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RTS Stock Exchange Bonds: September Market Data

Date 02/10/2003

For the month of September the total trading volume on RTS Bonds, the system facilitating trading of corporate, government, municipal debt, and Eurobonds, increased from 34 478 to 38 352 thousand rubles. Moscow City Bonds accounted for 57%of total turnover; “Obibank” bonds – for 28% of total volume, “Tatmetall” bonds – for 8% of total volume, and “IRKUT” – for 7% of the total volume. In September fixed-income securities traded 16 times.
Program Trading Averaged 40.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Sept. 22-Sept. 26, 2003

Date 02/10/2003

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 Sept. 22-26, 2003.
NYSE Webcasts Post-Board Press Briefing

Date 02/10/2003

NYSE Interim Chairman and CEO John S. Reed, Executive Vice Chairman, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Robert G. Britz and Executive Vice Chairman, President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Catherine R. Kinney brief the media following the Exchange's October 2 board meeting.
New York Attorney General and Securities and Exchange Commission Bring Criminal and Civil Actions Against Hedge Fund Executive - Trader Pleads Guilty To A Felony In NYAG's Action; Agrees To Lifetime Bar From Association With An Investment Adviser Or Mutua

Date 02/10/2003

New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced criminal and civil actions against Steven B. Markovitz, formerly an executive and senior trader with the prominent hedge fund firm Millennium Partners, L.P.In the New York Attorney General's criminal action, Markovitz pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to a violation of New York's Martin Act, General Business Law Section 3.52-c(6). The count is a felony, punishable by a maximum of fo
New Market For Polish Government Bonds To Be Launched

Date 02/10/2003

MTS S.p.A. and Centralna Tabela Ofert (CeTO) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent for the implementation of a domestic Polish government bond market, based on the MTS system. CeTO is the designated Polish electronic Treasury securities market owned by the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the Polish Primary Dealers, the brokerage houses and the Ministry of Finance.

Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre Poised For Growth, Significant Potential In Islamic Financing

Date 02/10/2003

Apart from conventional financing, the Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre (IOFC) is unique for its significant potential in Islamic financing.
Korea Stock Exchange: Extension Of Equity Local Code

Date 02/10/2003

Starting from October, 6, 2003, the Korean Stock Exchange, the national numbering agency, will change the local codes or abbreviated codes for all Korean equities from 5 digits to 6 digits. However, ISINs of Korean equities will not be changed.
Irish Stock Exchange Monthly Statistics - September 2003

Date 02/10/2003

Equity turnover for September was EUR 7.940.95 million while that for bonds was EUR 7,003.36 million.
IPE Sets September Volume Records - Parallel Trading In Brent Crude Oil To Commence On 6 October

Date 02/10/2003

The IPE, Europe's leading energy Exchange, announced record September volumes in both the IPE Brent crude oil and IPE Gas Oil futures contracts. Volumes in Brent futures reached 2,166,464 lots, exceeding the previous September 01 record by 9 per cent. IPE Gas Oil futures totaled 822,365, beating the 2001 September record by 14 per cent.
HKFE Suspends Yicko Futures Limited As Exchange Participant

Date 02/10/2003

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, has suspended at 9:15am today (Thursday) all rights of Yicko Futures Limited as an Exchange Participant pursuant to HKFE Rule 706.