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IPE Board Statement

Date 22/07/2004

The Board of IPE met this morning subsequent to a shareholder meeting held the previous evening. At the shareholder meeting, ICE Chairman, Jeff Sprecher, advised shareholders that the ICE Board had authorised the exploration of an early redemption of the B shares. Consultation with shareholders had been generally very positive. This informal process, the ICE Chairman said, would now move forward into a formal process.
HKEx Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report

Date 22/07/2004

Please click here to download the HKEx "Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Report".
Fresco DJ EURO STOXX 50 B Launched In XTF Segment - New ETF Tradable At Deutsche Börse - "Fresco Bees" Aimed At Institutional Investors

Date 22/07/2004

On Friday, July 23, trading will start in the class B shares of the Fresco Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 ETF under the "Fresco bees" brand name in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment. The "Fresco bees" ETF tracks the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 index and is issued by Fresco Index Shares, a subsidiary of UBS. With the listing of this fund in the XTF segment Fresco is expanding its existing ETF offering to include a product that is specially tailored to the needs of institutional investors. The key differ
Dow Jones Indexes Will Adjust Indexes Once Microsoft Dividend Is Approved

Date 22/07/2004

Dow Jones Indexes today announced some details of how Microsoft Corp.’s proposed special dividend will be handled in its index families.
Component Changes Made To Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 And Dow Jones STOXX 600 Indexes

Date 22/07/2004

STOXX Ltd. today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50, Dow Jones STOXX 600 and its sector indexes as well as the Dow Jones STOXX Global 1800.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Reports Record Volume And Revenues Driving A 61 Percent Increase In Diluted Earnings Per Share To $1.66 For The Second Quarter Of 2004

Date 22/07/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CME) today reported record revenues and a 64 percent increase in net income for the second quarter of 2004 compared to the second quarter of last year, driven by strong volume growth in its benchmark products, particularly on CME’s GLOBEX® electronic trading platform,and continued growth from the company’s clearing processing agreement with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Net revenues climbed 31 percent to a record $187.0 million for the sec
AXA Shares Increase In The S&P European Indices And S&P Global 100 Index

Date 22/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 100 indices effective the close of trading Monday, July 26, 2004: AXA (France, SEDOL: 7088429, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40301030), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus, S&P Euro and S&P Global 100 indices, shares will increase by 110,875,377 to 1,888,978,512. This is following the closing of the acquisition of the U.S. company Money Group, Inc. AXA exchanged al
Accounting: European Commission Asks Seven Member States To Allow The Application Of Fair Values For Derivatives

Date 22/07/2004

The European Commission has formally asked Belgium, Greece, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Finland to write into national law the 2001 “fair value” Directive (2001/65/EC) on accounting rules. The Commission’s requests take the form of reasoned opinions, the second stage of the infringement procedure under Article 226 of the EC Treaty. If no satisfactory response is received within two months, the Commission may decide to take the Member States concerned to the Europ
Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces An Extraordinary Adjustment In The WIRR Index Portfolio

Date 21/07/2004

Following the trading session on July 21, 2004, shares of company BAUMA will be removed from the WIRR index portfolio.
UK’s Financial Services Authority Publishes Final Rules On Financial Groups

Date 21/07/2004

The FSA has today published its final rules for financial groups. These rules will implement the requirements of the Financial Groups Directive, which introduces for the first time a financial regime for financial conglomerates – those firms whose activities span both the banking and investment sectors, and the insurance sector. These new requirements are designed to improve the stability of the financial system, and by doing so protect customers of financial groups.