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Golden Meditech Company Limited Shares Increase In The S&P/Hkex GEM Index

Date 20/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P/HKEx GEM Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004:
Futures & Options On The RTS Derivatives Market: September 13th - September 17th, 2004

Date 20/09/2004

For the week of September 13th – September 17th, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached 6 377 million rubles and 785 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of September 17th, 2004, equaled 4 631 million rubles and 57 thousand contracts.
Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 To Serve As Basis Of Exchange-Traded Fund - Finans Portfoy To Launch First ETF Linked To Index

Date 20/09/2004

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, has licensed the Dow Jones Turkey Titans 20 Index to Finans Portfoy AS —one of the leading asset management companies in Turkey and an affiliate of Finansbank— to be used as the underlying benchmark index for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Dow Jones Istanbul 20 ETF is expected to be listed for trading on the Istanbul Stock Exchange within two months.
Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes Announces Change In The Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Merger Arbitrage Benchmark

Date 20/09/2004

Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Merger Arbitrage Strategy Benchmark.
DIFX Welcomes Creation Of DFSA And Grant Of Licences

Date 20/09/2004

The DIFX, the DIFC’s international financial exchange, welcomes the establishment of the DFSA, the independent regulator of financial services in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The DIFX also welcomes the granting by the DFSA of its first licences to financial institutions to operate inside the DIFC.

CSFB’s AES Available Through GL STREAM’s Trading Module

Date 20/09/2004

GL TRADE partners with Credit Suisse First Boston to provide CSFB’s clients with Advanced Execution Services (AES™) directly through the GL STREAMTM multi-market platform and world-class trading station, GL WIN.
Committee Of European Securities Regulators Publishes Responses Received To The First Part Of The Consultation On CESR’s Advice On Possible Implementing Measures Of The Directive 2004/39/EC On Markets In Financial Instruments

Date 20/09/2004

Following the requests expressed by a number of market participants during the public hearing held in Paris on 8 and 9 July, CESR has decided to extend to the 4th of October 2004 the deadline to comment on the draft CESR technical advice on mandates concerning best-execution (mandate under Article 21 of MiFiD) and market transparency (section III.B of the consultative paper), on which CESR will have to finalise its technical advice by April 2005.
CME: Mexican Peso Options Strike Price Interval And Strike Price Range Change

Date 20/09/2004

The CME Clearing House announces its most recent change to the Contract Specifications as the following:
China Securities Depository And Clearing Corporation And Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Enter Into An MOU

Date 20/09/2004

China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (SD&C) and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company (HKSCC) signed in Beijing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on information and personnel exchange on 17 September 2004 (Friday). SD&C President Chen Yaoxian and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) Chief Executive Paul Chow spoke at the ceremony and signed the MOU on behalf of their institutions. SD&C General Manager Jin Ying, Deputy General Managers Liu Chunxu and Zhang Fan, and HKSCC Chie
CBOT Fed Watch - September 2004

Date 20/09/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 21, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded amo