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  • A Specialized Clearing Organization Is To Be Set Up Within The MICEX Group

    Date 30/03/2005

    On 24 March, the MICEX Exchange Council decided to set up an individual clearing organization – the Clearing House - within the MICEX Group. Following the recommendations of the Bank of Russia, the Clearing House will be set up as a closed-type joint-stock company. The Clearing House will be a credit institution, performing clearing activities. According to the MICEX CEO Alexander Potemkin, the development of clearing business within the MICEX Group will help to improve the risk management syste

  • "Wider Implications" Issues: UK's Financial Services Authority And Ombudsman To Implement Improved Procedures

    Date 30/03/2005

    The Financial Services Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service today published updated procedures for handling complaints to the ombudsman service which may have wider regulatory implications for firms and consumers.

  • Stock Exchange of Thailand’s Demand & Supply Side Development Progressing On Track And Above Target

    Date 29/03/2005

    Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Ms. Sopawadee Lertmanaschai announced that its work plans concerned with demand and supply side development has been progressing as planned, with the total number of active accounts rising higher than targeted.

  • Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

    Date 29/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, March 29, 2005: Muskox Minerals Corp. (TSXVN:MSK) will change its name to Prize Mining Corporation. The shares will trade under the new ticker symbol “PRZ” and the new CUSIP number 74270U 10 1. The shares will also be consolidated on a 1-for-5 basis. The company is classified as an “Exploration/Development” company.

  • Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. Shares and IWF increase in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index

    Date 29/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s and CITIC Securities will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Wednesday, March 30, 2005: Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6313854, GICS: Industrials, GICS Code: 20106010), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 66,701,081 to 290,280,000. This change is due to the lifting of trading restrictions on shares that were previously deemed to be strategic hol

  • SEC’s Office Of The Chief Accountant And Division Of Corporation Finance Release Staff Accounting Bulletin 107

    Date 29/03/2005

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant and its Division of Corporation Finance announced today the release of a Staff Accounting Bulletin relating to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) accounting standard for stock options and other share-based payments. The interpretations in Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, “Share-Based Payment,” (SAB 107) express views of the SEC staff regarding the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standar

  • OneChicago To List 24 New Single Stock Futures

    Date 29/03/2005

    The CME Clearing Codes web page for OneChicago products has been updated to show the additional 24 single stock futures that will launch on April 1, 2005. The new Single Stock Futures are the following: Abbott Laboratories, American Electric Power Co. Inc., Anheuser-Busch Inc., Carnival Corp., Cendant Corp., Consolidated Edison, Inc., Dominion Resources Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Entergy Corp., Exelon Corp., Fannie Mae, FirstEnergy Corp., The Gillette Company, Kinder Morgan, Inc., Marathon Oil Cor

  • OFT Refers The Proposed Bids For The London Stock Exchange Plc By Deutsche Börse AG And Euronext NV

    Date 29/03/2005

    The OFT today referred to the Competition Commission (CC) the anticipated acquisitions of the London Stock Exchange plc (LSE) by Deutsche Börse AG (DBAG) and by Euronext N.V. (Euronext) respectively.

  • NYSE Seat Sells For USD1,550,000

    Date 29/03/2005

    A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, Mar. 29, 2005, for $1,550,000, up $10,000 from the previous regular seat sale Mar. 21.

  • London Stock Exchange Statement Re: OFT Announcement

    Date 29/03/2005

    The Board of the London Stock Exchange notes the announcement by the OFT that a combination of the London Stock Exchange with either Deutsche Borse AG or Euronext N.V. has been referred to the Competition Commission for further review.