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Four New Members In The Eurex Exchange Council - Lamberti Elected New Chairman Of The Exchange Council

Date 20/10/2005

The Exchange Council of Eurex Deutschland has elected four new members: Helmut Oliver, member of the Executive Board of Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG; Franz S. Waas, member of the Executive Board of HSH Nordbank AG; Nicholas Teller, member of the Executive Board of Commerzbank AG and John Mathias, Director of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Ltd. The new members of the Exchange Council elected at the meeting on 19 October replace Dr. Peter Coym, Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG; Horst Marschall,
Deutsche Börse Launches New Strategy Index: Daxplus Export Strategy - New Strategy Index For Strong Exporters On The DAX® And MDAX® - Index Launch On 24 October

Date 20/10/2005

On 24 October, Deutsche Börse will launch a new strategy index, DAXplus® Export Strategy. The index lists the ten strongest exporters on the DAX and MDAX, measured by the share of revenues generated outside of Germany. DAXplus Export Strategy is the third index in Deutsche Börse’s strategy index family, following DivDAX® and DAXplus Seasonal Strategy.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange - Focus: Liquidity Provider Agreements Are Gold To The Danish Equity Market

Date 20/10/2005

In Focus no. 104, Michelle Egede Paustian, Msc in Finance and Accounting, presents the main conclusions of her study of the use and effect of liquidity provider agreements on the Danish equity market.
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - Address To The Global Public Policy Symposium - Global Public Policy Symposium, London, 20 October 2005

Date 20/10/2005

Introduction It is a pleasure for me to be here with you today. From the European Commission’s point of view, the timing of this Conference could not be better. We have just put the finishing touches to the new 8th company law directive on statutory audit. It is the ideal moment to discuss how we can ensure that the application of this new framework can contribute to audit quality. And beyond this, how the EU can best contribute to global efforts on audit, bot
CESR Launches A Second Consultation On Its Draft Advice To The European Commission On The Eligible Assets Of UCITS

Date 20/10/2005

Having listened to the comments from market participants during the first round of consultations and following careful consideration, CESR publishes today a second consultation paper (Ref. CESR/05-490b) on its draft advice to the European Commission (Commission) regarding clarification of definitions concerning eligible assets for investments of UCITS. CESR therefore requests comments and reactions to its revised proposals and to the specific questions rais

CESR Announces The Re-Election Of Its Chairman And Vice-Chairman, As Well As The Re-Appointment Of The Chairs Of CESR’s Operational Groups CESR FIN And CESR POL - CESR Also Renews The Membership Of The Market Participants Consultative Panel

Date 20/10/2005

CESR Re-Elects Its Chairman And Vice-Chair
CBOT Veterans Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 20/10/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Veterans Day holiday: Thursday, November 10: Open auction: Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times. Electronic trading: Financial contracts (except for Eurodollars) will close at 1:00 p.m. Eurodollars
CBOE To Launch Mini-SPX Index Options On Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Date 20/10/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will launch Mini-SPX options, based on the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index, on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, as previously announced. Mini-SPX options (ticker symbol XSP) will be 1/10th the value of the S&P 500 Index, and will trade on CBOE's Hybrid 2.0 Trading System, which includes Remote Market Makers. Trading XSP options on CBOE's Hybrid Trading System will offer investors a smaller-sized S&P 500 contract with the combined advantages of electronic tra
American Stock Exchange Reports Increase In Short Interest

Date 20/10/2005

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations today reported short interest of 888,130,712 shares as of the October 14, 2005 settlement date, an increase of 39,283,593 from the 848,847,119 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-September. The October figure represents trades through October 11, 2005.
Addition Of Goldcorp Inc. (US) To And Exclusion Of CP Ships Ltd. (US) From The S&P ADR Indices

Date 20/10/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make changes in the S&P ADR Indices effective after the close of trading on Friday, October 21, 2005: Goldcorp Inc. (US) (Canada, NYSE: GG, CUSIP: 380956409, Sedol: 2676636) will be added to the S&P ADR Index to correspond with its inclusion into the S&P Global 1200 Index. The company will be added to the index with 336,300,000 shares and an IWF of 1. CP Ships Ltd. (US) (Canada, NYSE: TEU, CUSIP: 22409V102, Sedol: 2793126) will be removed from the S&P