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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 12/11/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Thursday, November 13, 2003: On November 7, 2003, the shareholders of Assante Corporation (TSX:LMS) approved a plan of arrangement whereby the company would be acquired by CI Fund Management Inc. (TSX:CIX). After the close of trading on Thursday, November 13, 2003, Assante Corporation will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Composite, S&P/TSX SmallC
Retirement Of Sir Andrew Likierman - Head Of The UK Government Accountancy Service And Managing Director Of The UK Treasury Financial Management

Date 12/11/2003

Professor Sir Andrew Likierman, Head of the Government Accountancy Service and Managing Director of the Treasury Financial Management, Reporting and Audit Directorate, will retire in the New Year after ten years in post.
Prospectuses: European Commission Publishes Working Document Concerning First Implementing Measures For Directive

Date 12/11/2003

The European Commission's services have made public for comment a working document related to Directive 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (prospectus) (see IP/03/1018). This working document has been drawn up following the advice already given to the Commission by
NZX Announces NZAX 1st XV

Date 12/11/2003

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) is delighted to announce the starting line-up of the NZAX 1st XV issuers.
London Stock Exchange: London's Covered Warrant Market Grows 15 Per Cent In First Year - 15 Per Cent Monthly Average Growth In First Year - £97 Million Traded In First Year - 823 Covered Warrants Issued

Date 12/11/2003

London's covered warrant market achieved an average growth of 15 per cent per month in its first year of trading, the London Stock Exchange revealed today.

HKEx 2003 Third Quarter Results

Date 12/11/2003

Please click here to view the HKEx 2003 third quarter results.
FTSEurofirst November Newsletter

Date 12/11/2003

Please click here to view the November issue of the monthly 'FTSEurofirst newsletter' dedicated to the FTSEurofirst 80 and the FTSEurofirst 100 indices and their related products.
Former Goldman Economist Youngdahl Agrees To Fraud Injunction And $240,000 Penalty In SEC Treasury Bond Insider Trading Case - Youngdahl Also Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud In Related Criminal Matter

Date 12/11/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that John M. Youngdahl, Jr., a former Goldman, Sachs & Co. Vice President and Senior Economist, has agreed to settle the Commission's pending insider trading charges against him. The charges relate to Goldman Sachs' purchases of U.S. Treasury 30-year bonds minutes before the Treasury Department's Oct. 31, 2001, announcement that it would no longer issue such bonds. The Treasury Department's announcement had a dramatic market impact, causin
Euronext Completes Its Single Market For Cash Securities - Euronext Lisbon Switched Successfully To New Trading And Clearing Systems

Date 12/11/2003

On 7th November 2003, Euronext Lisbon cash products successfully migrated onto the Euronext trading and clearing systems. The first trading-clearing-settlement cycle was successfully completed today.
Consultation Programme - Country Coverage Within The FTSE Global Equity Index Series

Date 12/11/2003

FTSE Group has launched a worldwide consultation programme to establish a framework for classification of countries in global indices.