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Quant Managers Lead The Pack For 2005 - Global Investor's Annual Survey Of The Global Top 100 Third Party Asset Managers

Date 06/01/2005

Quant managers State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and Barclays Global Investors (BGI) have attracted the most new assets over the past 12 months, according to this year's Global Investor Top 100 Asset Managers survey. The increases propelled SSgA into first place, leap-frogging Fidelity Investments, which has come first for the last three years. BGI retained its third place ranking.
Program Trading Averaged 59.6 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Dec. 27-31

Date 06/01/2005

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Dec. 27-31.
Portugal Telecom Shares Decrease In The S&P European Indices

Date 06/01/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices effective the close of trading Monday, January 10, 2005: Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA (Portugal, SEDOL: 5817186, GICS: Telecommunication Services, GICS Code: 50101020), a member of the S&P Europe 350, S&P Euro Plus and S&P Euro indices, shares will decrease to 1,166,485,050. This is following the company’s buyback, and subsequent cancellation, of ordinary shares.
NYSE Seat Sells For $1,015,000

Date 06/01/2005

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, Jan. 6, 2005, for $1,015,000, down $10,000 from the previous regular seat sale yesterday. Bid $1,005,000 Offer $1,150,000
NYSE Seat Sells for $1,000

Date 06/01/2005

A second regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, Jan. 6, 2005, for $1,000,000, down $15,000 from the previous regular seat sale today. Bid $975,000 Offer $1,150,000

NYSE Announces Officer Promotions

Date 06/01/2005

The New York Stock Exchange’s board of directors today approved 13 senior management promotions. The Exchange named three executive vice presidents, two senior vice presidents, seven vice presidents and a chief ethics officer. Promoted to executive vice president were: Anne Allen, Market Operations; Roger Burkhardt, Technology; and Robert Marchman, Market Surveillance. Promoted to senior vice president were Ronald Jordan, Market Data and Angela Posillico, Regulatory and Corpo
Nymex Decreases Margins On Some Natural Gas, Henry Hub Swap, And Natural Gas e-miNY<SUP>sm</sup> Futures Contracts

Date 06/01/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., will decrease the margins on some of the NYMEX Division natural gas, Henry Hub swap, and natural gas e–miNYsm futures contracts at the close of business tomorrow.
Nymex Creates New Department, Names Head And Promotes Senior Vice President And Vice President

Date 06/01/2005

The board of directors of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., appointed Madeline Boyd as senior vice president of its newly formed external affairs department and promoted Joseph Raia to senior vice president of marketing and Richard Kerschner to associate general counsel and vice president of corporate governance.
NYBOT Sets All-Time Annual Trading Record In 2004 - Combined Annual Volume Up 28%; Highest Total In The Exchange’s 134-Year History

Date 06/01/2005

In a year of major milestones, the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) culminated a grand chapter in its 134-year history with a record-shattering performance in setting a new total annual volume record of 31,729,591 combined futures and options contracts – an astonishing 28% increase over the 24,832,158 contracts traded in the previous record year of 2003.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Broker Enters Guilty Plea In Ongoing Insurance Probe - Senior Vice President is the First Marsh Employee Convicted

Date 06/01/2005

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said today that a senior executive of Marsh, Inc. has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation of fraud and bid rigging in the insurance industry.