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Securities Industry Association: Real GDP Grew 3.9 Percent In 1q’04, On Track For Full-Year Growth Of 4.3 Percent; Employment Forecast For 1.2-Percent Rise In ‘04

Date 07/07/2004

Real gross domestic product grew by 3.9 percent* in the first quarter of 2004 (slightly below the 4.1-percent rate in 4Q 2003), and similar results are estimated for the second quarter this year, according to the latest Research Reports by Frank Fernandez, the Securities Industry Association’s chief economist. Growth is expected to steadily decelerate, reflecting the dissipation of past fiscal stimulus and later, the lagged effect of the gradual withdrawal of accommodative monetary policy. Rea
Record Volume Day For SFE 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures

Date 07/07/2004

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced the largest transaction volumes on record today (July 6) for the SFE 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures contracts. The total volume for the day was 9,416, up 36% compared to the previous record of 6,070 contracts set on March 12, 2004.
Record June Trading Volumes For Euronext.liffe Commodity Products, Half Year Volumes Up 20%

Date 07/07/2004

Euronext.liffe’s Commodity Products portfolio set a new monthly volume record of 716,265 contracts in June, with half year volumes up 20% on 2003. A new daily volume record was also set on 30 June, of 77,906 contracts, breaking the previous record of 72,722 contracts, set on 12 November 2003.
NYSE Announces Disciplinary Actions Against 16 Individuals

Date 07/07/2004

The New York Stock Exchange has taken disciplinary actions against 16 individuals for violations of NYSE rules and federal securities laws. The cases, prosecuted by the NYSE Division of Enforcement, may be subject to review by the Securities and Exchange Commission and, thereafter, federal courts.
Innovative Solution From Tullett Liberty And CME Attracts More Than 40 Market Participants: TLfast – Provides Futures Automated Switch Trading

Date 07/07/2004

Tullett Liberty, one of the world’s leading wholesale financial brokers and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME), the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced that their joint venture has attracted more than 40 interested market participants in North America and Europe to use TLfast, the electronic trade-matching tool for trading daily 3-month Eurodollar futures.

HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-month HIBOR Futures Contract

Date 07/07/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 8 July 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Danske Bank A/S Shares Decrease In The S&P European Indices

Date 07/07/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices effective the close of trading Friday, July 09, 2004: Danske Bank A/S (Denmark, SEDOL: 4588825, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40101010), a member of the S&P Europe 350 and S&P Euro Plus indices, shares will decrease to 672,265,752. This follows the company’s buyback, and subsequent cancellation, of 39,410,097 ordinary shares.
CFTC Proposes Amendments To Regulation 1.38 And To Its Guidance On Execution Of Transactions Off The Centralized Market

Date 07/07/2004

As part of its continuing efforts to update its regulations in light of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is proposing to revise its regulation concerning trading off the centralized market and to add guidance on contract market block trading rules.
CalPERS Names Leon Shahinian Senior Investment Officer For Alternative Investment Management Program

Date 07/07/2004

Mark Anson, Chief Investment Officer of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), announced today the appointment of Leon Shahinian as Senior Investment Officer for the pension fund’s Alternative Investment Management (AIM) program. He replaces Rick Hayes who left to become a managing partner of Oak Hill Capital Management.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Feed Grain Volumes Record Strong Gains In June

Date 06/07/2004

Futures volume for feed wheat and western barley contracts posted significant gains on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Inc. during June.