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  • 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

  • CBOT Fed Funds Options To Launch March 14th

    Date 28/01/2003

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is expanding its successful Fed Funds complex by introducing Options on CBOT® Fed Funds futures. The new contract will begin trading on Friday, March 14, in the open auction marketplace.

  • Baltic Exchange: Freight Derivatives Market Collaborates To Ensure Growth

    Date 28/01/2003

    Freight derivative trading members of the Baltic Exchange signed an agreement today (Tuesday 28 January) to boost confidence in the growing freight derivatives market. The agreement formalises existing arrangements between brokers and principals and includes an undertaking to ensure the continued integrity of the Baltic’s daily indices and route assessments.

  • AMEX Chairman & Ceo Salvatore Sodano's Response To SEC's Comments On Payment For Order Flow

    Date 28/01/2003

    "The American Stock Exchange has been adamant in its opposition to payment for order flow. Last October, I urged regulators to act immediately to end the practice of payment for order flow once and for all. I am pleased that the SEC has begun the process of taking action in this regard.