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ICEX News & Views: New ICEX Bond Indices

Date 24/01/2005

ICEX’s 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.
HKEx Status Report On New Product And Market Development Initiatives

Date 24/01/2005

Click here to view the HKEx status report on new product and market development initiatives (status as of 15 January 2005).
HKEx Publishes 15th Edition Of Its Quarterly Publication - <i>Exchange</i>

Date 24/01/2005

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published the 15th edition of its quarterly publication, Exchange.
GICS Changes For Nikon And Canon Sales Co. In The S&P Japan Indices

Date 24/01/2005

Standard & Poor’s will make the following Sector changes in the S&P Japan MidCap 100, the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and the S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading Monday January 31, 2005.
Futures & Options On RTS Stock Exchange: 2004 Results

Date 24/01/2005

Market Dynamics In 2004 total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS), the derivatives segment of the RTS Stock Exchange, exceeded the 2003 total trading volume by 1.6 times and reached the all-time record. The number of trades increased by 1.7 times. In 2004 1.5 million trades in 42 million contracts were executed with total volume reaching 338 billion rubles. Total yearly open interest as of December 31st, 2004, stood at 8 billion rubles, 992 thousand contracts, 3,5 time

Clearstream Successfully Launches Vestima+ Funds Service - Widespread Market Support Expected To Grow In 2005 As Coverage Expands

Date 24/01/2005

Clearstream announced on Monday that it has successfully launched its new Vestima+ Investment Funds service and that transactions in international markets were flowing as expected following an implementation project over the weekend.
Charlie McCreevy - European Commissioner For Internal Market And Services - The Lisbon Strategy: Why Less Is More - European Policy Forum, London, 24 January 2005

Date 24/01/2005

European Policy ForumLondon, 24 January 2005 I should like to thank in particular Lord Tugendhat and Graham Mather for giving me the opportunity to address the European Policy Forum during my first visit to London in my capacity as European Commissioner for the internal market and services. It is an honour for me to speak before such a distinguished audience and in these august surroundings.
CESR Publishes Answers Received To Its Consultation On CESR's Draft Advice On The Second Set Of Mandates From The European Commission On The Markets In Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)

Date 24/01/2005

Click here to view the responses.
CBOE Trades Over 2.6 Million Contracts On Friday, January 21 - Second Highest Single-Day Total In CBOE History

Date 24/01/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), the world's largest options exchange, announced that reported volume at CBOE totaled 2,645,318 contracts on Friday, January 21st.Friday's total represented the second highest daily trading volume, behind the 2,788,019 contracts traded on April 18, 2001.
American Stock Exchange Reports Decrease In Short Interest

Date 24/01/2005

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) member and non-member organizations has reported short interest of 615,037,620 shares as of the January 14 settlement date, a decrease of 12,886,832 from the 627,924,452 (adjusted) shares reported in mid-December. The January figure represents trades through December 10, 2004.