FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

CME And MACRO Securities Research To Explore Development Of Futures Contracts Based On Housing Prices

Date 03/12/2004

CME, the largest futures exchange in the U.S., today announced it has executed a Letter of Intent with MACRO Securities Research, LLC (MSR), a financial innovations firm dedicated to the creation of instruments designed to unlock liquidity in new asset classes, to explore the development of derivatives based on the Fiserv, CSW, (CSW) family of Housing Price Indexes (HPI). These derivatives would create a market that ultimately will, for the first time, provide homeowners with tools to help the
CBOT Releases New Educational Tools For The Agricultural Community

Date 03/12/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that as part of its ongoing commitment to developing innovative educational initiatives, the exchange has created two new tools to assist the agricultural industry in trading CBOT Agricultural futures and options.
CalPERS Names Jarvio A. Grevious Deputy Executive Officer

Date 03/12/2004

The California Public Employees' Retirement System today announced the appointment of Jarvio A. Grevious of CalPERS as its Deputy Executive Officer for Benefits Administration.
BOVESPA's Foreign Investment Balance In November 2004

Date 03/12/2004

BOVESPA's foreign investment net inflow amounted to US$ 305.71 million in November, resulting from purchases of US$ 2.648 billion and sales of US$ 2.342 billion. Thus, BOVESPA's year -to-date balance on foreign capital totaled US$ 292.12 million, as of November 30.
Borsa Italiana: techSTAR Company Presentations: 28 Companies Present Nine Month Financial Results For 2004 To Investors And Analysts - Over 600 Participants - 125 One-To-One Meetings

Date 03/12/2004

techSTAR companies meet analysts and investors yesterday during techSTAR Company Presentations, organized by Borsa Italiana to give the companies a venue to present their results and discuss future prospects.

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange: Open Interest Continues Strong Upward Trend

Date 02/12/2004

Open interest in WCE futures contracts posted a 64% increase at the end of November 2004 from the level recorded a year ago to 87,631 contracts. This also represents an increase of 15.3% from October 2004.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange: Canola Futures Prices Trend Lower

Date 02/12/2004

Canola futures prices at the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange continued to trend lower during the month of November. The January contract closed the month at $280.70 per metric tonne, off $19.10 during the month. This was also the lowest closing price for the nearby contract in over three years, going back to the spring of 2001. One of the major factors in the sell off is large canola supplies in western Canada and other canola/rapeseed producing countries combined with a record large soybean crop in
UK’s Financial Services Authority: Response To Government's Two-Year Review Of The Financial Services And Markets Act 2000

Date 02/12/2004

The Financial Services Authority welcomes the outcome of the Government’s review of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 announced today by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury.
U.S. Firms Raised Nearly $133 Billion In 3Q 2004 - Securities Industry Association’s ‘Capital Alert’ Shows Congress How Money Raised By Capital Markets Helped To Grow U.S. Economy

Date 02/12/2004

The Securities Industry Association today issued its newest Capital Alert, which showed that U.S.-based businesses raised nearly $133 billion in capital in the third quarter of 2004. The report, distributed to Congress each quarter, provides data on capital raised by equity and debt issues on a state-by-state basis. Capital Alert outlines how the securities markets fuel the U.S. economy, allow companies to offer more innovative products and services, create new jobs, and help Americans realize
TSX Group Names Richard Nesbitt CEO - President Of TSX Markets Has Led Many Trading Initiatives Since 2001

Date 02/12/2004

The Board of Directors of TSX Group Inc. today named Richard Nesbitt as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Nesbitt was hired in the newly created position of President, TSX Markets, in 2001. During the last three years he has introduced a number of innovative changes to the trading and market data divisions of TSX Group.