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Securities Markets: European Commission Proposes That The Community Sign The Hague Securities Convention

Date 15/12/2003

The European Commission has proposed that the European Community should sign the Hague Convention, a multilateral treaty on determining the ownership of securities held in electronic form. The proposal takes the form of a draft Decision to be adopted by the EU's Council of Ministers authorising the signature of the Convention. The Convention provides a uniform legal formula for determining proprietary rights and will be particularly useful in cases where securities are held t
SEC Brings First Failure To Supervise Action Against Principal Of An Unregistered Investment Adviser To A Hedge Fund - Also Charges Hedge Fund Director Of Investments With Fraud

Date 15/12/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the first "failure to supervise" enforcement action against the principal of an unregistered investment adviser to a hedge fund. Previous failure to supervise actions against investment advisers had been brought only against registered advisers. In the same action, the Commission charged the adviser's director of investments with fraud.
S&P And CITICS Join Forces To Build New A-Share Index Series

Date 15/12/2003

Standard & Poor's, the leading global provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, and CITIC Securities (CITICS), one of China's leading financial and investment services companies, announced today that they have agreed to jointly develop a new series of indices covering China's A-shares equity market.
Re-Appointment Of Chairman Of UK Financial Reporting Council

Date 15/12/2003

Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade & Industry today announced the re-appointment of Sir Bryan Nicholson as Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
Open Interest Exceeds 1 Million Contracts For New York Mercantile Exchange Clearport<SUP>sm</SUP> Product Slate

Date 15/12/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that open interest in its slate of futures contracts available for trading and clearing solely through the NYMEX ClearPortsm technology platform has exceeded 1 million contracts as of the close of business Friday.

OneChicago Week In Review - Record Week At The Exchange

Date 15/12/2003

Daily volume reached a record 243,198 contracts on Tuesday, December 9, and totaled 262,084 for the week, also a record. Open interest surpassed 250,000 contracts last week.
NQLX Appoints Pat Read To Vice President, Business Development

Date 15/12/2003

NQLX LLC announced today that it has promoted Patrick Read to Vice President, Business Development. Read has been with NQLX since October 2001.
Kuwait Stock Exchange Trading Report For November 2003

Date 15/12/2003

The index of the Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 4,521.8 points at the end of November 2003, an increase of 134.5 points from the closing value at the end of October, 2003. The weighted index reached 277.15 points at the end of November, an increase of 5.43 points from the closing value at the end of the previous month.
Instinet Announces November 2003 Transaction Information

Date 15/12/2003

Instinet Group Incorporated (NASDAQ: INGP) has announced that its U.S. equity share volume in November 2003 was 11,444 million shares.(1) This compares to 12,885 million shares in October 2003 and 12,283 million shares in November 2002.
FTSE/Xinhua Create Tradable A Share Index

Date 15/12/2003

FTSE/Xinhua (FXI), the China index specialist, today announces the creation of a tradable A share index, the FXI A50 Index. The FXI A50, will join the successful FTSE/Xinhua Index Series, and will launch in January 2004. It is designed specifically to meet the needs of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFIIs), participating in China's A share market.