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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
CBOT Chairman Statement On Minority Member Lawsuit Ruling

Date 20/09/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) Chairman Charles P. Carey issued the following statement in response to today's hearing regarding the Minority Member lawsuit in which Cook County Circuit Court Judge Patrick McGann approved the settlement agreement reached between the exchange and the minority members.

Borsa Italiana: Great Success Of The Rollover To The New S&P/MIB Derivatives - On Its First Day As The Reference Index For The Italian Market, Over 22,000 Lots Were Traded On The IDEM, Combining Futures, Minifutures And Options

Date 20/09/2004

The positions of the S&P/MIB futures were successfully rolled from the September to the December expiry last Friday.
Bolsa De Madrid Trades 54 New Warrants Issued By Bankinter

Date 20/09/2004

Bolsa de Madrid today began trading 54 new warrants issued by Bankinter. The underlying assets for the warrants are Spanish shares and indices.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces Quarterly Changes In Main Indices Portfolios

Date 17/09/2004

After close of business on September 17, 2004, WSE executed periodic changes in main indices’ portfolios.
The MICEX Holds An Auction To Distribute The Bank Of Russia’s Bonds

Date 17/09/2004

Today, the MICEX Government Securities Section has held an auction to distribute non-coupon bonds of the Bank of Russia with the volume of issue equal to 50 billlion rubles at par. 34,513 billlion rubles worth of bonds were distributed with the amount of revenues amounting to 34,495 billlion rubles. The stop-out price was 99,9472% of the nominal value, the yield to maturity at the stop-out price was 1,75% of yearly interest, the average weighted price amounted to 99,9488% and the average weighte
Thailand’s Finance Minister Reveals Plan To Turn MAI Into Funding Source For New Entrepreneurs

Date 17/09/2004

The Finance Minister said, after meeting with representatives from Thailand's capital market, that the adjustment of rules for companies planning to list on the SET and the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) is aimed at upgrading the shares of SET-listed firms to become funding sources for bigger and stronger corporations. The Finance Minister thus sees the MAI as a market that new entrepreneurs can count on to be there as a source of funding and as a guarantee for their future.