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  • Roman Gorunov And Dmitry Shatsky Become RTS Vice-Presidents

    Date 21/03/2005

    At its March 17 th , 2005, meeting the RTS Stock Exchange Board of Directors appointed Roman Gorunov, head of the Derivatives Department and Dmitry Shatsky, Head of the Software Development Department, vice-presidents of the Partnership. Messers . Gorunov and Shatstky will continue to be responsible for their departments .

  • Osaka Securities Exchange: No-Action Letter Received For Russell / Nomura Prime Index Futures

    Date 21/03/2005

    Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) is pleased to announce that a No-Action Letter for the Futures Contract based on the Russell/Nomura Prime Index (“RN Prime Index”) was received from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of March 14, 2005 (U.S EST). In order to broaden the investor base in the RN Prime Index Futures Contract, OSE applied to the CFTC to issue a No-Action Letter in this regard. Trading in the RN Prime Futures Contract is scheduled to commence on April

  • OneChicago Week In Review

    Date 21/03/2005

    Volume Highlights Each single stock futures contract is equal to 100 shares of the underlying stock or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) March 15 Altria Group Inc. (MO1C): 3,975 contracts traded including 596 MAR05, 1,391 MAR05, 596 JUN05 and 1,391 JUN05 all in block trades American Express Co. (AXP1C) : 2,424 contracts traded including 1,212 MAR05 and 1,212 JUN05 in block trades Bank of America Corp. (BAC1C) : 2,870 contracts traded

  • NYSE Seat Sells For $1,540,000

    Date 21/03/2005

    A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, March 21, 2005, for $1,540,000, up $40,000 from the previous regular seat sale March 3, 2005.

  • New York Stock Exchange Issues Monthly Short Interest Report

    Date 21/03/2005

    The New York Stock Exchange today reported short interest as of the close of business on the settlement date of Mar. 15, 2005 reflecting transactions through Mar. 10. Based on information received from members and member organizations, short interest increased to a record 8,419,194,508 shares on Mar. 15 from 8,007,342,082 shares on Feb. 15.

  • Monetary Authority of Singapore Facilitates The Offer Of UCITS III Funds In Singapore

    Date 21/03/2005

    The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that it is working closely with the fund industry to facilitate the offer of UCITS (Undertakings in Collective Investments in Transferable Securities) III funds in Singapore. MAS has informed market practitioners of the requirements for the transition of existing UCITS I funds to the UCITS III regime, and has commenced the processing of such applications.

  • London Stock Exchange Welcomes UTI Bank To Its Main Market

    Date 21/03/2005

    UTI Bank, a leading private sector bank and financial services company in India, was today admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market.

  • Launch Date Set For First EU ETS Futures Contracts

    Date 21/03/2005

    European Climate Exchange (ECX) and the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) today announced that the first day of trading for ECX Carbon Financial Instrument (ECX CFI) futures contracts will be 22nd April 2005. The ECX CFI futures contract, which is listed for electronic trading on the IPE, will be the first exchange-traded futures contract for the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. ECX CFI futures will allow users to lock-in prices for ECX CFIs delivered at set dates in the future an

  • ICEX News & Views - ICEX's New Industry Classification And Sector Indices

    Date 21/03/2005

    As of 1 April this year, ICEX will implement the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) and Standard & Poor?s (S&P) for classifying listed companies into industries. This is done in order to achieve harmonisation with the other NOREX exchanges. Calculation of new sector indices, based on the GICS classifications, will begin at the same time. The new indices will be calculated retroactively to the beginning of 2005 and will each hav

  • Fastweb Share Increase And IWF Change In The S&P/MIB Index

    Date 21/03/2005

    Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/MIB index effective after the close of trading Thursday, March 24, 2005: Fastweb (Italy, ISIN: IT0001423562) shares will increase to 79,210,140 and IWF will change to 0.649. The change is the result of the issue of new shares following the company’s rights issue in February – March 2005.