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Dow Jones Indexes Hires Anthony Yeung To Head Business Development In Asia

Date 01/04/2004

Dow Jones Indexes today announced that it has hired former Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) marketing executive Anthony Yeung as regional director to handle business activities in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dow Jones Changes the Composition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average; Three Component Stocks Will Be Replaced

Date 01/04/2004

American International Group Inc., Pfizer Inc., and Verizon Communications Inc. will replace AT&T Corp., Eastman Kodak Co. and International Paper Co. in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective with the opening of trading on April 8, Dow Jones & Company announced.
Deutsche Börse: Equities Turnover In March Up By 52 Percent Month-On-Month - Total Turnover On German Stock Exchanges Of EUR370 Billion - Record Number Of Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/04/2004

The trading volume on Germany's stock exchanges increased substantially in March. Order book statistics, which are based on single counting of all transactions in the order book of Xetra and floor trading, show that the German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover of €112.13 billion- around 32 percent more than in the previous month and 52 percent more than in March 2003. €104.91 billion of this total relates to trading in German equities, with foreign equities accounting for €
CME Announces Regular Quarterly Revision Of Price Limits And Bands For Stock Index Products

Date 01/04/2004

Regular quarterly revisions of price limits and bands for stock index futures and options traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) become effective with the first GLOBEX® electronic trading session of the second quarter of 2004 which began at 3:30 p.m. (Central time) March 31, 2004.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inaugurates Opening Of Four New Telecommunications Hubs In Europe; New Hubs Will Provide European Customers Direct, Cost-Effective Access To GLOBEX®

Date 01/04/2004

To further expand access and increase efficiency of GLOBEX throughout Europe, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced the availability of four new telecommunications hubs in Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt and Gibraltar. CME Chairman Terry Duffy and CME Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue marked the opening of the new hub in Dublin with Irish Minister of Finance Charlie McGreevy and Mary McDonnell, President and CEO of Geneva Trading, which is a key CME customer that is among the

CBOE Volume Gains For Seventh Consecutive Month, March Up 43%; - Holds Top Spot Among U.S. Options Exchanges

Date 01/04/2004

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, announced today that March volume totaled 32,953,769 contracts traded, an increase of 43% over the March 2003 volume of 23,041,783 contracts. This was the seventh consecutive month that CBOE registered volume gains over year-ago levels. Additionally, three new monthly volume records were set in index options products, including: S&P 500 Index (SPX), Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock (QQQ) and iShares Russell 2000 Inde
Baltic Stock Exchanges: Review Of The Baltic List

Date 01/04/2004

From 1 April 2004, after the approval of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian stock exchanges, the composition of the Baltic List will be the following:
Voting Results At The 2004 Annual General Meeting Of Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing Limited (HKEx) And Appointment Of Public Interest Directors

Date 31/03/2004

At the annual general meeting held on 31 March 2004 (AGM), poll voting was demanded by the Chairman for voting on the proposed resolutions, as set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 26 February 2004. All resolutions were approved by shareholders and the voting details can be viewed by clicking here.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Integrated Reporting Will Help Financial Firms

Date 31/03/2004

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) took a significant step forward today in its plans to implement electronic reporting for regulated firms in the UK. It has confirmed the framework for Integrated Regulatory Returns and that Mandatory Electronic Reporting (MER) will be introduced for most regulated firms. The principal aims in implementing electronic reporting are to simplify and streamline the current paper-based process whilst reducing reporting costs to firms. David Kenmir, FSA Managing
UK's Financial Services Authority Finalises Reporting Requirements To Help It Monitor Retail Financial Markets

Date 31/03/2004

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today finalised its reporting requirements for firms involved in mortgage, general insurance or retail investment activities. The regulator will use the information it collects about firms' financial health and business activities to monitor compliance and to identify trends and anomalies. This, in turn, will help it to determine what thematic (sector-wide) or firm-specific work needs to be done to protect consumers and maintain market confidence.