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NYBOT Announces U.S. Memorial Day And U.K. Spring Bank Holiday Schedules

Date 16/05/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the U.S. Memorial Day and U.K. Spring Bank Holiday for the New York Board of Trade's subsidiary exchanges, the Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc. (CSCE), the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange (Citrus), FINEX, and the New York Futures Exchange (NYFE):
New York Stock Exchange Requests Public Statement From Longs Drug Stores Corp. (LDG)

Date 16/05/2003

In view of the unusual market activity in Longs Drug Stores stock, the Exchange has contacted the Company and requested that the Company issue a public statement indicating whether there are any corporate developments which may explain the unusual activity.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange And Rolfe & Nolan Announce Frontier And ADM Investor Services Live On MGEX API

Date 16/05/2003

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) and Rolfe & Nolan Systems Inc. today announced order routing connectivity to the MGEX for Rolfe & Nolan clients Frontier Futures, Inc. and ADM Investor Services, Inc. The announcement comes on the heels of a recent agreement between Rolfe & Nolan and MGEX, which supplies licensing of MGEXpress®, the MGEX electronic trading platform, to Rolfe & Nolan's entire RANorder client base for no license or installation fees. RANorder is Rolfe
Main Line Options Traders Becomes A Specialist Unit At The Philadelphia Stock Exchange - Trading To Begin On May 19

Date 16/05/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that Main Line Options Traders has become a specialist unit on the Exchange floor. The firm will begin trading 16 option classes on Monday, May 19 and an additional 17 option classes on Tuesday, May 19.
International Securities Exchange "Revolution" Advertising Campaign Wins Awards - "Demand Tighter Markets!" Named Best In Show

Date 16/05/2003

The International Securities Exchange (ISE) received several awards for excellence in advertising Thursday at the Financial Communications Society's 2003 Portfolio Awards, a financial services industry advertising competition.

HKEx: Appointment Of Listing Committee Members

Date 16/05/2003

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces the appointment of members to the Listing Committees of the Main Board and the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM).
Eurex: Trades Record Volume In Dutch Equity Options On May 15 - 64,219 Contracts Traded Account For Market Share Of 21.4 Percent

Date 16/05/2003

Total Dutch equity options segment New record on May 15, 2003 64,219 traded contracts Market share on May 15, 2003 21.40 %
Virt-x: Key CCP Figures For First Week Of Trading

Date 15/05/2003

Following the successful launch of Europe's first truly pan-European CCP structure on 5 May 2003, virt-x Exchange, the London Clearing House (LCH) and SIS x-clear, the Swiss central counterparty (CCP), today announced the following key figures for the first week of trading: Number of trades cleared: 186,970 Percentage settled on due date: 99.7% Total value of business in the first week €8.474 bn
UK's Financial Services Authority Cleans Up Use Of Past Performance Figures In Advertising

Date 15/05/2003

The Financial Services Authority today (Thursday) unveiled a package of measures aimed at improving the way past performance information is used in advertising. A two pronged approach focussing on the quality of past performance information and also on the overall balance of an advertisement will be adopted.
UK's Financial Reporting Council: The Higgs And Smith Reports: Next Steps Towards A Revised Combined Code Following Consultation

Date 15/05/2003

At its meeting yesterday, the FRC decided to set up a working group of FRC members to produce a revised draft of the Combined Code in the light of points made in response to the FRC's recent consultation.