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New Margin Requirements For NYBOT Cotton Market

Date 19/09/2002

The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT®) announced today that effective with the opening of business Friday, September 20, 2002 the margin requirements for Cotton No. 2 futures contracts are as follows:
Nasdaq Liffe Markets Completes Single Stock Future Dress Rehearsals - LIFFE CONNECT<SUP>™</SUP> And All Systems Demonstrate Reliability And Speed

Date 19/09/2002

Nasdaq Liffe Markets, LLC (NQLX) has completed its interim dress rehearsal test period. NQLX has been testing its trading system, LIFFE CONNECT™, post-trade administration, clearing operation, regulatory operations and the handling of corporate events with member firms on a weekly basis since March 2002. Nasdaq Liffe Markets is the only exchange to have offered such extensive testing and dress rehearsals for single stock futures. Operationally, all that remains prior to live trading
Euronext: Royal Canin Removed From Next 150 Index

Date 19/09/2002

New composition of Next 150 Following the official result of the takeover bid by the French company Masterfoods Holding SAS for the French company Royal Canin (Next 150), Royal Canin will be removed from the Next 150 index effective Monday 23 September 2002. Following the rules of the Next 150 the removed company will not be replaced immediately, but at the next quarterly review (1 October 2002). As of Monday 23 September 2002, the Next 150 index will consist of 147 companie
Eurex Enhances Efficiency In Clearing - More Efficient Netting Of Margin Deposits - Definite Cost-Related Advantages For Eurex Customers

Date 19/09/2002

Eurex, the international derivatives market, wants to improve the efficiency of its margining procedure based on the netting of positions for derivatives transactions, so-called cross margining, as the world's Number One derivatives market announced on Thursday. As of September 23, positions in the products on DAX, SMI Euro DJ STOXX 50 and DJ STOXX 50 will be netted for the calculation of margin requirements. The bundling of margin collateral will result in a distinct reduction of the m
Deutsche Börse And DWS: Two New Actively Managed Funds In XTF Segment - Exchange Is An Important Distribution Platform Of The Future For Actively Managed Funds

Date 19/09/2002

Starting Monday, two new actively managed funds will be tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment: DWS, Germany's biggest fund company, will offer DWS China and DWS Russia, both of which were listed in April, in the XTF segment. They will be followed by DWS India on January 2, 2003. DWS is thus expanding its offerings in exchange-traded equity funds with three Emerging Market funds.

CBOT Fed Watch

Date 19/09/2002

In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 24, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
Borsa Italiana: The Star Companies In London To Present H1 2002 Results To The International Financial Community

Date 19/09/2002

The companies belonging to the STAR segment (the high profile share segment of Borsa Italiana/Italian Exchange) will meet the international financial community on 20th September in London.
ASX Corporate Governance Council - Statement By Participants

Date 19/09/2002

The ASX Corporate Governance Council today held its second meeting, during which the Government's CLERP 9 proposals were considered, and an agenda and work program was established to address the many issues arising from the corporate governance debate.
TSX Expands And Enhances Disclosure Regime - Cites Leadership In Corporate Governance And Points Out Unique Differences And Size Of The Canadian Marketplace

Date 18/09/2002

TSX Group CEO Barbara Stymiest today reinforced the Toronto Stock Exchange's commitment to corporate governance and outlined proposed changes that will expand and enhance the listing requirements for issuers. "These changes represent enhancements to a system of governance at the TSX that is internationally recognized as being among the most trustworthy in the world," writes Ms. Stymiest in a letter to Ontario Securities Commission Chairman David Brown.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Composite Index

Date 18/09/2002

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, September 20, 2002 the relative weights of the companies in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices will be adjusted. The relative weight change reflects the quarterly update to the float shares of various companies. Changes to the indices are in accordance with S&P/TSX Composite Index Maintenance Policies. The relative weights of the following companies will change by 0.05% or more in the S&P/TSX