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Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Business Process Re-Engineering Significant For Market Efficiency And Enhancing Competitiveness

Date 23/07/2003

Business process re-engineering is crucial in delivering market efficiency and enhancing competitiveness in the capital market.
FTSE Expands Into Japan

Date 23/07/2003

FTSE Group, the global index company, today announces the opening of an office in Tokyo as part of its ongoing drive to expand business activities worldwide. The Tokyo office is FTSE's eighth office and will enable the company to create and develop strong local partnerships in Japan and to work closely with existing and new clients.
CBOT Sets Another New Open Interest Record

Date 23/07/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that the exchange set another all-new total exchange open interest record yesterday. The new record at 9,203,130 contracts surpasses the previous highs at 8,942,645 set on July 21, 2003, and 8,838,291 on July 17, 2003.
Baltic Exchange Appoints Chief Executive's Successor - Jeremy Penn

Date 23/07/2003

Peter Kerr-Dineen, Chairman of the Baltic Exchange, announced today that the Board was appointing Jeremy Penn, formerly with Reuters, as Chief Executive of the Exchange, to succeed Jim Buckley in the spring of 2004.
ASX To Move Into Wool Futures Contracts

Date 23/07/2003

ASX today released the contract specifications ahead of the imminent launch of wool futures contracts. Subject to ministerial non-disallowance of the relevant trading rules, ASX will announce the formal trading date shortly.

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Deliverable Bonds And Conversion Factors Of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) As Of July 22, 2003

Date 22/07/2003

The deliverable bonds and conversion factors of JGB Futures (5-year, 10-year & 20-year) can be accessed by clicking here and here.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 22/07/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Tuesday, July 22, 2003: Desert Sun Mining Corp. (TSXVN:DSM) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange as a result of its graduation to the TSX, where it will trade under the ticker "DSM."
SEC Chairman Donaldson Commends NASD/Industry Task Force For "Breakpoint" Report And Recommendations - Announces SEC Review Of Mutual Fund Disclosure

Date 22/07/2003

SEC Chairman William H. Donaldson today commended members of the Joint NASD/Industry Task Force on Breakpoints, which issued a report today recommending industry-wide reforms to facilitate the processing of mutual fund purchases with the correct "breakpoint" sales load discounts. The task force's recommendations include improvements to disclosure regarding breakpoints, improvements in the processing of mutual fund purchase orders, and increased investor education on the opportunity to obtain bre
NASDAQ Announces Changes To Its Representation On The NASDAQ Deutschland Supervisory Board

Date 22/07/2003

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. today announced changes to its representation on the NASDAQ Deutschland Supervisory Board. At a meeting of shareholders held on 17th July, David Warren, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, joined the Board and replaced John Hilley, who has decided to leave NASDAQ at the end of July to pursue other professional opportunities.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Focus: The Correlation Between Non-Compulsory Information In The Annual Report And The Company's Cost Of Capital

Date 22/07/2003

In Focus no. 58, Mikkel Andreas Jensen, Assistant Professor Christian Petersen and Professor Thomas Plenborg from the Copenhagen Business School summarise the most important results of a Danish analysis of the correlation between the volume of non-compulsory information in the annual report and the company's cost of capital.