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Date 23/04/2004

Manulife Financial Corporation (US) Share Increase In The S&P ADR Indices

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P ADR Indices, effective at the close of trading on Wednesday, April 28, 2004: Manulife Financial Corporation (US) (Canada, NYSE: MFC, CUSIP: 56501R106, Sedol: 2492520) shares will increase by 341,904,121 shares to 805,000,000 shares. The shares will be adjusted to reflect the issuance of new shares as part of the acquisition of John Hancock Financial Services.
Date 23/04/2004

FTSE Global Markets Magazine Launched

FTSE Group have launched FTSE Global Markets, a new magazine providing the best in comment and analysis on the world's equity and debt markets.
Date 23/04/2004

Bursa Malaysia Collaborates With CNBC Asia Pacific For 'Malaysia Market Update'

Bursa Malaysia Berhad in collaboration with CNBC Asia launched the inaugural programme of Malaysia Market Update, a weekly programme in the Asia Market Wrap segment on CNBC Asia.
Date 23/04/2004

ASX Appoints Managing Director And CEO

The Chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange, Mr Maurice Newman, announced today that following the unanimous decision of the ASX Board, Mr Tony D’Aloisio has accepted the position as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ASX. This appointment will follow the retirement of Mr Richard Humphry. Mr D’Aloisio’s appointment is expected to take effect after the next scheduled Annual General Meeting of the ASX on 28 September 2004, but in any event will be no later than 1 November 2004. Mr
Date 23/04/2004

UK's Financial Services Authority Confirms Investigation Into "Shell"

The FSA today confirms that it is formally investigating various issues surrounding recent announcements made by The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, PLC. The FSA has been conducting enquiries into this matter for some weeks now, including gathering and analysing documentary evidence, and has been in close contact with the relevant overseas regulators throughout.

Date 22/04/2004

Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces An Extraordinary Adjustment In WIG And WIG-PL Indices Portfolios

Following the trading session on April 22, 2004, shares of company DGA (1 120 000 shares) will join WIG and WIG-PL indices.
Date 22/04/2004

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange Welcomes Swedish-Finnish Merger

Today, OM HEX and VPC issued a declaration of intent to merge the Swedish securities depository, VPC, and the Finnish securities depository, APK, owned by OM HEX, under the name NCSD. EXIGO, OM HEX’s newly developed system for securities depositories, will be implemented in Finland already in 2005-2006, later it will also be implemented in Sweden. NCSD has acquired the right to use EXIGO throughout the entire Nordic region.
Date 22/04/2004

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Monday April 26, 2004:
Date 22/04/2004

Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Wednesday, April 28, 2004:
Date 22/04/2004

SEC: Mandated Electronic Filing Of EDGAR Access Code Applications

On April 21, the Commission issued a release adopting rule and form amendments mandating the electronic filing of applications on Form ID for access codes to file on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR). The amendments will become effective on April 26, 2004. By that time, a related new on-line filing system accessed through an EDGAR Filer Management website will be completed. ( Rels. 33-8410; 34-49