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The Securities And Exchange Commission, NASD And The New York Stock Exchange Permanently Bar Henry Blodget From The Securities Industry And Require $4 Million Payment

Date 28/04/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD and the New York Stock Exchange --- following a coordinated investigation of allegations of undue influence of investment banking interests on research analysts at brokerage firms --- today announced that Henry Blodget, a former managing director at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated and the senior research analyst and group head for the Internet sector at the firm, will be censured and permanently barred from the securities industry,
Ten Of Nation's Top Investment Firms Settle Enforcement Actions Involving Conflicts Of Interest Between Research And Investment Banking

Date 28/04/2003

Historic Settlement Requires Payments of Penalties of $487.5 Million, Disgorgement of $387.5 Million, Payments of $432.5 Million to Fund Independent Research, and Payments of $80 Million to Fund Investor Education And Mandates Sweeping Structural Reforms.
Successful Launch Of TIFFE Products On LIFFE CONNECT<SUP><SMALL>TM </SUP></SMALL> Trading System - TIFFE Contracts Now Traded On Same Technology As London, Brussels And Paris

Date 28/04/2003

TIFFE products have today been successfully transferred on to LIFFE CONNECTTM and the Fujitsu-provided clearing system.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 28/04/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Tuesday, April 29, 2003: The relative weight of H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HR.UN) will increase by approximately 0.08% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.34% in the S&P/TSX Canadian REIT Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of new units.
Speech by SEC Chairman: Prepared For Delivery At SEC Press Conference Regarding Global Settlement

Date 28/04/2003

I am pleased to be here with some of the many people -- from the SEC, the New York Attorney General's Office, the NASD, the New York Stock Exchange, and the North American Securities Administrators Association and its member states -- who have worked so hard to bring to fruition the enforcement actions and settlements we announce today. These cases are an important milestone in our ongoing effort both to address serious abuses that have taken place in our markets and to restore investor confiden

RTS Order-Driven Market: Weekly Data April 21st- April 25th

Date 28/04/2003

For the week of April 21st - April 25th, 2003, securities traded on the Order-driven market 5 818 times. Total trading volume equaled 129 million shares, or 1 985 million rubles in underlying value. Internet trading accounted for 24% of total weekly trading volume.
RTS FORTS: Weekly Data April 21st- April 25th

Date 28/04/2003

For the week of April 21st- April 25th, 2003, total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) increased by 11% to 805 thousand contracts (the ruble increase equals 14%, from 3 486 million rubles to 3 972 million rubles in underlying value). The number of trades reached 17 210, compared with 17 954 trades the week before. Total open interest as of April 25th, 2003, stood at 239 thousand contracts or 2 265 million rubles in underlying value, compared with 467 thousand c
RTS Classic Market: Weekly Data April 21st- April 25th

Date 28/04/2003

For the week of April 21st -April 25th, 2003, the RTS Index gained 6.84% and closed at 430.39. The RTS Technical Index increased by 6.70% and reached 473.86.
RTS Bonds: Weekly Data April 21st- April 25th

Date 28/04/2003

For the week of April 21st- April 25th, 2003, total volume on the RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading in corporate, governmental, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased by 75%, from 845 thousand US dollars to 1 477 thousand US dollars. Bonds traded in the system 31 times, a 107% gain on the week.
Oslo Børs Holding ASA 1st Quarter 2003 Results

Date 28/04/2003

Oslo Børs Holding ASA achieved a first-quarter post-tax profit of NOK 10.3 (13.1) million. The decline in profit is caused by lower revenues than the same period in 2002. Lower revenues is partly compensated by lower operating costs.