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NYBOT's World Sugar Market Hits Historic Milestone, Topping A Half Million Contracts In Open Interest

Date 01/12/2005

Open interest in the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) World Sugar No. 11sm futures contract raced past the half million mark this week, reaching an all-time open interest high on November 29 of 500,572 contracts. The previous day, also a new record, had nudged close to a half million (496,979 contracts), shattering the record high set on August 8, 2005, of 494,703.
November 2005 - Euronext Key Indicators - Cash Transactions Up 14.1% Year-On-Year - Busiest November Ever - 9 IPOs On Euronext’s Markets In November, 61 Since The Beginning Of 2005 - Derivatives Volumes Up 16% Year-On-Year - Short Term Interest Rate Produ

Date 01/12/2005

Cash products 14.7 million transactions were completed on Euronext’s cash markets in November 2005, up 14.1% on the same month last year, making it the busiest November ever. More than 148 million cash transactions were registered since the beginning of 2005, up 14.4% on the same period last year, representing a record level at this time of the year and a daily average of 628,000. Shares 14.1 million transactions were registered in shares in November 2005, u
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Mutual Fund Timing Fraud Revealed At Millennium Partners - Hedge Fund, Founder And Top Executives Will Pay $180 Million In Restitution And Penalties

Date 01/12/2005

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced an agreement with a prominent hedge fund that engaged in elaborate market timing schemes which skimmed tens of millions of dollars in profits from mutual fund investors.
New OMXC20 Index Portfolio Selected

Date 01/12/2005

The new portfolio for the OMXC20 index, to become effective on Monday, December 19, 2005, has been selected.
New Chair - Sir Christopher Hogg - For The UK Financial Reporting Council

Date 01/12/2005

Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has announced that Sir Christopher Hogg has been chosen to succeed Sir Bryan Nicholson as Chair of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

NASD Fines Ameriprise Financial Services $12.3 Million For Directed Brokerage Violations

Date 01/12/2005

NASD announced today that it has fined Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, $12.3 million in connection with its receipt of directed brokerage in return for providing preferential treatment to certain mutual fund companies. The conduct at issue occurred when the firm was known as American Express Financial Advisors. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also sanctioned the firm for related conduct.
Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association, Comments On SEC Vote Regarding Proxy Materials

Date 01/12/2005

On November 29 Marc Lackritz, President of the Securities Industry Association (SIA) made the following statement on the SEC’s 5-0 vote in favor of the electronic distribution of annual proxy material.
Kansas City Board Of Trade Volume In November Sets New All-time Monthly Record

Date 01/12/2005

The Kansas City Board of Trade extended its run of volume and open interest records during the month of November. A new all-time monthly volume record was set both for the exchange as a whole and the hard red winter wheat futures contract. For the fourth month in a row and tenth time in the past year, a new volume record has been set for the calendar month.
ISE Reports Monthly Volume For November 2005 - Average Daily Volume Increases 22% - Market Leader In Volume For Equity And Index Options - Volume Exceeds Two Million Contracts For Second Consecutive Month

Date 01/12/2005

The International Securities Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ISE) today reported average daily trading volume for equity and index options contracts for November 2005. Average daily trading volume increased 21.9% to 2.1 million contracts per day as compared to 1.7 million contracts per day during the same period in the prior year. Total equity and index options volume for the month increased 21.9% to 43.1 million contracts from 35.4 million contracts in the same year-ago period.
Euronext.liffe’s Milling Wheat Futures Contract Sets New Daily Volume Record

Date 01/12/2005

Euronext.liffe’s Milling Wheat futures contract set a new daily volume record of 3,559 contracts on 30 November 2005, breaking the previous record of 3,204 contracts traded on 6 October 2005.