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Baltic Exchange To Introduce New Dry Freight Index

Date 30/06/2004

The Baltic Exchange has announced today that it plans to introduce a Baltic Supramax Index (BSI) which is intended to replace the existing Baltic Handymax Index (BHMI) on 3 January 2006. To ensure the continuity of the data, the Baltic will report on both the BHMI and BSI from 3 September 2005 until 23 December 2005.
ASX To Adopt Integrated Trading System

Date 30/06/2004

Further to the announcement of 22 April 2004, ASX is pleased to announce that it today signed agreements with OM Technology AB for the supply and support of a version of the CLICK XTTM Marketplace Solution, adapted to ASX's requirements, to enable all products currently traded on SEATS to be migrated to CLICK XTTM. As previously advised, ASX will be consulting customers about the migration timetable but on current estimates migration will commence in early-2006.
ASX Enters Into Agreement With OM For CLICK XT Integrated Trading Platform

Date 30/06/2004

The Australian Stock Exchange Limited (ASX) and OM Technology AB (OM) today signed a ten year agreement for the use of CLICK XT(TM) as the integrated trading platform for ASX's equity, derivatives and fixed income products. This deal will result in ASX becoming the first top-10 market to offer a fully integrated platform for the trading of all its listed securities. The project involves migration of ASX's equity, warrants and fixed interest products from their existing SEATS platform onto CL
ASX 2003-04 End Of Financial Year Highlights

Date 30/06/2004

The 2003-04 financial year has been one of steady growth for the Australian sharemarket, both in terms of investor participation, and the range and level of sophistication of listed products.
Archipelago Closed On Monday, July 5, 2004

Date 30/06/2004

In observance of Independence Day, Archipelago will be closed on Monday, July 5, 2004. We will resume normal trading hours on Tuesday, July 6, 2004.

The Committee Of European Securities Regulators Launches A Call For Evidence On The Second Set Of Mandates From The European Commission On The Markets In Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

Date 29/06/2004

CESR publishes today a second set of mandates from the European Commission on the legislative measures to implement the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. CESR’s advice on this second set of mandates must be submitted to the European Commission by the end of April 2005. To prepare this advice CESR welcomes interested parties to respond to the ‘Call for Evidence’ (Ref. CESR/04- 323) by 29 July 2004.
Performance Of The MICEX Markets: May 2004

Date 29/06/2004

In May, 2004, 30.74 billion dollars worth of transactions were concluded in all of the MICEX markets, 24.31% less than in April.
NYBOT Issues Reminder Concerning Ethanol Minimum Delivery Requirement

Date 29/06/2004

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) issued today a reminder that Wednesday, June 30th, is the first expiration for Ethanol futures, the June ’04 contract. A minimum of eighty (80) contracts shall be stated for each port being used by a clearing member to make delivery of its final short position.
New York Attorney General Spitzer Announces Market-Timing Settlement With Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation

Date 29/06/2004

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a $90 million settlement with Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation to resolve allegations that it permitted excessive market timing activity in a number of its mutual funds.
Market And Regulatory Innovation In A Global Environment - Keynote Address By Commissioner Sharon Brown-Hruska, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Futures Industry Association (FIA)/Futures Option Association (FOA) - International Derivatives C

Date 29/06/2004

It is a pleasure to have been invited here to address you today and I would especially like to thank Chairman James Newsome for asking me to do the honors this year. As this is an international conference, I would like to take some time to talk about some of the issues and initiatives that the Commission has taken over the past year that have had an effect on the global nature of the derivatives markets—and quite frankly, issues that lie before us going forward. As I proceed, I would like to sha