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CME Launches New X-Funds To Provide Investors Short-Term Flexibility

Date 14/09/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) announced today it will be launching CME X-Funds ™, cash settled “baskets” of up to four futures contracts in an index that settle every two weeks, beginning Monday, October 4, 2004.
CBOT Fed Watch - August 2004

Date 14/09/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 21, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOE Board Approves Details Of Purchase Offer For CBOT Exercise Rights - Purchase Offer Information To Be Sent By September 20

Date 14/09/2004

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Board of Directors approved the final details of a proposed offer to purchase a number of CBOE exercise rights held by Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Full Members.
CBOE and NSX Boards Approve Plan To Reduce CBOE Interest In NSX

Date 14/09/2004

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSX) today announced that their governing Boards have approved a proposal for CBOE to sell most of its NSX Certificates of Proprietary Membership ("Certificates") to NSX, and to relinquish CBOE's accompanying rights to NSX Board positions. CBOE's Board of Directors approved the proposal at its meeting today. NSX's Board of Trustees approved the proposal at its meeting on August 10, 2004.
Borsa Italiana: Futures Based On The S&P/MIB Index: "No-Action Letter" By The CFTC - Futures And MiniFutures Based On The S&P/MIB Can Now Be Offered And Sold In The United States

Date 14/09/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC's) Office of General Counsel issued a no-action letter on August 31, 2004, permitting the offer and sale in the United States of the Mercato Italiano Dei Derivati's ("IDEM's") futures contracts based on the S&P/MIB Index ("S&P/MIB") %u2014 the S&P/MIB Futures Contract and the miniFutures Contract - in accordance with the relevant US Regulations.

TSX Venture Statistics – August 2004

Date 13/09/2004

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Stock Exchange Of Thailand Concludes There Was No Manipulation In SCIB-C1 Trading

Date 13/09/2004

Executive Vice President of The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Mrs. Patareeya Benjapolchai revealed that the SET has investigated the trading of Siam City Bank Pcl.’s securities (SCIB) and its derivative warrants (SCIB-C1) during August 9 –13, 2004, and concluded that: The prices of SCIB-C1 moved in accordance with its underlying security SCIB as the exercise price of SCIB-C1 was at THB 20.85. Thus, when the price of SCIB decreased, that of SCIB-C1 similarly decreased and became v
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 13/09/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Monday, September 13, 2004: Coral Gold Corp. (TSXVN:CLH) will change its name to Coral Gold Resources Ltd. The company will trade under the new ticker symbol “CGR” and the shares will be consolidated on a 1-for-10 basis.
SEC: PIMCO Equity Mutual Funds' Adviser, Sub-Adviser, And Distributor To Pay $50 Million To Settle Fraud Charges For Undisclosed Market Timing - Money To Be Deposited Into Sarbanes-Oxley Fair Fund For Distribution To Shareholders Of Funds Affected By Ille

Date 13/09/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that PA Fund Management LLC (PAFM), PEA Capital LLC (PEA), and PA Distributors LLC (PAD) (collectively, the PIMCO Entities) agreed to a settlement of charges that they defrauded investors in the PIMCO Funds: Multi-Manager Series in connection with an undisclosed market timing arrangement.
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market: September 6th - September 10th, 2004

Date 13/09/2004

For the week of September 6th – September 10th, 2004, the total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) reached 4 344 million rubles. Internet trading accounted for 50%, up from 46% last week. 8 049 transactions were executed.