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  • CBOT Revised Christmas Holiday Trading Schedule

    Date 20/11/2002

    The Chicago Board of Trade announced the following revised 2002 exchange holiday schedule in connection with Christmas to provide that CBOT® Agricultural markets will be closed on Tuesday, December 24, 2002. The overall holiday schedule for Christmas 2002 will be as follows:

  • Borsa Italiana's 3rd Annual Nuovo Mercato Road Show

    Date 20/11/2002

    After three and a half years, Borsa Italiana's Nuovo Mercato has confirmed its importance in supporting the growth and the competitiveness of the Italian companies within the high tech and innovative sectors.

  • American Stock Exchange Lists TIERS Linked To S&P 500 Index

    Date 20/11/2002

    The American Stock Exchange (Amex) today begins trading TIERS Principal-Protected Trust Certificates, which offer the potential to capture gains linked to the composite price performance of the S&P 500 Index. The TIERS will be trading under the ticker symbol SNJ. 19 million shares of the new five-year securities were issued at 100% of the principal amount ($10 each) and will not bear any interest.

  • TSX Group Inc. Closes Offering Of 2,846,736 Common Shares At $18.00 Per Share Pursuant To The Exercise Of The Over-Allotment Option By The Underwriting Syndicate

    Date 19/11/2002

    TSX Group Inc. (TSX: X) and TSX Inc. announced today that they have completed the closing of the offering of 2,846,736 common shares of TSX Group Inc. at the initial public offering price of $18.00 per share. These shares were issued upon exercise in full of the over-allotment option previously granted by TSX Group Inc. to its underwriters, which exercise was announced on November 13, 2002.

  • Tokyo Stock Exchange Compliance Quarterly (Inspection) Report

    Date 19/11/2002

    The TSE reviews whether their trading participants comply with TSE rules and regulations and whether they have any problems in their securities business operations. The TSE also take precautions against possible violations, act to prevent recurrence of the same violations, and introduce disciplinary measures when necessary. This is the quarterly report describing these activities.

  • SET: More Than 75% Of Listed Companies Ready To Adopt 15 Principles Of Good Corporate Governance

    Date 19/11/2002

    Most listed companies appreciate their discussions with advisors from the Corporate Governance Center (CG Center) and 75% of them have affirmed that they are ready to adopt the fifteen principles of good corporate governance. It has also been found that many of these companies' executives sought advice more than once.

  • SET: Listed Companies Announce Profits In The First 9 Months Of More Than 100 Billion Baht

    Date 19/11/2002

    More than 79% of listed companies have announced their earnings for the first nine months of 2002 and net profits amounted to 147.935 billion baht. Twenty-five industrial sectors recorded profits, which totaled seventy-one percent of net profits of the industrial and service sectors. The five sectors recording the most profits were the Energy, Construction and Furnishing, Property Development, Pulp and Paper, and the Communications sectors. Securities companies, which benefited from lowered t

  • SEC Proposes Auditor Independence And Workpaper Retention Rules Required Under Sarbanes-Oxley - Agrees To Issue Report On Anti-Money Laundering Rules

    Date 19/11/2002

    The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved publication of proposed rules that would require auditors to retain specific types of records. A second set of rules would require certain disclosures and reports by auditors and set conditions under which auditing firms would not be considered independent for purposes of performing audits of public company financial statements. These rules are required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Commission also approved a staff recommendation to issue

  • RTS Reports Record Daily Turnover On The Order-Driven Market

    Date 19/11/2002

    On November 18th, 2002, the daily total turnover on the RTS Stock Exchange order-driven market reached an all-time record of 610 million rubles exceeding the previous value of 439 million as of November 14th.

  • Copenhagen Stock Exchange Has Published Focus 33

    Date 19/11/2002

    Copenhagen Stock Exchange has now published Focus 33: Danish service titants knocked down by sceptical equity market in spite of defensive qualities and sound development in earnings