auction marketplace, and mark the final phase of conversion of MidAmerica (MidAm) Commodity Exchange contracts to the CBOT's mini-complex.

Date 25/03/2003

CBOT Announces Results Of SO2 Emissions Allowance Auction

The Chicago Board of Trade today announced the results of the 11th annual Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) emissions allowance auction for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Date 24/03/2003

UK’s Financial Services Authority Business Continuity Policy “Proportionate And Non-Prescriptive”

The Financial Services Authority today published a policy statement on operational risk confirming that it will maintain its non-prescriptive approach to business continuity arrangements by financial firms. Clive Briault, Director of Prudential Standards at the FSA, said: “Interest in our proposals on systems and controls for managing operational risks has been high and we are grateful for the responses we received to

Date 24/03/2003

Tokyo Stock Exchange To Publish REIT Index And Data On Trading Activities By Type Of Investors On The J-REIT Market

As Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) previously announced in January 2003, TSE will begin calculation and publication of the Tokyo Stock Exchange REIT Index from April 1, 2003 and will disclose trading activities by type of investors on the J-REIT market from May 2003 (for the previous month's trading activities).

Date 24/03/2003

Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 31 March 2003

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 31 March 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.

Date 24/03/2003

Statement By NYSE Chairman And CEO Dick Grasso Re Sandy Weill, March 23, 2003

"I regret that when Sandy Weill was informed of the comments and the intentions of the New York State Attorney General concerning his nomination to the Board of the NYSE, Sandy informed me that he wished to have his name withdrawn.