FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

News Centre

News

CalPERS President Makes Statement On Resignation Of NYSE Board Member Carl McCall

Date 25/09/2003

The following is a statement from Sean Harrigan, President of the Board of Administration regarding the resignation of Carl McCall, Board member of the New York Stock Exchange: "I was surprised at the news today that Carl McCall resigned the NYSE. There was no indication during our discussions yesterday that he was contemplating resignation. He had been the lead spokesperson on behalf of the board at our meeting with the NYSE earlier this week. As the former sole fiduciary of the second la
UK's Financial Services Authority In Drive To Lift Consumers' Financial Skills And Confidence

Date 24/09/2003

The Financial Services Authority is to set up a task force designed to significantly raise consumers' capability and confidence in dealing with financial services and products.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 September 2003

Date 24/09/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 September 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For September 2003

Date 24/09/2003

As of mid-September, short interest in 2,780 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 4,337,944,691 shares compared with 4,253,616,217 shares in 2,760 National Market issues for the month of August.
SWX: Disclosure In 2001 Annual Report Of Schweiter Technologies AG

Date 24/09/2003

The SWX Swiss Exchange (SWX) has determined that Schweiter Technologies AG breached its obligations under Arts. 4, 66 and 70 of the Listing Rules (LR) by having failed to disclose in its annual financial statements for the 2001 financial year segment reporting as per IAS 14, related-party transactions as per IAS 24 and information in respect to an impairment of goodwill attributable to its Ismeca subsidiary as per IAS 36. As a consequence, SWX has issued a reprimand. At the same time the SWX has

STOXX Limited Changes Index Dissemination Hours And Foreign Exchange Rate Source

Date 24/09/2003

STOXX Limited today announced a change in index dissemination hours. All pan-European Dow Jones STOXX indexes including the leading European blue-chip indexes Dow Jones STOXX 50 and Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 indexes will be disseminated from 9.00 am to 18.15 pm CET, representing a diminution of two hours. The change is effective November 03, 2003.
Statement Regarding Meeting Of NYSE Governance Committee With State Treasurers

Date 24/09/2003

H. Carl McCall, Co-Chairman of the Special Committee on Governance of the NYSE, released the following statement this afternoon: "This morning, several members of the NYSE Board of Directors and I met with a number of state treasurers and representatives from public pension funds. The meeting was very constructive, and there were a number of helpful recommendations put forth during the session. It was clear that their interests are aligned with ours regarding governance issues at the Exch
Singapore Exchange: Taiwan Options Set 4th Consecutive Open Interest Record

Date 24/09/2003

MSCI Taiwan Index Options Contract set its forth consecutive Open Interest record with 8,086 contracts on Tue, 23 Sep 2003, surpassing its previous record of 7,881 contracts set a day earlier.
SEC Amends Mutual Fund Advertising Rules, Proposes New Rules And Amendments For Fund Of Funds Investments

Date 24/09/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved the following items at today's open meeting: Amendments to Investment Company Advertising Rules The Commission adopted rule amendments recommended by the Division of Investment Management that are designed to encourage mutual fund advertisements that convey more balanced information to prospective investors, particularly with respect to past performance.
Opening remarks For Deputy Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Fok Media briefing On HKATS Upgrade To OMex 17.1

Date 24/09/2003

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for joining us for our briefing. I have the pleasure of introducing two colleagues from HKEx Derivatives Market who are with me today: Calvin Tai from Development & Operations, and Stanley Ho from Trading & Market Operations.