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Axiss Australia Newsletter Issue 93, 19 July 2004

Date 19/07/2004

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.
American Stock Exchange Announces 2004 Mid-Year Results - Amex Lists 50 New Companies, Amex Launches ANTE, its New Options Electronic Trading Platform, ETF Listings Rise To 138 With The Launch Of 14 New Vanguard VIPERs

Date 19/07/2004

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) released its 2004 mid-year business results today, citing its continued focus on product diversification and innovation as a strategic driver for growth in key business areas. As the Amex ends the first half of 2004 and moves towards completing its independence, it remains committed to strengthening the value of its enterprise, advancing its technology and positioning itself to take a leading role in addressing the challenges that will continue to face the indu
Warsaw Stock Exchange Announces An Extraordinary Adjustment In WIG And WIG-PL Indices Portfolios

Date 16/07/2004

Following the trading session on July 16, 2004, shares of company NOWAGALA (31 074 000 shares) and shares of company RMFFM (1 245 000 shares) will join WIG and WIG-PL indices.
Standard & Poor's Announces Update To Distribution Of S&P Asia 50 Index Values

Date 16/07/2004

Standard & Poor's announced today the suspension of real-time price feeds for the S&P Asia 50 Index. Real-time index levels will be re-introduced on Reuters and make their debut on Bloomberg in the next four to six weeks. In the interim, S&P Asia 50 Index levels will be available on a day-end basis from both Reuters and directly from Standard & Poor’s. A component of the S&P Global 1200, the S&P Asia 50 Index combines coverage of Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore and represents approxim
Standard & Poor's Announces Change In The S&P ADR Index - Clarification: Nippon Tel & Tel Co. (ADR) Share And IWF Changes

Date 16/07/2004

On July 12, 2004 Standard & Poor’s announced changes to the Nippon Tel & Tel Co. Shares and IWF that will become effective at the close of business on Friday, July 16, 2004. Because of a market holiday in Tokyo on Monday, July 19, 2004, these changes will be reflected in the S&P ADR Index from the market open on Tuesday, July 20, 2004. The text of the announcement was as follows:

Share & IWF Changes In The S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 16/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Friday July 23rd 2004: Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (Japan, SEDOL: 6598446, GICS: Consumer Discretionary, GICS Code: 25102010) a member of the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 740,000,000 to 2,223,438,934 and its IWF will be updated to 0.24 due to its private placement. Promise Co. Ltd
NYSE: Investor-Protection Principles Should Drive Structure Of National Market System - Big Board Weighs In On Proposed Regulation NMS

Date 16/07/2004

Investor-protection principles and good public policy should drive decisions on the structure of the nation’s market system. This is the thinking behind the NYSE’s position on each of the four proposals presented by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of Regulation NMS, a sweeping set of reforms to modernize the structure of the U.S. equity markets. The proposals were released for public comment in February.
June On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 16/07/2004

In June 2004 three out of six main indices increased. The large companies index – the WIG20 – rose the most.
Independent Complaints Commissioner For UK’s Financial Services Authority Appointed

Date 16/07/2004

Sir Anthony Holland, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Parades Commission and a former Principal Ombudsman for the Personal Investment Authority, has been appointed to be the independent Complaints Commissioner for the Financial Services Authority. He takes over on 3 September 2004 succeeding Rosemary Radcliffe who has been the first Complaints Commissioner for the FSA since the inception of the Complaints Scheme in September 2001.
HKEx: Trading In Securities And Derivatives Markets Terminated Due To Hoisting Of Typhoon Signal No. 8

Date 16/07/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced that trading in the securities and derivatives markets will be terminated at 12 noon, due to the hoisting of Typhoon Signal no. 8.