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IPE Posts A Record Day For Brent

Date 15/09/2004

The International Petroleum Exchange, Europe’s leading energy futures and options exchange, today announced that its flagship contract, IPE Brent Crude futures, had traded an all time record of 181,182 lots during its session on 14 September.
Helsinki, Tallinn And Riga Stock Exchanges To Adopt Common Nordic Cash Trading Platform

Date 15/09/2004

On September 27, 2004, the Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga stock exchanges will harmonize their cash markets by adopting the SAXESS™ cash trading system already used by the Stockholm Stock Exchange, thus taking the next step in OMX’s vision of a fully integrated Nordic Baltic securities market.
FTSE Data Via Barra Services

Date 15/09/2004

MSCI/Barra have sent a communication to clients notifying them that from the end of October FTSE data will no longer be available via their systems.
Dow Jones Indexes To Launch New Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmark - Addition Of New Benchmark Brings Total To Six Hedge Fund Strategies Published

Date 15/09/2004

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it will expand its indexes offered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes, Inc. (DJHFI). Beginning in early October, DJHFI will begin publishing the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmark Equity Long/Short (U.S.), which complements the already-existing five strategies.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus: Top Ranking For Danish Economy

Date 15/09/2004

The Danish economy has moved on from the economic slowdown. The upswing is driven by private consumption and investments. The question is only how strong the recovery will be and for how long it will last as increasing oil prices may drag down growth a little – however, still without threatening the recovery. If the Danish economy is to create new momentum, it is crucial that private consumption moves up a gear and becomes more broad-based, writes Chief Economist John Madsen, Nykredit Mark

CBOT Fed Watch - September 2004

Date 15/09/2004

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
CalPERS Gets "AAA" From Fitch Ratings

Date 15/09/2004

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that Fitch Ratings has assigned its highest rating to the pension fund.
BALTIX And VILSE Indexes To Replace LITIN And LITIN-G

Date 15/09/2004

As of September 27, 2004, the new pan-Baltic index BALTIX will replace LITIN, the current main list index of the Vilnius Stock Exchange (VSE), whereas the general stock index LITIN-G will be substituted by the VILSE Stock Index.
"RTS Stock Exchange" Joint-Stock Company Receives The Stock Exchange License

Date 15/09/2004

Today the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) issued the stock exchange license to the open joint-stock company (OJSC) "RTS Stock Exchange'. The license, that the company applied for on August 18th, 2004, allows "RTS Stock Exchange' to organize trading in securities.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Flaxseed Futures Contract Revised

Date 14/09/2004

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. (“WCE”) has received non-disapproval by The Manitoba Securities Commission of the final revisions to the flaxseed futures contract.