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UK’s Financial Services Authority Bans Former Director Of IFA Firm For Management Failings

Date 16/09/2005

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has banned Idris Nagaty, formerly a director of Young Ridgway & Associates Limited (in liquidation), for failing to ensure that the firm was organised so that its customers' interests were safeguarded.
Trading In Stock Futures On MEFF Exceeds 2004 Volume, With 12,763,867 Contracts Year To Date - MEFF Consolidates Its Leadership In Individual Stock Futures With An 92% Increase In Open Interest

Date 16/09/2005

The volume of individual Stock Futures contracts traded in 2005 has exceeded the total trading volume in the same product last year on MEFF, the Spanish Futures and Options Exchange.
Top Executives From China Securities Regulatory Commission And Shenzhen Stock Exchange Visit The Stock Exchange Of Thailand

Date 16/09/2005

Mr. Vijit Supinit, Chairman of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) expressed his welcome notes to Mr. Xinyi Zhuang, Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Mr. Yujun Zhang, CEO of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE), as well as other CSRC top-executives, on their visit to the SET yesterday (
Sydney Futures Exchange Experiences Record Trading Volumes On The SPI 200™ Index Futures Contract

Date 16/09/2005

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced record daily trading volumes on Wednesday 14 September in the SFE SPI 200™ Index Future. A total of 162,871 contracts were traded, up 6.3% from the previous record set on 14 June 2005. Open interest remains at near all time highs of 320,754.
Suez To Replace Electrabel In BEL 20 If Bid Succeeds - Preliminary Announcement

Date 16/09/2005

The BEL Steering Committee today announces its decision to replace Electrabel by Suez in the BEL 20 if the bid by Suez is successful, conditional to whether the final prospectus on the bid does not contain elements preventing this. This decision is based on the application of rule 1.4(d.) of the rules of the BEL 20 index and takes into account the activities and shareownership of the proposed combined entity.

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

Date 16/09/2005

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2005: Imaging Dynamics Company Ltd. (TSXVN:IDL) will be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the same ticker symbol.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes to the S&P Global 100 Index

Date 16/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P Global 100 Index effective after the close of trading on Friday, September 30, 2005. Standard Chartered (United Kingdom, Sedol = 0408284) will replace Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (Japan, Sedol = 6335171) in the S&P Global 100 after the close of trading on Friday, September 30, 2005. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (TSE code = 8306), and UFJ Holdings (TSE code = 8307) are merging to form the holding company Mitsubishi U
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P Japan SmallCap Japan MidCap 100, S&P/TOPIX 150, And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 16/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250, S&P Japan MidCap 100, S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices effective after the close of trading Friday, September 30 2005:
Share Trading In Copenhagen Outstrips All-Time High From 2004

Date 16/09/2005

Yesterday, share trading on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange reached DKK 597 billion, thus surpassing the all-time high set in 2004 of DKK 593 billion for the entire year. The number of share transactions was also at its highest ever at 2.62 million transactions up from 2.52 million transactions concluded last year.
Share & IWF changes in the S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 16/09/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Tuesday, September 27th, 2005: Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc (Japan, SEDOL: 6894166, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25401020) a member of the S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 9,920,000 to 189,987,968 and its IWF will be updated to 0.825 due to its private placement.