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Pacific Exchange Appoints Chief Regulatory Officer, Promotes Two To Vice President, Names Kurlan To Board

Date 16/09/2004

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced yesterday that it is promoting Alden S. Adkins to the position of Chief Regulatory Officer. Adkins, 52, joined the PCX as Senior Vice President, Regulatory Policy and Equities Surveillance, in March, 2003. The appointment is effective immediately.
MICEX Stock Exchange Obtains License To Organize Trading In Securities Market

Date 16/09/2004

The RF Federal Service for Financial Markets has granted the MICEX Stock Exchange the License to organize trading in the securities market. The appropriate documents were submitted to the RF Federal Service for Financial Markets on 16 August 2004.
KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.202 – September 10 2004

Date 16/09/2004

Please click here to view the KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No. 202 – September 10, 2004.
ISDA Comments To SEC On Proposed Registration Of Hedge Funds

Date 16/09/2004

Click here to view ISDA's letter to the SEC on the proposed registration of hedge funds.
IPE Commits To Extension Of Electronic-Only Trading Hours - Evolutionary Step To Take Effect On November 1 For Brent Crude Futures

Date 16/09/2004

The Board of Directors of the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE), Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced that it will extend exclusive electronic trading hours to meet growing demand from energy market participants worldwide.

Euronext Included In Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index

Date 16/09/2004

Euronext, the first pan-European stock exchange, is to become a component stock of the Dow Jones STOXX Sustainability Index (DJSI STOXX1) with effect from 20 September 2004.
Corporate Governance: European Commission Consults On Shareholders’ Rights

Date 16/09/2004

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on facilitating the exercise of basic shareholders’ rights in company general meetings and solving problems in the cross-border exercise of such rights, particularly voting rights. Responses will be taken into account in a forthcoming proposal for a Directive – part of the Commission Action Plan on Corporate Governance. The deadline for responses is 16 December 2004.
CBOT Mini-Sized Dow Options Contract Sets New Volume Record

Date 16/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that volume in the CBOT mini-sized DowSM options contract, which trades exclusively on the exchange's premier electronic trading platform, jumped to a new record high. mini-sized Dow options volume rose to 10,772 contracts on Wednesday, September 15, surpassing the previous record of 4,233 contracts set on September 7. In addition, open interest in mini-sized Dow options continues its strong performance, setting its fifth consecutive record.
CBOT Hosts Winnepeg Commodity Exchange On Trading Platform

Date 16/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that it has signed an agreement to host the agricultural futures and options products of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (WCE) on its electronic trading platform, e-cbot® powered by LIFFE CONNECT®. The agreement follows a Memorandum of Understanding that the WCE and CBOT signed in April. In addition to the WCE, the CBOT signed hosting agreements with the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) in August
CBOT Fed Watch - September 2004

Date 16/09/2004

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 among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.