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CBOT January 2003 Fed Watch

Date 23/01/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, the Chicago Board of Trade is 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.
UK's Financial Services Authority Warns Of Need To Plan For A Challenging Year Ahead

Date 22/01/2003

The Financial Risk Outlook 2003 , published today by the Financial Services Authority, highlights a number of risks associated with the economic outlook and depressed conditions in financial markets. FSA Managing Director Carol Sergeant said: "The year ahead should be one of modest recovery. But there are considerable uncertainties and plenty of reasons for caution at a time when more consumers look financially stret
TIFFE:Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 29 January 2003

Date 22/01/2003

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 29 January 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 22/01/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: After the close of trading on Wednesday, January 22, 2003, Limtech Lithium Metal Technologies Inc. (TSXVN:LTC) will change its name to Limtech Lithium Industries Inc. The new ticker symbol will be "LTL" and the new CUSIP number will be 532757 10 1. The number of post-consolidation shares will be 8,784,903.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

Date 22/01/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change: On January 15, 2003, the shareholders of Vermilion Resources Ltd. (TSX:VRM) approved the plan of arrangement whereby the company will be divided into an income trust, Vermilion Energy Trust, and an exploration company named Clear Energy Inc. As a result, effective after the close of trading on Thursday, January 23, 2003, Vermilion Energy Ltd. will be removed from the S&P/TSX Composite, S&P/TSX Capped Com

Securities And Exchange Commission Adopts Rules Strengthening Auditor Independence

Date 22/01/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rules to fulfill the mandate of Title II of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, strengthen auditor independence and require additional disclosures to investors about the services provided to issuers by the independent accountant.
SEC Adopts Rules On Retention of Records Relevant To Audits And Reviews

Date 22/01/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the adoption of Rule 2-06 of Regulation S-X to implement Section 802 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
SEC Adopts Rules On Disclosure Of Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements And Aggregate Contractual Obligations

Date 22/01/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to implement the mandate of Section 401(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Section 401(a) added Section 13(j) to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which requires the Commission to adopt final rules by Jan. 26, 2003, to require each annual and quarterly financial report required to be filed with the Commission, to disclose "all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent oblig
SEC Adopts Measures To Certify Management Investment Company Shareholder Reports

Date 22/01/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the adoption of rule and form amendments that implement the certification requirement of Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 with respect to registered management investment companies. The amendments will require mutual funds and other registered management investment companies to file shareholder reports on Form N-CSR and will require each registered management investment company's principal executive and financial officers to cert
RTS Order-Driven Market: Weekly Data January 13th-January 17th

Date 22/01/2003

For the week of January 13th, securities traded on the Order-driven market 5 126 times. Daily average turnover increased by 88% to 26 million shares, (or 43% to 190 million rubles), compared with 190 million rubles and 14 million shares for the previous period, from December 30th, 2002, to January 10th, 2003. Total market turnover equaled 132 million shares, or 1 361 million rubles.