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Stockholm Stock Exchange’s Formal Opinion On Proposed Code For Corporate Governance

Date 30/09/2004

StockholmStock Exchange takes a favorable view of the introduction of a Swedish code for corporate governance. However, it believes that, in certain respects, the proposed code will have excessively far-reaching effects on small and midsize companies. The Exchange intends to include the code in its rules and regulations, although a prerequisite for this is that the code receives wide-ranging support from Swedish listed companies. Accordingly, Stockholm Stock Exchange proposes, among
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes To The S&P/CITIC Indices: Xinjian Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited Correction Notice

Date 30/09/2004

This is a correction to Standard & Poor’s announcement of September 28, 2004 regarding Xinjian Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited’s rights offering.
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 30/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, September 30, 2004: Rocky Mountain Energy Corp. (TSXVN:RME) will be removed from the index and delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange. The shareholders of the company have approved a plan of arrangement with Enterra Energy Commercial Trust.
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB To Use FFastFill’s Managed Service To Execute CME FX Futures On Reuters Dealing 3000

Date 30/09/2004

FFastFill, the leading application services company, today announced that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB) will use FFastFill’s managed service to trade CME FX Futures on Reuters Dealing 3000 as part of the Beta Programme for this service, originally announced in May.
Share Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 30/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday October 5th, 2004:

SEC's Division Of Enforcement Charges Raymond James Financial Services With Fraud In Connection With Scheme By Former Broker - Enforcement Division Also Brings Failure To Supervise Charges Against Raymond James, Its Former President And A Former Branch Ma

Date 30/09/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement today brought civil fraud charges against Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla., based on the conduct of one of its former brokers, Dennis Herula. In the Order Instituting Proceedings, the Enforcement Division alleges that, in 1999 and 2000, Herula and others fraudulently solicited a number of investors to deposit approximately $44.5 million i
SEC: Fee Rate Advisory #3 For Fiscal Year 2005

Date 30/09/2004

Starting tomorrow, Oct. 1, 2004, the Securities and Exchange Commission will operate under a continuing resolution that will extend through Nov. 20, 2004. During this period, fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 will remain at their current rates.
S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement: South Africa- Alexander Forbes Share Increase And IWF Change (Eff. 10/07/2004)

Date 30/09/2004

S&P EMDB will increase the number of shares for Alexander Forbes Ltd (S&P/EMDB Code 696132.1/ Sedol 6348180), an S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI Index constituent, by 114.8000 million shares. The share change will become effective on October 7, 2004. Venfin (S&P/EMDB Code 696530.1/SEDOL 6731928) an S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI Index constituent has bought 114.8000 new shares of Alexander Forbes for 10.1 ZAR a share. On the same date, the IWF for Alexander Forbes will be adjusted to .4831. The cumulative effect
Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sektor And Industry Indices Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 30/09/2004

As of 1 October 2004, foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s all-share, sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
Record Monthly Volume For Sydney Futures Exchange 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures

Date 30/09/2004

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced the largest monthly transaction volume on record in September for the SFE 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures contract. The total monthly volume was 100,914 contracts, up 55% compared to the previous monthly record of 64,965 contracts set in August 2004.