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  • Efficiency Enhancement Measures At The SWX Group

    Date 19/09/2005

    In recent years, the rise in operating costs has outpaced the growth of revenues in the core business of the SWX Group, which essentially encompasses the cash market activities. The Board of Directors and the Group Executive Committee have therefore concluded that, despite what at present is a favourable financial situation, the Group must be better prepared for a cyclical decline in the securities business.

  • CBOT Fed Watch - September 19 Market Close

    Date 19/09/2005

    In advance of this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 20, 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 forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • CBOT Fed Watch - September 16 Market Close

    Date 19/09/2005

    In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 20, 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 forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.

  • CBOE Sets New S&P 500 Index Options Trading Record - Friday, September 16 Was Second Busiest Trading Day In CBOE History

    Date 19/09/2005

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that trading volume in options on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) set a new single day record on Friday, September 16 with 801,974 contracts traded. Friday's record S&P 500 Index options volume at CBOE surpassed the previous high of 759,149 contracts traded on August 16, 2005. Year-to-date, 43,716,475 SPX contracts have traded at CBOE, a 41% increase over 2004, with an average daily volume of 260,217 contracts.

  • CalPERS Targets Utilities' Greenhouse Gases

    Date 19/09/2005

    The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today approved a plan aimed at improving the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions by the electric power utilities industry.