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Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Submitting Trading Orders Directly Via Internet Approved

Date 26/01/2005

SET President Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong reported that the SET Board of Governors has approved the acceptance of trading orders sent by the investors themselves via the Internet. This new procedure may be executed at or outside the brokers’ offices. The acceptance by the SET of this new practice will become effective by April 2005. Once direct Internet trading is implemented, sending orders through remote terminals or any other similar systems will be permanently terminated. The measures overseeing
Stock Exchange Of Thailand To Proactively Prevent Rumors, Including Inviting Listed Companies’ Executives To Present Important Information

Date 26/01/2005

The SET Board of Governors adds more measures to prevent rumors. When necessary, the listed companies’ executives may be invited to present information to the public. According to the SEC’s examination, the SET’s operations have reasonably met their expectations. Suggestions from the SEC have included measures to prevent rumors, improve the updating of REHABCO companies’ information, and improve listed companies’ free-float proportions.
Speech by SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson: "U.S. Capital Markets In The Post-Sarbanes-Oxley World: Why Our Markets Should Matter To Foreign Issuers"

Date 26/01/2005

Click here to view a speech by the SEC Chairman on "U.S. Capital Markets in the Post-Sarbanes-Oxley World: Why Our Markets Should Matter to Foreign Issuers"
Small Firms Central To UK’s Financial Services Authority Priorities For The Year Ahead

Date 26/01/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today published its Business Plan. This sets out the FSA's priorities for 2005/06 and the budget necessary to deliver them.
S&P To Add Income Trusts To The S&P/TSX Composite Index - Enhancing The TSX’s Premier Benchmark Of The Canadian Equity Market

Date 26/01/2005

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of independent financial research, ratings, and indices, today announced that it intends to include Income Trusts in the S&P/TSX Composite Index, Canada’s premier equity index. The decision follows a study of Income Trusts by the S&P/TSX Canadian Index Committee, as well as consultation with Standard & Poor’s Canadian Index Advisory Panel and other interested groups.

RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market Weekly Statistics

Date 26/01/2005

For the week of January 17th– January 21st, 2005, the RTS Index lost 3.03 points and closed at 593.22. The RTS Current Quotes Index (RTST) went 3.18 down and reached 651.38.
Nymex Sets Record for Clearing Off–Exchange Transactions

Date 26/01/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that a record 162,403 off–exchange contracts were cleared through NYMEX ClearPortsm yesterday, exceeding the previous record of 147,153 contracts on November 4, 2004.
New York Mercantile Exchange And Central Japan Commodity Exchange Sign Memorandum Of Understanding On Cooperation

Date 26/01/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., and the Central Japan Commodity Exchange (C–COM) announced today that they have signed memorandum of understanding on the formation of cooperative relationship for projects which will mutually benefit both exchanges.
Len Schuman Appointed Senior Executive, America Sales, Computershare Markets Technology

Date 26/01/2005

Computershare Markets Technology today announced that Leonard J Schuman has been appointed as Senior Executive, America Sales, to be based in Computershare’s New York regional office.
Kepler Equities Becomes Member Of Wiener Börse

Date 26/01/2005

Kepler Equities is the first trading member from France to join Wiener Börse. This lifts the number of trading members to 64, of which 11 registered for direct trading last year.