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  • Euronext.LIFFE: Robusta Coffee Posts All-Time Traded Volume

    Date 01/11/2002

    On October 31, Robusta Coffee posted an all-time traded volume record of 34,068 lots. The previous record of 29,627 lots was posted on August 31, 2002.

  • Euronext Brussels: Modification Of composition Of BEL20®-Index

    Date 01/11/2002

    Following the decision of the company Ackermans & van Haaren NV to launch a public take-over bid on all publicly held GIB shares and taking into account that this could cause the free-float of the GIB shares to drop substantially, the Market Authority would like to draw the attention to articles 1.5.a and 5.3.6 of the ground-rules for the BEL20® index

  • Eurex: Most Successful Month In Eurex History

    Date 01/11/2002

    October was the most successful month in Eurex history to date: With 86.5 million contracts traded, the international derivatives market set a new record (previous record: 83.6 million contracts in September 2002). Compared with October 2001 (63.7 million contracts), trading volume at Eurex rose 36 percent. After just 10 months of trading, the derivatives market has already turned over 684 million contracts, surpassing the total volume traded in all of 2001 (674 million contracts) by 10 million

  • Deutsche Börse: 266 Billion Euros In Turnover Ongerman Stock Exchanges In October

    Date 01/11/2002

    Based on the aggregate turnover statistics, a total volume of 266.2 billion euros was traded on the German stock exchanges in October - about 12 percent higher than the previous month's level. The October total comprises 199.6 billion euros in equities, warrants and exchange-traded funds as well as 66.6 billion euros in fixed-income securities.

  • CFTC Commissioner Thomas J. Erickson Resigns

    Date 01/11/2002

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today that Commissioner Thomas J. Erickson has submitted a letter of resignation, dated October 28, 2002, to President George W. Bush, effective December 1, 2002. Commissioner Erickson was sworn in as a Commissioner of the CFTC in June 1999. He was nominated by President William J. Clinton and confirmed by the Senate to a term expiring in April 2003.

  • CBOT October Fed Funds Settle At 98.245

    Date 01/11/2002

    The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract for October 2002 was cash settled this morning at a final settlement price of 98.245, for an average overnight effective rate of 1.755 percent during the delivery month. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet for more information regarding the calculation of this settlement.

  • CBOT Fed Watch

    Date 01/11/2002

    In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 6, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • CBOT Fed Watch

    Date 01/11/2002

    In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 6, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • UK's Financial Services Authority: Higher Ethical Standards To Raise Trust In The City

    Date 31/10/2002

    The Financial Services Authority today publishes a Discussion Paper which examines the role of ethical values in raising trust and confidence in financial services and offers an outline framework for action to achieve higher standards in the industry.

  • UK's Financial Services Authority Acts Over Apparent Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme

    Date 31/10/2002

    The Financial Services Authority is alerting the public to actions it took against two firms of accountants yesterday in the High Court, London. The firms are not authorised by the FSA to undertake financial services, but FSA evidence to the court suggested that in the region of $18 million had been taken from investors in the UK for an apparent investment scheme.