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Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges January Newsletter Posted On The Web

Date 04/02/2003

The FEAS January Newsletter has been posted on the FEAS website. You can view the January newsletter by clicking here.
Eurex Off To A Good Start This Year With 85 Million Contracts Traded In January

Date 04/02/2003

Eurex, the international derivatives market, got off to a good start in 2003 with 85 million contracts traded and cleared in January, its second-highest monthly volume to date. Compared with January 2002, trading on the world's leading derivatives exchange grew more than 30 percent, with an average of some 3.9 million contracts traded per day. The Eurex participants, who are linked with Eurex worldwide from 648 locations, boosted the trading and clearing performance in all segments on the world'
CBOT's January Volume At 28,419,092 - Up 24.4% From January 2002

Date 04/02/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOTÒ) today announced trading volume of 28,419,092 contracts for January 2003, up 24.4% from January 2002 and up 23.2% from December 2002.
CBOT® Nominating Committee Announces Slate For 2003 Election

Date 04/02/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that the exchange's Nominating Committee has slated nine candidates to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, as Directors, and as members of the Nominating Committee. The CBOT annual election is scheduled for March 12, 2003.
BrokerTec Futures Exchange Reduces Minimum Tick Size On Five-Year U.S. Treasury Note Contract Change To Create Tighter Spreads, More Efficient Market

Date 04/02/2003

In a move that will create an even tighter, more liquid and competitive marketplace, BrokerTec Futures Exchange (BTEX), the nation's only fully-electronic fixed income futures exchange, announced today that a decrease in the minimum tick size on the five-year Treasury note contract will be implemented as of Friday, February 14, 2003. At that time, the minimum tick size will be lowered from 1/2 of 1/32nd of a point (or US$ 15.625 rounded up to the nearest 1 cent per contract) to 1/4 of 1/32nd

UK's Financial Services Authority To Decide On The Future Of Professional Indemnity Insurance

Date 03/02/2003

The FSA has today published a consultation paper CP169: Professional Indemnity Insurance for personal investment firms- aimed at formalising the short-term modification made to its rules in November 2002. The modification was made in response to difficulties being experienced by some IFAs in obtaining compliant cover and was designed to increase availability in the PII market for this sector. In determining what changes could be made to pol
UK's Financial Services Authority Required: Minimum Margin: Letter To CEOs Of Life Insurance Firms

Date 03/02/2003

The FSA has sent this letter to all the CEOs of life insurance companies. Dear Chief Executive The FSA made it clear earlier this week that it was monitoring closely the position of the life insurance industry in the light of recent sharp falls in equity prices. Since then markets have stabilised a little but the uncertain outlook suggests that prices may remain volatile throughout the world.
TSX Statistics - January 2003

Date 03/02/2003

This Month's Highlights
Treasury, OFHEO And SEC Release Joint Report On Mortgage-Backed Securities Markets

Date 03/02/2003

The Department of the Treasury, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today released a joint staff report on disclosure practices in the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) markets.
The International Securities Exchange Becomes Second-Largest US Options Exchange - Posts Strong Trading Volume, Market Share Gains

Date 03/02/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) experienced significant trading volume growth in January, making it the second largest of the five US options exchanges in terms of overall volume.