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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 27/05/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, May 28, 2003: The relative weight of Viking Energy Royalty Trust (TSX:VKR.UN) will increase by approximately 0.16% in the S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.35% in the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units. Com
Singapore Exchange Appoints Seck Wai Kwong As CFO

Date 27/05/2003

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced the appointment of Mr Seck Wai Kwong as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 2 June 2003. Mr Seck will also serve as a member of SGX's Executive Committee (Exco).
SEC Implements Internal Control Provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Adopts Investment Company R&D Safe Harbor

Date 27/05/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt rules concerning management's report on internal control over financial reporting and certification of disclosures in Exchange Act periodic reports. The Commission also voted to adopt new Rule 3a-8 under the Investment Company Act to provide a nonexclusive safe harbor from the definition of investment company for certain research and development companies.
OneChicago Week In Review

Date 27/05/2003

Futures on the DIAMONDS (DIA1C) bid/ask spread performance last week: 5.1¢ spread on average* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on AMEX 88% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS spreads were equal to or tighter than the DIA ETF on Nasdaq 46% of the time* OneChicago DIAMONDS traded 3,408 contracts (equivalent to 340,800 shares)
NYBOT Chooses NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics To Provide Over 900 LCD Monitors For Its New Lower Manhattan Trading Facility

Date 27/05/2003

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) has chosen NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America, Inc., the number one stand-alone vendor of flat panel desktop displays, to supply it with more than 700 20.1-inch NEC MultiSync LCD2080UX monitors and 200 15-inch NEC MultiSync LCD1560V monitors for the NYBOT's new trading floor in lower Manhattan.

New York Mercantile Exchange Consolidates NYMEX And COMEX Division Clearing Organizations And Obtains Default Insurance

Date 27/05/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it had recently substantially strengthened its system of financial guarantees by merging the clearing operations of its two divisions and simultaneously obtaining a $100 million default insurance policy.
Euronext.liffe To Launch New Index Derivatives On FTSEurofirst Indices From 23 June 2003

Date 27/05/2003

Euronext.liffe today announced that it will launch futures and options contracts based on the FTSEurofirst 80 and FTSEurofirst 100 indices from Monday 23 June 2003.
Eurex And Board Of Trade Clearing Corporation To Create Global Clearing Solution - Partners Sign Letter Of Intent - Arrangement To Give Clearing Members Choice Of Clearing For Both U.S. And Euro Products - The Clearing Corporation To Act As Clearing Hous

Date 27/05/2003

Eurex, the world's largest derivatives exchange and highest volume derivatives clearing organization, and the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (the Clearing Corporation), the largest independent futures clearing organization in the U.S., today announced that they intend to enter into a long term clearing partnership to create a global clearing solution. This solution will mark a major progression in the global derivatives industry, creating substantial benefits for customers worldwide. The tw
Deutsche Börse Criticizes Demands In ESF Action Plan

Date 27/05/2003

Deutsche Börse has rejected the polemics in the current action plan of the European Securities Forum (ESF), which calls for the lifting of restrictions applying to clearing and settlement in Germany. It is common practice for equities transactions to be settled through the respective national central securities depository in the markets of all major European member-states, it said, and is valid in the case of the UK, France, the Netherlands and Italy, for example.
ASX FundConnect Not To Proceed

Date 27/05/2003

ASX announced today that it would not proceed at this time with ASX FundConnect, an initiative aimed at providing a comprehensive electronic transaction infrastructure to the funds management industry. It was decided there was no likelihood of a sufficiently compelling business case in the present environment, but that the matter would be reexamined should these conditions change.