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Eurex Turnover Climbs To 110 Million Contracts In October

Date 01/11/2005

Eurex, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, traded 109.8 million contracts in October, 24 percent up on last year (October 2004: 88.4 million contracts). At 1.05 billion contracts, turnover volume in the first ten months has almost surpassed last years total trading on Eurex (turnover in 2004: 1.07 billion contracts). On average, 5.2 million contracts were traded daily in October.
ETF Assets Tracking MSCI Indices Now Exceed USD 50 Billion - MSCI Barra Is Second Largest Index Provider For Index-Linked ETF Products

Date 01/11/2005

MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management analytics products, is pleased to announce that assets in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on MSCI Equity Indices now exceed USD 50 Billion. To date, there are over 70 ETFs based on MSCI Equity Indices trading in the U.S., Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the MSCI International Equity Indices are the target indices for 30 ETFs with USD 47 billion in assets (as of October 4, 2005). In addition, the MSCI US Equity Indices form
Equities Turnover In October 43 Percent Up Year-on-year €339 Billion In Turnover On German Stock Exchanges In October - 7.5 Million Transactions On Xetra

Date 01/11/2005

The German stock exchanges generated an equities turnover based on the order book statistics of €119.3 billion in October– an increase of 43 percent year-on-year (October 2004: €83.2 billion). German equities accounted for €112 billion of this total, with foreign equities comprising €7.3 billion. The order book statistics show all transactions in the order book of Xetra and broker-supported trading on the floor in single counting.
David B. Smith, Jr., Associate Director, Division Of Investment Management, To Leave Commission

Date 01/11/2005

David B. Smith, Associate Director (Public Utility and Investment Company Regulation) of the Division of Investment Management, announced today that he will leave the Commission later this month to become Executive Vice President for Policy and Legal Affairs for the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, a non-profit organization for investment company independent directors dedicated to improving mutual fund governance by promoting the development of concerned and well-informed independent directors.
CME Reports Average Daily Volume Of 4.5 Million Contracts In October 2005, Up 40 Percent From Year-Ago Period - CME(R) Globex(R) Volume Represents A Record 74 Percent Of Total Exchange Volume, Up 52 Percent From October 2004 - Record Performance In Equity

Date 01/11/2005

CME, the world's largest and most diverse financial exchange, today said average daily volume in October was 4.5 million contracts, up nearly 40 percent from the same period a year ago. Total monthly volume was more than 94 million contracts. Average daily volume on the CME Globex electronic trading platform averaged 3.3 million contracts, a 52 percent increase from October 2004. Electronic trading represented 74 percent of total CME volume in October, compared with 68 percent in the prior-year

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings CEO And CFO To Present At Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Conference

Date 01/11/2005

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: CME) announced today that Chief Executive Officer Craig S. Donohue and Chief Financial Officer James E. Parisi will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Securities Brokerage Conference in New York City on Thursday, November 3, 2005, at approximately 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) And Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) Sign Memorandum Of Understanding

Date 01/11/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) announced today that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") which is intended to facilitate the development of channels of communication and to foster a continuing relationship between the two exchanges for the respective benefit of the financial services industry in the United States and the People's Republic of China.
CBOT Thanksgiving Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 01/11/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Thanksgiving Day holiday: Wednesday, November 23 Open auction: Agricultural and Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. (Mini-sized ag contracts will close at 12:30 p.m.) Stock Index contracts will close at 3:15 p.m. Electronic trading: Dow/AIG Commodity IndexSM contrac
CBOT Forges A Relationship With Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange

Date 01/11/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that the Exchange has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) with the purpose of facilitating cooperation between the two exchanges.
CBOT Fed Funds October Settlement

Date 01/11/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) 30-Day Fed Funds futures contract for October 2005 will be cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 96.221, implying an average daily effective federal funds rate of 3.779 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.