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CBOT Fed Watch

Date 01/11/2002

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on November 6, 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.
UK's Financial Services Authority: Higher Ethical Standards To Raise Trust In The City

Date 31/10/2002

The Financial Services Authority today publishes a Discussion Paper which examines the role of ethical values in raising trust and confidence in financial services and offers an outline framework for action to achieve higher standards in the industry.
UK's Financial Services Authority Acts Over Apparent Multi-Million Dollar Investment Scheme

Date 31/10/2002

The Financial Services Authority is alerting the public to actions it took against two firms of accountants yesterday in the High Court, London. The firms are not authorised by the FSA to undertake financial services, but FSA evidence to the court suggested that in the region of $18 million had been taken from investors in the UK for an apparent investment scheme.
SWX Swiss Exchange - Habsburg Holdings Ltd. - No Suspension Of Trading; No Delisting

Date 31/10/2002

On 1 October 2002, the SWX Swiss Exchange announced that Habsburg Holdings Ltd. had been sanctioned by issuance of a CHF 15,000.-- fine and the threat of having its shares suspended from trading or, under circumstances, delisted as a result of the company's repeated non-compliance with the duty to submit in a timely manner documentation pertaining to its annual general meeting of shareholders, as well as its failure to pay listing fees for 2000 and 2001.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Re-opens Its Trading System

Date 31/10/2002

Regarding the error in the system that resulted in the Automated System of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (ASSET System) being unable to match trading orders as usual from 16.18 hours on Thursday 31 October 2002, the SET temporarily halted the system, but re-opened the market again at 17.22 hours.

Stock Exchange Of Thailand Announces Temporary Trading System Error

Date 31/10/2002

The Automated System of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (ASSET System) has been unavailable since 16.18 hours of Thursday 31 October 2002, due to an error in the matching system, causing the trading system to be unable to match trading orders as usual. The SET has been trying to resolve this problem so as to be able to continue normal operations, and will shortly again open the call market operation for today.
Singapore Exchange Limited To Award Top Traders For Middle East Crude Oil (MECO) Futures

Date 31/10/2002

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced the introduction of a Top Trader Incentive Scheme for its MECO Futures contract, which will be launched on 12 November 2002.
Russian Trading System: Record Turnover On The Order-Driven Market

Date 31/10/2002

Russian Trading System: Record Turnover On The Order-Driven Market On October 30th the Order-Driven market turnover reached the all-time high of 424 million rubles. 1711 trades were executed.
Review Of The Number Of Foreign Shares In The KAX, Sector And Industry Indices Of The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

Date 31/10/2002

As of 1 November 2002 foreign companies included in the Copenhagen Stock Exchange's all-share and sector and industry indices will receive new weighting.
Program Trading Averaged 30.4 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Oct. 21-Oct. 25, 2002

Date 31/10/2002

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 Oct. 21-Oct. 25, 2002.