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Changes In Management Board At SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 05/12/2003

The SWX Swiss Exchange announced today that, at his own wish, Robert Wyss will be stepping down from the company's Management Board at the end of January 2004. During his more than five years with SWX, Mr. Wyss established a domestic and foreign network of relationships that helped SWX to position itself as an international platform for the listing and trading of securities. The Management Board deeply regrets this decision and would like to thank Mr. Wyss for his staunch commitment, as well as
CBOT Fed Watch - December 2003

Date 05/12/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 9, 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.
Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - November 2003

Date 05/12/2003

Turnover for November was EUR 57,865.4 million. This compares to EUR 60,286.9 million in October. Domestic turnover in November was EUR 47,704.2 million, foreign turnover 7,807.1 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, 2,300.9 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, 17.6 million and on the Mercarto Expandi market EUR 35.6 million.
Alfa To List On Latibex As Of December 11th; Alfa Is The Third Largest Industrial Group In Mexico In Terms Of Sales; Latibex Already Has 5 Mexican Companies And 31 Stocks

Date 05/12/2003

Mexican company Alfa has formally applied to list its ordinary A-shares on the Latibex market, Latibex announced today. The company's stock will begin trading as of December 11th , once it has received the relevant authorisations.
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces November Volume - Equity Options Market Share is Up 9.4% compared to November 2002

Date 04/12/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that volume in equity options averaged over 525,000 contracts per day in the month of November, garnering a market share of 14.1%. This represents the fourth consecutive month of market share growth for the PHLX. The 9,977,867 equity options contracts traded in November represent an increase of 39.6% in volume and 9.4% in market share over the same period a year ago. Compared to the previous month, the PHLX's market share grew 1.5%, while volume de

SEC Charges Dallas Investment Complex And Three Of Its Officers With Defrauding Hundreds Of Mutual Funds In Market Timing And Late Trading Scheme

Date 04/12/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced civil fraud charges against Mutuals.com, Inc., of Dallas, Tex., its CEO, its president, and its compliance officer, as well as two affiliated broker-dealer firms. According to the charges, the defendants deceived hundreds of mutual fund companies and their shareholders by improperly helping institutional brokerage customers and advisory clients carry out thousands of market timing trades and illegal late trades in shares of those mutual fund
SEC Charges Dallas Investment Complex And Three Of Its Officers With Defrauding Hundreds Of Mutual Funds In Market Timing And Late Trading Scheme

Date 04/12/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced civil fraud charges against Mutuals.com, Inc., of Dallas, Tex., its CEO, its president, and its compliance officer, as well as two affiliated broker-dealer firms. According to the charges, the defendants deceived hundreds of mutual fund companies and their shareholders by improperly helping institutional brokerage customers and advisory clients carry out thousands of market timing trades and illegal late trades in shares of those mutual fund
Program Trading Averaged 42.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 24-28

Date 04/12/2003

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Nov. 24-28.
NZX Announces New Market Participant Structure

Date 04/12/2003

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to announce that it has redefined the framework for regulating and monitoring the conduct of NZX market participants. Accordingly, NZX is releasing today a new market participant structure and draft NZX Participant Rules for public review and submission. The NZX Participant Rules will replace the NZX Business Rules, NZX Regulations and Code of Practice. The rules that apply to market participants have been renamed the "NZX Participant Rules", to better r
Nymex: Position Limit Rules Amended For Aluminum And Copper Futures; Reporting Levels Changed For Gold, Silver, And Copper Options

Date 04/12/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., has increased the position limit on spot month aluminum contracts, increased the minimum size of the spot month position limit in copper futures, and adjusted the large trader reporting levels for the gold, silver, and copper options contracts to reflect the same levels as the related futures contracts.