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CBOE Announces Launch Of Futures On VIX: First Tradable Volatility Product Will Be Offered On New CBOE Futures Exchange - VIX Methodology Updated And Broadened

Date 05/09/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that futures and options on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) will soon be available for trading. VIX futures will be the first product listed on the recently approved CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC. VIX futures and options will be based on the volatility of S&P 500 Index (SPX) options, and will be the first in a new family of volatility products to be offered by CBOE, which will include futures on S&P 500 variance. A fourth-quarter, 2003 launc
August On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 05/09/2003

August 2003 has been the best month for investors so far this year. Increases in indices were accompanied by high turnover on both the WSE cash and derivatives markets. In August 2003, all indices went up, the small companies index - the WIRR - rose the most, by 21.6%.
UK's Financial Services Authority Warns Listed Companies On Accounting Standards

Date 04/09/2003

Howard Davies, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, in a speech this evening to the Confederation of British Industry in Glasgow will remind listed companies of the need to prepare themselves for new accounting standards due to begin on 1 January 2005.
TSX Statistics - August 2003

Date 04/09/2003

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Trading Of The OMHEX Share Starts Today On Helsinki Exchanges

Date 04/09/2003

As of today the OMHEX share is listed on both Stockholmsbörsen and Helsinki Exchanges under the codename OMH at Stockholmsbörsen and OMH 1V on Helsinki Exchanges. Trading of the OMHEX share at Helsinki Exchanges starts for the first time when the market opens at 10.00 (local time).

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Quarterly Disclosure

Date 04/09/2003

In order to enable investors to make rational investment decisions, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. believes it is necessary to provide the market more frequently with information concerning the changes in listed companies' operational and financial situations, and therefore it has begun to promote policies for quarterly disclosure. However, in order for those policies to be effective certain conditions must be met. The accuracy of a minimum level of information, as well as the comparability of that
Taiwan Futures Exchange August 2003 Trading Statistics

Date 04/09/2003

21 trading days Average daily trading volume (futures & options): 157,308 contracts
Stockholmsbörsen: Statistics Report - Derivatives Volumes Since Year-End August 2003

Date 04/09/2003

Please click here to view the total volume for Stockholmsbörsen listed Swedish stock and interest-rate related derivatives.
Stockholmsbörsen: Monthly Report - Derivatives Volumes August 2003

Date 04/09/2003

Please click here to view Stockholmsbörsen's derivatives volumes for August 2003.
SEC Brings Enforcement Actions Against Three Individuals, Goldman Sachs, And Massachusetts Financial Services Company Related To Trading Based On Non-Public Information About The Treasury's Decision To Cease Issuance Of The 30-Year Bond

Date 04/09/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced three related enforcement actions arising from trading in U.S. Treasury 30-year bonds minutes before the Treasury Department announced, on Oct. 31, 2001, that it would no longer issue such bonds. The Treasury Department's announcement had a dramatic market impact, causing the largest one-day price movement in the 30-year bond since October 1987. Goldman Sachs & Company (Goldman Sachs), Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS), and Pete