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New SAXESS Member Of Stockholm Stock Exchange

Date 04/01/2005

Norwegian Orion Securities ASA, has been admitted as cash member of Stockholm Stock Exchange and will commence trading in SAXESS from Monday 10 January 2005.
New ICEX Bond Indices

Date 04/01/2005

ICEX has started calculating new bond indices. The new bond indices are a response to changes in Treasury bond issuance in the past year or so, as well as restructuring by the Housing Financing Fund (HFF) in the summer of 2004. The changes have meant that many of the largest and most active bond series have been excluded from ICEX?s previous indices, which were designed for zero-coupon bonds.
NASDAQ To Observe A Moment Of Silence In Remembrance Of Tsunami Victims

Date 04/01/2005

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (NASDAQ®; OTCBB: NDAQ) will observe a moment of silence from 11:00 a.m. to 11:01 a.m. on Wednesday, January 5 in remembrance of all those affected by the devastating tsunamis in South Asia. NASDAQ is deeply saddened by this tragedy, and the market's thoughts are with the victims and their families.
NASDAQ Announces New Ownership Structure For NASDAQ Insurance Agency

Date 04/01/2005

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ®”; OTCBB: NDAQ) today announced it has completed the acquisition of a 50 percent ownership interest in The NASDAQ Insurance Agency from a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., making The NASDAQ Insurance Agency a wholly owned subsidiary of The NASDAQ Stock Market. The transaction was effective on January 1, 2005. Purchase price and terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
NASD Members Elect Seven Governors To Board

Date 04/01/2005

NASD today conducted its Annual Meeting, during which the membership of NASD voted to elect seven people to the NASD Board of Governors. Six of the individuals, John W. Bachmann, James E. Burton, Richard F. Brueckner, Sir Brian Corby, Raymond A. Mason and John Rutherfurd, Jr., were elected to a second term of three years. William H. Heyman, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of the St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., was elected to his first three-year term on the Board. Th

MSCI Hedge Invest Index<SUP>SM</sup> Quarterly Review: Number Of Constituent Funds Increases To 120

Date 04/01/2005

MSCI, a leading provider of global equity, US equity, fixed income and hedge fund indices, has announced the results of the January Quarterly Index Review of the MSCI Hedge Invest Index, its hedge fund index containing funds with weekly liquidity. As a result of this quarterly review, the number of constituent funds in the index will increase to 120 from 109, currently the largest number of any investable hedge fund index. Changes resulting from the review will be implemented in the MSCI Hedge I
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Yearly Volume Record

Date 04/01/2005

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange announced today that it has established a new yearly trading volume record. Trading volume totaled 1,416,282 contracts for the 2004 calendar year. This record marks a 10.8 percent increase from the previous record set in 2002 when 1,262,769 contracts traded hands.
International Securities Exchange Reports Monthly Volume For December 2004

Date 04/01/2005

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), the world's largest equity options exchange, reported an increase in December trading volume compared to the same year-ago period.
ICEX News & Views - New ICEX Bond Indices

Date 04/01/2005

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Federation Of European Securities Exchanges Secretariat Observing Three Minutes' Silence On Wednesday 5 January 2005.

Date 04/01/2005

The Federation Of European Securities Exchanges Secretariat joins in commemorating the victims of the South East Asian Tsunami disaster with its Member Exchanges throughout Europe by observing three minutes' silence on Wednesday 5 January 2005.