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UK's Financial Services Authority: Quick Guide Will Help Consumers Choose The Right Investment Products

Date 28/07/2005

Proposals for a Quick Guide setting out the most important factors consumers need to consider before buying a particular investment product were set out today by the Financial Services Authority. Firms would be required to give customers the two-page guide as part of point-of-sale information to help them make informed decisions about investing in products such as life policies, personal pensions schemes and investment trusts savings.
SGX Posts Creditable Performance

Date 28/07/2005

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced its full year results for the financial year ended 30 June 2005. SGX Group registered a net profit after tax of S$109.5 million on the back of improved results in the second half of the financial year. The Group's return on equity reached a new high of 23.1% at the end of FY2005.
SET Approves Kasikorn Securities To Start Operating As A SET Member On July 29

Date 28/07/2005

SET Executive Vice President Mr. Suthichai Chitvanich announced that the SET has approved Kasikorn Securities Pcl. to operate its securities business under the SET Membership No.11 on July 29, 2005, using “KSEC” as its abbreviation.
Securities Industry Association: Making Permanent 2003 Dividend And Capital Gains Tax Cuts Will Help Sustain Economic Momentum - Crapo Bill Will Greatly Benefit Investors And The Economy

Date 28/07/2005

The Securities Industry Association strongly endorsed legislation introduced today by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), which would make permanent the 15-percent top tax rate on dividends and long-term capital gains. The current rates are set to expire in 2008 - the earliest of several important tax cuts due to sunset. Achieving permanence for the 2003 tax-rate reductions is one of SIA's top legislative priorities.
Program Trading Averaged 53.1 Percent Of NYSE Volume During July 18-22

Date 28/07/2005

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for July 18-22.

Primary Auction Facility For Treasury Bills Launched On MTS Denmark

Date 28/07/2005

MTS Associated Markets is pleased to announce that it has launched a primary auction facility for Danish Treasury Bills on MTS Denmark, in order to enable Danmarks Nationalbank’s Government Debt Management department, to conduct its Danish T-bill auction electronically. This development represents an expansion of MTS Group’s activities in the primary market, where a number of issuers have conducted primary auction operations on selected MTS markets via the tap/buy-back functionality. The new MTS
NYSE Composite Index Sets New Closing High

Date 28/07/2005

The New York Stock Exchange Index® (NYA) closed at a new high of 7516.78. The previous closing high for the NYSE was 7465.44 on July 27, 2005.
NASDAQ Announces Second Quarter 2005 Results – Net Income Increases 191.7% From Prior Year On 8.7% Gross Margin Increase And 6.6% Total Expense Reduction

Date 28/07/2005

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ("NASDAQ®"; NASDAQ: NDAQ), today reported net income of $14.0 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the second quarter 2005, an increase of $9.2 million when compared to net income of $4.8 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the second quarter 2004, and an increase of 10.2% from net income of $12.7 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the first quarter 2005.
NASD Warns Investors To Protect Online Account Information - Brokerages Also Reminded Of Obligation To Protect Customer Information From New Threats

Date 28/07/2005

Wireless technologies are making it easier both for investors and for brokers to conduct investment business online, especially from remote locations. But those same technologies are posing new risks that confidential customer information will get into the wrong hands. Today, NASD issued two formal communications - one aimed at investors, the other at brokerage firms - offering guidance for protecting sensitive information from the hazards that changing technology presents.
International Securities Exchange Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results; Record Quarterly Revenues Of $35.0 Million; Net Income Up 17.1%

Date 28/07/2005

The International Securities Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ISE) today reported that net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 increased 17.1% to $8.1 million, or $0.21 per share on a fully diluted basis. This compares to $6.9 million, or $0.20 per share on a fully diluted basis, in the same period in 2004. Total revenues for the quarter increased 15.1% to $35.0 million as compared to $30.4 million in the prior year. The average daily volume of equity options contracts traded increased 17.5% to appro