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Euronext Brussels Launches Free Market

Date 19/10/2004

Euronext announces the official launch of a new non-regulated market in Brussels, the Free Market, on the 16th of November with the admission of the company Propharex.
Eurex Repo Increases Outstanding Volume By 30 Percent To New Record Levels - Ten New Participants Active - Euro GC Pooling Launch Date Set For March

Date 19/10/2004

The electronic repo markets of Eurex continue to growth. Eurex Repo, the electronic repo market of the worlds largest derivatives exchange, Eurex, ended Q3 with strong figures. The average outstanding volume in Q3 - the key figure for repo markets - was up 30 percent on the same quarter of last year, rising to € 60 billion.
Distribuidora y Servicios S.A. (ADR) Share Increase In The S&P ADR Index

Date 19/10/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective the close of trading on Thursday, October 21, 2004: Distribuidora y Servicios S.A. (ADR) (Chile, NYSE: DYS, CUSIP: 254753106, Sedol: 2111513) shares will increase by 16,558,740 to 108,558,740. The increase in ADRs used for the purpose of index calculation comes as a result of a rights issue in the underlying security.
CME Surpasses Electronic Trading Mark After Clearing One Billion Trades For The Year

Date 19/10/2004

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, announced that CME Globex®, the exchange’s electronic trading platform, this morning surpassed its one billionth contract traded since its launch in June 1992. As of third quarter 2004, electronic trading represented 61 percent of total CME volume, compared to 52 percent in Q2 2004 and 42 percent in Q3 2003.
CanDeal Deals A $1 Billion Day

Date 19/10/2004

CanDeal, Canada’s leader in online debt securities trading, announced that its single day trading volume surpassed the $1 Billion mark, based on the par value of debt securities traded, as measured by one side of a transaction. This marks yet another milestone in CanDeal’s brief history of providing institutional investors and dealers with online debt trading and market data tools to compliment their traditional market activities.

Canada: Corporate Governance Regulations Cited As Number One Concern - Regulatory Change Perceived To Have Greater Impact Than Economic Conditions On Business Today

Date 19/10/2004

Compliance with new corporate governance and disclosure requirements has been identified as the issue having the most impact on Canadian public companies today. Nearly half (48%) of respondents indicated this response in a new Ipsos-Reid survey sponsored by the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), TSX Group Inc. , Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).
Alberta Securities Commission Announces Departure Of Chair

Date 19/10/2004

The Alberta Securities Commission has announced that Stephen P. Sibold, Q.C., will be leaving the Commission after his current contract ends in the Spring of 2005.
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s International Affairs Office Presents International Symposium And Training Program On Derivative Products, Markets, And Financial Intermediaries

Date 18/10/2004

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of International Affairs, in conjunction with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is hosting the 14th annual meeting of international regulatory and market authorities to discuss issues relevant to the international derivatives markets. The meetings – to be held from October 18 through 22 – at the Federal Reserve Bank, are expected to draw over 70 participants and 40 presenters and panelists from 31 countries, including Australia, the
Trading Data On ICEX Website Not Updated

Date 18/10/2004

Trading information on the ICEX website is not being updated due to a failure in DDS communication equipment which is a part of the SAXESS trading environment. The DDS equipment only affects the dissemination of trading information on the ICEX website and therefore does not interfere with trading on the Icelandic market.
Trading At Oslo Børs

Date 18/10/2004

Due to problems with data lines between Norway and Sweden, norwegian members lost the connection with the trading system, which stopped trading in equities and bonds at Oslo Børs from 11.54 local time. The connection was established from appr. 15.15, and trading in equities started at 15.45 and 16.05 for bonds.