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NYBOT Sets All-Time Annual Trading Record In 2004 - Combined Annual Volume Up 28%; Highest Total In The Exchange’s 134-Year History

Date 06/01/2005

In a year of major milestones, the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) culminated a grand chapter in its 134-year history with a record-shattering performance in setting a new total annual volume record of 31,729,591 combined futures and options contracts – an astonishing 28% increase over the 24,832,158 contracts traded in the previous record year of 2003.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Broker Enters Guilty Plea In Ongoing Insurance Probe - Senior Vice President is the First Marsh Employee Convicted

Date 06/01/2005

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said today that a senior executive of Marsh, Inc. has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with an ongoing investigation of fraud and bid rigging in the insurance industry.
KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No. 218 – December 31, 2004

Date 06/01/2005

Please click here to view the KOFEX Weekly Bulletin No. 218 – December 31, 2004.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Allocates Individual Order Books Based On Performance As Of July - More Competition Between Lead Brokers Raises Quality For Private Investors - Opportunity For New Performance-Oriented Lead Brokers - Goal Also To Attract Internati

Date 06/01/2005

Deutsche Börse wants to promote competition between lead brokers (Skontroführer) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in order to further improve the quality of retail trading. The centerpiece of the plan is the allocation of individual order books (Skontren) to currently active lead brokers for stocks traded on the official and regulated markets, based on their contribution to overall order book turnover and performance, starting July 01, 2005. Furthermore, the allocation of order books in
Euronext: The City Code On Takeovers and Mergers; Rule 8 Announcement

Date 06/01/2005

Euronext N.V. ("Euronext") confirms, for the purposes of Rule 8 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers ("Rule 8"), that any offer for the London Stock Exchange plc, if made, is likely to be solely in cash.

Euroclear SA/NV Is Launched As Corporate Restructuring Is Completed

Date 06/01/2005

Following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals and consents, the Board of Euroclear plc is pleased to confirm the completion of the Euroclear group's corporate restructuring. In this context, Euroclear SA/NV, the new holding company of the group's national and international central securities depositories (CSDs), commenced activities with effect from 1 January 2005. The new company, incorporated in Belgium and with branch offices in Amsterdam, London and Paris, owns the group's shared s
Emissions Trading: On The Eve Of Kick-off Of The Scheme European Commission Cleared 5 More Plans

Date 06/01/2005

In late December 2004, the European Commission accepted a third set of five national allocation plans for CO2 emission allowances. Four plans - from Cyprus, Hungary, Lithuania and Malta - were accepted unconditionally. The Spanish plan was approved on condition that technical changes are made. National allocation plans outline the number of CO2 emission allowances[1] that Member States intend to all
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Price Rises Lower The Trading Lot Size For 42 Shares And 15 Investment Certificates As Of 10 January 2005

Date 06/01/2005

The Exchange is going to lower the round lot size for 42 shares and 15 investment certificates and raise the lot size for 12 shares and 8 investment certificates as a result of price rises and falls during the second half of 2004. The new round lot sizes take effect on 10 January 2005.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: RenteMax – New Mortgage Loan With Interest Rate Cap

Date 06/01/2005

In Focus no. 96, Thomas Kyhl, Chief Analyst, and Steen Hauskou Bertelsen, Economist, Nykredit, describe Nykredit's new mortgage loan type (RenteMax) – a product that combines a floating-rate loan with an embedded interest rate cap.
Clearstream Completes 2004 With Strong Growth In Core Businesses - Double Digit Growth Seen In All New Business Areas

Date 06/01/2005

Clearstream experienced strong growth throughout 2004 in all of its main business areas. The value of assets held in custody on behalf of customers rose to approximately EUR 7.6 trillion, a rise of 3.5 percent from the end of 2003. The number of international transactions processed by Clearstream rose to 17.2 million across 2004, an increase of 4.2 percent year on year. 17 percent of these transactions are registered as stock exchange transactions, 83 percent as Over the Counter (OTC) t