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  • Share Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

    Date 23/06/2004

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Monday 28th June, 2004: Insurance Australia Group Limited (Australia, SEDOL: 6271026, GICS Code: 40301040) a member of the S&P/ASX 50 Index will decrease its shares by 94,086,144 to 1,558,640,000. This change is due to an off market buy-back. There is no change to the IWF.

  • Securities Industry Association: SEC Short-Sale Pilot Is ‘Thoughtful, Prudent’ Approach To Phasing In Reforms To Benefit Investors

    Date 23/06/2004

    Today’s decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a pilot program in which a group of stocks would be free of existing short-sale trading restrictions is a “thoughtful, prudent” approach to phasing in reforms to protect investors, the Securities Industry Association today said.

  • Securities Industry Association Testifies On Basel II Accord

    Date 23/06/2004

    Michael Alix, chair of the Securities Industry Association’s Risk Management Committee and senior managing director, Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., testified before the House Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit about the benefits of the Consolidated Supervised Entities regime as proposed in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s new Capital Accord (or “Basel II”). The CSE f

  • SEC Adopts Changes To Short Sale Rules, Disclosures Regarding Advisory Contract Approval And Investment Company Governance Provisions

    Date 23/06/2004

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt changes to its rules regarding short selling; its requirements for disclosures by investment companies concerning board approval of advisory contracts; and its investment company exemptive rules, designed to improve fund governance practices.

  • S&P Announces Changes To S&P U.S. Indices

    Date 23/06/2004

    Standard & Poor’s will be making changes to the S&P 500, S&P 100, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices.