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The UK Financial Services Authority Publishes Annual Report For 2002/03

Date 17/06/2003

The Financial Services Authority today published its Annual Report for 2002/03. It describes the progress the FSA has made during the year toward realising our overall strategy, building on our statutory objectives.

SWX Swiss Exchange: Solicitation Of Comment On The Rules Regarding The Obligation To Disclose Management Transactions

Date 17/06/2003

On 9 May 2003, the Admission Board SWX Swiss Exchange initiated a solicitation of comment on the proposed rules regarding the obligation to disclose management transactions. The period of solicitation of comment was originally scheduled to last until 20 June 2003. In reaction to various feedback, the period of solicitation of comment will be extended by ten days to 30 June 2003. The documents on the solicitation of comment, as well as the comments offered to date, are available at

Stockholm Stock Exchange: Review Of Most Traded And ATTRACT40(TM)

Date 17/06/2003

Stockholmsbörsen's segments for the most traded shares will be updated from July 1st, 2003. The Most Traded-segment (Mest omsatta) on the A- list remain unchanged while Attract40 will get 8 new companies and 8 companies will leave the segment.

Stock Exchange Of Thailand To Devote Over Baht 6 Million To Project For Making Quality Analysts And Research For The Capital Markets

Date 17/06/2003

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) speeds up in developing the quality of analysts and research reports for the capital markets. It will devote more than 6 million baht for the "Quality New Analyst Development Project" and "Securities Research Support Project". It is believed that good quality securities research will support the SET's investor base enlargement scheme and attract more long-term investment.

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/06/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, June 18, 2003:

S&P/RUIX And S&P/RUIX-Oil Calculation Procedures Change

Date 17/06/2003

Effective June 16th, 2003, calculation procedures for S&P/RUIX investment index and industry investment index S&P/RUIX-Oil change.

RTS: June Futures Contracts Settled And Delivered

Date 17/06/2003

June futures contracts were settled and delivered on June 16th, 2003. For the first time in FORTS history the deliverable futures contract on "LUKOil" stock was delivered. The total volume of the contracts equaled 44 million rubles. "RAO UES of Russia" futures contract topped the list with 178 million rubles in volume. US dollar exchange rate futures contract took the second place - 76 million rubles.

RTS Stock Exchange: Real-Time Money Transfer During Trading Session Now Possible

Date 17/06/2003

On June 11, 2003, the RTS Clearing Center and RTS Settlement Chamber introduced the new technology that supports real-time money withdrawal from Settlement Chamber accounts during trading.

NASDAQ And Instinet Write Congress To Urge Reform Of Nation's Markets

Date 17/06/2003

Instinet (Nasdaq:INET), through affiliates, the largest global electronic agency securities broker, along with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq), the world's largest stock market, today released a joint letter to the Leadership of the U.S. Congress urging reforms to our Nation's equity markets.

Nasdaq And Instinet Release Joint Letter To Congress On Strengthening U.S. Equity Markets

Date 17/06/2003

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the world's largest stock market, and Instinet (NASDAQ: INET), through affiliates, the largest global electronic agency securities broker, today released a joint letter to the Leadership of the U.S. Congress with recommended principles for strengthening the U.S. equity markets and delivering greater value to investors. The letter states, "...we strongly believe that there is an historic opportunity to overhaul and reform today's regulatory regime to better harness