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Euronext: Successful First Ever Bond Issue The £250 Million Five-Year Bond Will Be Used To Refinance Existing Debt At A Lower Cost

Date 20/01/2004

Euronext today successfully launched and priced its inaugural bond issue in Sterling at a very attractive spread, meeting for the first time fixed income investors.
CESR Starts Work On EU Commission Provisional Mandates On The New Investment Services Directive - The Financial Instruments Markets (FIM) Directive And Call For Evidence (Ref. CESR/04-022

Date 20/01/2004

The European Commission published today its first set of provisional mandates requesting CESR’s advice on possible technical measures to implement the proposed Financial Instruments Markets Directive (FIM) which will revise the existing Investment Services Directive (ISD). The decision to revise the ISD, originally adopted in 1993, reflects common agreement that structural changes in EU financial markets requires legislation to be adapted in order to advance integration of the single market in f
CBOT Expands And Relocates Its European Office

Date 20/01/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced the relocation of its European office to new, modern office space in St. Michael's House, centrally located at 1 George Yard in London on January 19, 2004. The new office will continue to be headed by Cathryn Lyall, Managing Director of Business Development.
CBOE Traded Over 10.1 Million Contracts For The Week Of January 12; Third Highest Weekly Total In Exchange History

Date 20/01/2004

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, announced that volume at CBOE last week totaled 10,178,564 contracts. This total represents the third highest weekly volume total in Exchange history. The high mark for all-time weekly volume at CBOE occurred during the week of September 17, 2001 when 11,655,378 contracts were traded.
Baltic Exchange Extends BHMI Publication - And Reviews BITR Routes

Date 20/01/2004

The Baltic Exchange has announced that the daily handymax vessel assessments making up the Baltic Handymax Index (BHMI) will continue to be published until at least 1 January 2006.

TSX Venture Exchange Summary (December 2003)

Date 19/01/2004

The following is a brief overview of statistic highlights from the TSX Venture Exchange for December 2003. Graduates There were 3 Graduates to the Toronto Stock Exchange in December 2003. The total number of TSX Venture graduates in 2003 increased 88% to 47 from 25 in 2002. The total number of Graduates represented 36.7% of the senior market's new listings in 2003 compared to 23.4% in 2002. Additionally, 12 TSX Venture companies were acquired/merged with TSX
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/01/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, January 20, 2004: The relative weight of Research in Motion Limited (TSX:RIM - GICS 45201020 - Communications Equipment) will increase by approximately 0.16% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite Indices, by 0.99% in the S&P/TSX MidCap Index, by 2.43% in the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index and by 0.18% in the TSX 100 Index. The relative wei
New Chairman For Baltic Freight Derivatives Brokers

Date 19/01/2004

Andy Lucey of UK freight derivatives broker, Freight Investor Services, has been elected as the new chairman of the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers' Association (FFABA) for 2004.
MICEX: Total Volume Of Trading Exceeded 280 Billion Dollars In 2003

Date 19/01/2004

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) has declared the results of its work in 2003. The total volume of trading in all markets of the MICEX reached 280.7 billion US dollars, which exceeds 2.4 times the same figure for 2002 (117.3 billion dollars). In the trading structure, the share of operations in securities grew to 48.1% from 44.3% in 2002.
MICEX Begins To Calculate A Corporate Bond Index (RCBI)

Date 19/01/2004

Implementing the program of development of the corporate bond market, the MICEX has begun to publish the index of corporate bonds (Russian Corporate Bond Index - RCBI). This index has been calculated since 1 January 2003. One-year experience has shown that RCBI index accurately reflects the price situation in the Russian market of corporate borrowings. RCBI is weighted by market capitalization. It is the index of bonds traded in the MICEX Stock Market Section. RCBI is a so-called price index, ca