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American Stock Exchange Celebrates 10 Years Of The SPDR - SPDR Assets Surpass $35 Billion Mark With Average Daily Volume Of 34 million Shares

Date 29/01/2003

With assets topping more than $35 billion and average daily trading of 34 million shares, the American Stock Exchange (Amex) today celebrates the 10-year anniversary of the start of trading in its flagship exchange traded fund (ETF), SPDR - Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts ("Spider").
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes To Global Index Website Access

Date 28/01/2003

Standard & Poor's wishes to announce that, effective February 5, 2003, the website to access global index information will be changed from www.spglobal.com to www.standardandpoors.com. Users seeking information about Canadian indices specifically should select Canada from the drop-down menu at the top of the home page or browse "S&P Canadian Indices" on the left-hand side of the home page.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 28/01/2003

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index: After the close of trading on Tuesday, January 28, 2003, Metalex Ventures Ltd. (TSXVN:MTX.T) will change its ticker symbol to "MTX" pursuant to a Company Filing Statement dated January 21, 2003. There is no consolidation of capital.
SGX Releases Practice Notes 5.1 And 7.1

Date 28/01/2003

SGX has issued Practice Note 5.1 on Term Sheet for Structured Warrantsand Practice Note 7.1 on Continuing Disclosure . Click on documents to view. The Practice Notes will be effected from 29 Jan 2003.
Securities And Futures Commission And HKEx: New Memorandum Of Understanding Governing Listing Matters

Date 28/01/2003

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today. The MOU takes immediate effect and replaces the memorandum, its addendum and supplements which were signed between the two organisations in March and August 2000.

NYBOT'S Sugar No. 11 Contract Continues Record Pace

Date 28/01/2003

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today another new Sugar No. 11 futures open interest record of 263,560 contracts established January 27, 2003. The new record takes the place of the previous high of 255,207 contracts set on January 24, 2003.
Moscow Legal Forum Passes A Resolution Approving The Idea Of Creating A Unified Legal Space Of CIS And The European Community In The Area Of Finance And Business Law

Date 28/01/2003

Moscow Legal Forum, held 22-24 January in Moscow, is over. It was devoted to the problems of globalization of legal space and to interaction among states' legal systems in the new environment. The Forum passed a resolution approving the idea of the "unified legal space of CIS and the European Community" as a background of the development of law in Russia and CIS countries in the next few years. At the Forum, President of the World Association of Lawyers Hans Tummel said that "the world has enter
London Stock Exchange To Offer New Market Data Services With Purchase Of Proquote

Date 28/01/2003

London Stock Exchange today announced that it has agreed terms to acquire Proquote Limited (Proquote), a supplier of financial market software and data services, in a strategic move that will enhance its range of products.
CBOT® Enhances Liquidity In Agency Futures With Appointment Of Abn Amro As Market Maker

Date 28/01/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that it has appointed ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as the designated primary market maker for 10-year and 5-year Agency note futures. Under the terms of the market making agreement ABN AMRO will provide two-sided open auction markets, with a bid/offer spread no wider than 2/32nds on depth of at least 250 contracts, on a continuous basis during open outcry trading hours. The market maker program will commence on Friday, February 7, 2003. ABN AMRO is also
CBOT® DOW Jones-AIG Commodity Index Futures Contract 2002 Performance Overshadows Equity Index Results; Contract Reaches Open Interest Record

Date 28/01/2003

For the full 2002 year, the Chicago Board of Trade's Dow Jones-AIG COMMODITY Index (DJ-AIGCI) futures contract value increased 23.86% while the S&P 500, DowSM Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite declined 23.37%, 16.76%, and 31.53%, respectively. "This performance illustrates the benefits of portfolio diversification and exposure to assets with a negative correlation to equities. The CBOT futures contract on the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index provides various types of investors with