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The Options Clearing Corporation Advances Towards Straight-Through Processing For Options

Date 08/04/2003

Marking a major advancement toward straight-through processing, The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)today announced that its new clearing system ENCORE, is now accepting for immediate processing trades sent during the day by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). It is OCC's goal to have all of the U.S. options exchanges submitting near real-time trades by the end of this year.
Regulators Issue Interagency Paper On Sound Practices To Strengthen The Resilience Of The U.S. Financial System

Date 08/04/2003

Three federal regulatory agencies today issued an "Interagency Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System." Among other things, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Securities and Exchange Commission identified sound practices to strengthen the resilience of critical U.S. financial markets and minimize the immediate systemic ef
Nymex To Waive Fees For New Electricity Contract

Date 08/04/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will waive transaction fees for its monthly financially settled Pennsylvania/New Jersey/ Maryland (PJM) electricity futures contract for the first six months.
New Member Of Stockholmsbörsen

Date 08/04/2003

FIM Securities Ltd, based in Helsinki in Finland, has been admitted as new member of Stockholmsbörsen and will commence trading in SAXESS from Tuesday 15 April 2003.
London Stock Exchange Monthly Market Report For March 2003 - Number Of Trades On SETS Up 90 Per Cent On March 2002

Date 08/04/2003

The average daily number of UK and international trades on the London Stock Exchange in March 2003 was 227,907 compared with 207,476 in March 2002 (a 10 per cent increase). The total value of UK and international trades in March 2003 was £274 billion, down from £408 billion. There were 21 business days in March 2003 compared with 20 in March 2002.

HKEx Announces Termination Of Real-Time Calculation And Dissemination Of All Ordinaries Index And Growth Enterprises Index

Date 08/04/2003

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announces today (Tuesday) the termination of real-time calculation and dissemination of its All Ordinaries Index (AOI) and Growth Enterprises Index (GEI) with effect from 14 April 2003. The AOI tracks the performance of shares listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and the GEI tracks the performance of shares listed on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM).
FTSE Group To launch Global Small Cap Series

Date 08/04/2003

FTSE Group, the global index provider, today announces that it will create a new Global Small Cap index series to complement its existing large and mid cap indices, the FTSE All-World Index series. Together, the FTSE Global Small Cap series and the FTSE All-World will cover 98% of the world's investible market capitalisation. The new indices will be available and integrated with the FTSE All-World series from 22 September 2003.
Euronext Announces Major Enhancements To The Euronext.liffe French Equity Options Market

Date 08/04/2003

Euronext.liffe, the international derivatives business of Euronext, today announced a number of significant enhancements to its market for French equity options, which are designed to attract wholesale market users to trade on Euronext.liffe.
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith Appointed Chairman Of London Stock Exchange

Date 08/04/2003

London Stock Exchange plc announced today that Dr Chris Gibson-Smith has been appointed as its next Chairman.
Dow Jones Indexes Launches Tiger Titans 50 Index - New Asian Blue-chip Index To Cover Asian Tiger Countries

Date 08/04/2003

Dow Jones Indexes today announced it is expanding its Titans blue-chip index series to include an index covering the four of the so-called Asian Tiger countries, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.