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SEC Fee Rate Advisory #8 For Fiscal Year 2004

Date 27/02/2004

As required by Section 31 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Commission must make a mid-year rate adjustment to the Section 31 transaction fee rate. Effective April 1, 2004, the Section 31 transaction fee rate for fiscal 2004 will decrease from the current rate of $39.00 per million to a revised rate of $23.40 per million. This rate change does not apply to the Section 31 assessment on security futures transactions, which will remain at the current rate of $0.009 per round turn transact
Nymex To Launch PJM Electricity Options On March 5

Date 27/02/2004

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will launch options on its PJM monthly electricity futures contract on March 5.
KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.176 - February 20, 2004

Date 27/02/2004

Please click here to view the KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No.176 - February 20, 2004.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Futures Contracts

Date 27/02/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today that with effect from the commencement of trading on Monday, 1 March 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology
European Customers Commence Trading On Eurex US - Eurex US Can Now Be Accessed From Belgium, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland And The United Kingdom - Eurex US Receives Recognition From European Regulators

Date 27/02/2004

Eurex US will see a significant expansion of its customer base with additional European traders commencing trading on the new, fully-electronic U.S. futures and options exchange. Eurex US can now be accessed from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Twenty-four new European member firms connected to Eurex US, bringing the total number of members to over 140 and the total number of traders to over 2,000. UK-based members of Eurex US with

Deutsche Börse: Frankfurt Stock Exchange Enables Securities Settlement Via Further Sammelbanken - Deutsche Börse Group In Favor Of Opening Up Settlement Systems

Date 27/02/2004

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) has amended a provision in the Exchange Rules that required equities transactions to be settled through the central securities depository, Clearstream. As a result, exchange transactions can now be settled through any duly registered Wertpapiersammelbank in the Federal Republic of Germany. The change was announced by Deutsche Börse AG, the company that operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, after the Exchange Council of the
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The CSE

Date 27/02/2004

As of 1 March 2004, foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's all-share, sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
CFTC Publishes LCH Clearnet Request To Expand DCO Registration Order

Date 27/02/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has published a request from LCH.Clearnet Ltd (LCH) to amend the October 2001 Commission order registering LCH as a derivatives clearing organization. The amendments would, among other things, permit LCH to clear financial futures and options executed on a designated contract market, in addition to the over-the-counter interest rate swaps and commercial energy contracts that it currently clears.
CBOT Sets All-Time Daily Trading Volume Record

Date 27/02/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced that the exchange had its busiest trading day ever on February 26, with volume reaching 3,354,490 contracts. The prior record was 3,331,999 set on July 31, 2003.
ASX Options Record For February

Date 27/02/2004

The ASX options market continues to go from strength to strength, with a new average daily volume* record set for the month of February of almost 79,000 contracts per day.