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  • Nymex Sets Monthly Trading Records During September

    Date 04/10/2004

    The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it set a monthly record in September for total Exchange options volume and, for the second consecutive month, records in NYMEX Division futures volume, e–miNY energy futuressm volume, and e–miNYsm crude oil futures volume. <

  • NASD Sanctions 18 Firms For Order Audit Trail (OATS) Reporting And Supervision Violations - Total Fines Over $1.2 Million - SG Cowen Ordered To Pay $800,000

    Date 04/10/2004

    NASD today announced it has censured and imposed fines totaling more than $1.2 million on 18 firms for violations relating to NASD's Order Audit Trail ("OATS") rules and supervision. The largest single action was against SG Cowen, LLC of New York, NY, which was censured and fined $800,000 for failing to report millions of orders over a four-year period.

  • MSCI Hedge Invest Index Quarterly Review: Number of Constituent Funds Exceeds 100 For The First Time

    Date 04/10/2004

    MSCI, a leading provider of equity, fixed income and hedge fund indices, has announced the results of the October Quarterly Index Review of the MSCI Hedge Invest Index, its hedge fund index containing funds with weekly liquidity. As a result of this quarterly review, the number of constituent funds in the index will increase to 110 from 97 currently, the largest number of any investable hedge fund index. The number of hedge fund investment processes and strategies represented will remain at 14

  • Minneapolis Grain Exchange Electronic Trading Hours And Launch Date Announced

    Date 04/10/2004

    The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) announced this week that it will offer nighttime electronic trading hours for MGEX Hard Red Spring Wheat futures and options in addition to daytime open outcry. These contracts will trade electronically along side the MGEX grain and oilseed index contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade’s electronic trading platform – e-cbot® powered by LIFFE CONNECT®.

  • Key Industry Survey Rates Clearstream As Best In Industry

    Date 04/10/2004

    The annual industry survey undertaking by the widely-respected ‘Global Custodian’ magazine has rated Clearstream as the best international central securities depositary (ICSD) in the industry. The annual survey which collects ratings and comments from over 3,000 participating organizations across the entire post-trade industry has shown that Clearstream has significantly improved in all service areas and outperformed its competitors in overall ratings.