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NASD Charges California Broker With Fraud In Municipal Securities Transactions - Broker's Superior Fined, Suspended For Failure To Supervise

Date 24/02/2005

NASD has charged California-based broker Marshall J. Field, formerly of American National Municipal Corp., with fraud in the offering and sale of municipal securities in violation of federal securities laws and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules.
Futures & Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Statistics

Date 24/02/2005

For the week of February 14th – February 18th, 2005, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached 5 853 million rubles and 702 thousand contracts. Total open interest as of February 18th, 2005, increased by 11% in rubles and 8% in contracts and equaled 12 656 million rubles and 1 496 thousand contracts.
Deutsche Börse: Loewe To Replace AVA In SDAX - AVA Free Float Falls Below 5 Percent/Unscheduled Amendment With Effect From February 28

Date 24/02/2005

With effect from February 28, Loewe will be included in the SDAX® index as part of an unscheduled amendment to its composition. The stock will replace AVA, whose free float has fallen to below five percent. AVA therefore no longer meets the requirements for an SDAX listing.
Component Change Made To Dow Jones Sector Construction & Materials Titans 30 Index

Date 24/02/2005

Dow Jones Indexes today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Sector Construction & Materials Titans 30 Index.
CME Interest Rate Products Continue To Set New Open Interest Records - E-mini Russell 2000 Open Interest Also Reaches A Milestone

Date 24/02/2005

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, set a new open interest record yesterday for its Interest Rate Products group, which includes the world’s most actively traded futures contract, CME Eurodollar futures. Open interest of 25,078,878 positions broke the previous record of 24,763,247 set on Feb. 22, 2005. Interest rate options accounted for 16,767,125 of these positions, also a record. In February alone, CME interest rate products broke 10 overall open interest records prior to yesterday.

CBOT February 10, 2005 Treasury Conversion Factors

Date 24/02/2005

The attached conversion factor tables for the CBOT U.S. Treasury Bond and Note futures complex have been revised to include conversion factors for the following government security that was auctioned on February 24 by the U.S. Treasury Department: 1.) 3-3/8s of February 2007 (i.e., a new 2-year note). This 2-year note will be eligible for delivery into the CBOT 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures contract for the March 2005 expiry only.
Bursa Launches Prospectus For IPO Of 166 Million New Ordinary Shares

Date 24/02/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa) today launched its prospectus for the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of 166 million new ordinary shares of RM0.50 in conjunction with its listing on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
ASX Share Ownership Study – 2004 Findings

Date 24/02/2005

Share ownership in Australia continues to evolve and broaden, according to the 2004 ASX Share Ownership Study released today. The Study, the latest in an ASX series stretching back to 1991, showed that 55 percent of adult Australians (8 million people) now include shares as an asset class in their investment portfolio, up from 51 percent last year (7.4 million people).
The SWX Swiss Exchange Sanctions Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen For Violation Of The Provisions Regarding Ad Hoc Publicity

Date 23/02/2005

The SWX Swiss Exchange has issued a reprimand with publication against Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen for violation of provisions regarding ad hoc publicity. During trading hours, Gornergrat-Monte Rosa-Bahnen gave potentially price-sensitive information to selected media, thereby violating the principle of equal treatment pursuant to the provisions regarding ad hoc publicity of the SWX Swiss Exchange.
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Launches Socially Responsible Investing Index

Date 23/02/2005

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange launched the Maala Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Index on February 13. The new index comprises the shares of the top 20 companies on the Maala social responsibility rating (see list of shares attached).