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Date 12/03/2003

Chairman Greenspan's Support Of Derivatives Applauded By Chicago Mercantile Exchange And The Chicago Board Of Trade

From the 28th Annual International Futures Industry Conference in Boca Raton, Fla., Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today issued a joint declaration of support for Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan's recent comments and position on the positive impact derivatives have had on the "development of a far more flexible, efficient and resilient financial system.
Date 12/03/2003

CBOT: March 2003 Fed Watch

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 18, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Date 12/03/2003

Boston Stock Exchange Elects Two New Members To 2003 Board

Kenneth R. Leibler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Stock Exchange (BSE), today announced the election of two new Governors to the Board. The new Governors elected to serve two-year terms are: Nicholas Bonn, Executive Vice President, State Street Corporation; and Arthur R. Hogan III, Chief Market Analyst, Jefferies & Company, Inc. They replace outgoing Governors Nicholas A. Lopardo and Joseph M. Marinaro.
Date 11/03/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Elects Five To Its Board Of Governors

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today the election of I. Isabelle Benton; Kevin Carroll; Kevin Foley; Christopher Nagy; and Daniel O'Rourke to its Board of Governors. I. Isabelle Benton was elected On-Floor Equity Floor Governor for a term of three years. She is a limited partner of Penn Mont Securities, an equities specialist unit at the Exchange.
Date 11/03/2003

Sydney Futures Exchange Monthly Trading Statistics - February 2003

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Date 11/03/2003

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 11, 2003: North Atlantic Nickel Corp. (TSXVN:YNN) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The shares of the company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange at that time. The company will graduate to the TSX to trade under the symbol "NAC" effective at the opening of trading on Wednesday, March 12, 2003. Pacific Insigh
Date 11/03/2003

SEC, NASD, NYSE Release Findings Of Breakpoint Examination Sweep; Broker-Dealers To Review Transactions

Securities regulators issued a report today showing that nearly one in three transactions in front-end load mutual funds that appeared eligible for a breakpoint discount did not receive one, based on the results of a three-month examination sweep of selected broker-dealers. The report, issued jointly by the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange, revealed the average discount not provided was $364 per transaction. As a result of those findings, approximately 2,0
Date 11/03/2003

Reprimand against Swiss Life by the SWX Swiss Exchange

The SWX has issued a reprimand against the Swiss Life Insurance and Pension Company (Swiss Life), Zurich, for negligent violation of provisions of the Listing Rules in connection with its annual report for 2001 and its semi-annual report for 2002. As a result of false entries, the consolidated annual profit for 2001 as originally published by the company was CHF 239 million too high (after tax), the consolidated semi-annual loss for 2002 CHF 192 million too low (after tax).
Date 11/03/2003

NYBOT: U.S. Dollar Index Sets All-Time Record For Futures Volume

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today a futures volume record for its U.S. Dollar Index® (USDX) contract of 16,338 contracts set on March 10, 2003. The previous USDX record of 12,757 contracts was set almost 13 years ago on March 20, 1990.
Date 11/03/2003

NYBOT Selects BTP/Constantin Walsh-Lowe To Build New Trading Floor With Latest Technology

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it has chosen Business Technology Partners Inc. (www.btp.net), in a collaborative venture with Constantin Walsh-Lowe, as the lead technology team in relocating the NYBOT's new headquarters from its back up trading facility in Long Island City, Queens, NY, to the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) building on One North End Avenue in Lower Manhattan's World Financial Center. The exchange has embarked on a multi-staged plan t