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SET Emphasizes Equitable Disclosure Of Information To Investors

Date 24/05/2005

Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Mr. Suthichai Chitvanich talked about the SET’s measures on market surveillance and monitoring of information disclosures to assure investors that the SET will closely monitor trading and related information that may result in negative repercussions. Investors will then receive information equally and in a timely manner encouraging fairness in securities trading.
S&P To Launch New U.S. Style Indices - S&P/Barra Indices To Be Replaced By New S&P Style Indices

Date 24/05/2005

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, announced plans today to launch two new sets of style indices for the U.S. market. The complementary indices will divide the S&P 500, the S&P MidCap 400, and the S&P SmallCap 600 into sub-indices designed to track the growth and value portions of each index. The new style indices will ensure that Standard & Poor’s suite of U.S. indices continues to meet the evolving needs of all index users.
RTS Stock Exchange Becomes The Controlling Shareholder Of The Depositary And Clearing Company

Date 24/05/2005

Non-profit partnership "RTS Stock Exchange" has announced the purchase of the controlling interest (52.18%) in the closed joint-stock company "Depositary and Clearing Company" from the non-profit partnership "DCC". Cash assets equal to 3 million US dollars were transferred to the appropriate account of "DCC" on May 16 th , 2005. The record confirming the transfer of rights was obtained from the Central Moscow Depositary on May 23 rd , 2005.
OneChicago Will Be Closed May 30 For Memorial Day

Date 24/05/2005

OneChicago will be closed May 30 for Memorial Day.
Nymex Sets Annual e-miNY<SUP>sm</SUP> Futures Volume Record

Date 24/05/2005

The e-miNYsm futures contract surpassed its previous annual volume record on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., on May 19 when the total reached 1 million contracts for the year, surpassing the annual record of 856,544 contracts set in 2004.

NYBOTs Cocoa Contract Now Deliverable On eCOPS

Date 24/05/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it has added the unique capability to process Cocoa delivery on its eCOPS® system and has begun the process of converting each paper warehouse receipt for cocoa to an eCOPS Electronic Warehouse Receipt (EWR). The system, which is now active for the July Cocoa delivery, offers the user increased cost savings and efficiency, with greater speed and convenience of electronic documentation and transfer.
NASD Unveils Online "Smart Bond" Learning Center Aimed at Growing Number Of Retail Investors In Bond Markets - Demystifying Coupon Rates, Call Risk, Yield-To-Worst, TIPS, STRIPS And More While Offering Access To Real-Time Bond Prices And Most Active Corpo

Date 24/05/2005

Retail investors are now responsible for nearly two of every three corporate bond transactions. But surveys show that retail investors are not very knowledgeable about how bonds, and bond markets, work.
Mergers: European Commission Conditionally Clears Reuters’ Acquisition Of Competitor Telerate

Date 24/05/2005

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the acquisition of the financial data provider Moneyline Telerate Holding (“Telerate”) by its major global competitor, Reuters Limited (“Reuters”). The Commission’s review of the operation highlighted a competition concern for financial market data platforms (“MDPs”), but the parties were able to address this concern by committing themselves to providing a global exclusive licence for Telerate’s MDP product to US Hyp
LME To Investigate Feasibility Of Launching Steel Futures

Date 24/05/2005

The London Metal Exchange (LME) today announced that it will establish a Steel Group, which will advise on the feasibility, and desirability, of launching steel futures on the Exchange.
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 20.05.2005

Date 24/05/2005

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.