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Nasdaq Introduces The BLDRS<SUP>SM</SUP> Family Of Exchange-Traded Funds Based Upon The Bank Of New York ADR Indexes<SUP>SM</SUP> - The Bank Of New York Serves As Index Provider And Trustee; NASDAQ Serves As Sponsor And Marketplace - First NASDAQ-Listed E

Date 13/11/2002

Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ), today will introduce BLDRSSM, a new family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on The Bank of New York ADR IndexesSM. The BLDRS Funds are the first ETFs listed on NASDAQ and the first ETFs based on depositary receipts (DRs). The Bank of New York will serve as Trustee and Index Provider. In honor of the launch, The Bank of New York Chairman Thomas A. Renyi will jo
KCBT Wheat Futures Set New Annual Trading Volume Record

Date 13/11/2002

The Kansas City Board of Trade has set a new annual trading volume record in the hard red winter wheat futures contract. At the conclusion of yesterday's trade, 2,438,108 contracts or 12.19 billion bushels had traded thus far in 2002. The previous record was set in 2000, at 2,427,950 contracts or 12.14 billion bushels. Approximately a month and a half remains to add to the record for this year.
IOSCO: Central Banks And Securities Regulators Release Assessment Methodology For "Recommendations For Securities Settlement Systems"

Date 13/11/2002

The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) and the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today released a report entitled Assessment methodology for "Recommendations for Securities Settlement Systems"The report is available on the Bank for International Settlements website (www.bis.org) and the IOSCO website (www.i
Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing Ltd Chief Executive To Step Down - April 2003

Date 13/11/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEx) announces today (13 November 2002) that Mr K C Kwong, Chief Executive, has notified the Board of his intention not to seek renewal of his employment contract with the company on its expiry on 6 March 2003. At the invitation of the Board, Mr Kwong has agreed to stay on until the end of the next Annual General Meeting in April 2003.
Futures On Russian Trading System Record Trading Volume

Date 13/11/2002

On November 12, 2002, the FORTS daily trading volume reached the record 161 721 contracts, or 20 502 thousand US dollars in underlying value. The previous record of 150 835 contracts was set on October 30, 2002.

Deutsche Börse: Companies Undertake To Comply With High Corporate Governance Standards

Date 13/11/2002

On Wednesday, ten listed companies publicly declared their binding commitment to comply with national and internationally accepted standards for fair and responsible corporate governance: ACG Advanced Component Group, AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik, Balda, Dialog Semiconductor, Evotec OAI, Funkwerk, Gericom, GPC Biotech, IXOS Software and Qiagen were the first companies to accept the jointly drafted Declaration on Corporate Governance as binding. This Declaration contains all of the ("
Deutsche Börse: Changes In The Equity Indices SDAX And NEMAX 50

Date 13/11/2002

The shares of Deutsche Börse AG will be included in the DAX as of December 23, taking the place of Epcos. The index provider Deutsche Börse made the announcement on Tuesday. The company is thus implementing a decision of the Working Committee Equity Indices. After being taken out of the DAX, Epcos will move to the MDAX on December 23 and, according to the available data, will be one of the biggest companies in the new index TecDAX, which is to be launched at the end of March 2003.
CME Thanksgiving Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 13/11/2002

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Thanksgiving holiday: Wednesday, Nov. 27All interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity futures and options on futures traded on the trading floors close at noon Central time (except commodity options, which close at 12:02 p.m.) Equity and GSCI® products close at their regularly scheduled times for pit trading.
TSX Group Inc. Closes Offering Of 18,978,238 Common Shares At $18.00 Per Share

Date 12/11/2002

TSX Group Inc. (TSX: X) and TSX Inc. (formerly The Toronto Stock Exchange Inc.) announced today that the offering announced on November 5, 2002, of 18,978,238 common shares of TSX Group Inc. at a price of $18.00 per share, has closed.
The Montréal Exchange's Clearinghouse Earns An "AA" Rating From Standard & Poor's

Date 12/11/2002

Bourse de Montréal Inc. (Montréal Exchange) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), has been assigned an "AA" rating by Standard & Poor's. Among the agency's reasons for handing out the rating were the CDCC's prudent risk management policies and procedures that protect the clearinghouse from abnormal market conditions.