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SIS x-clear AG Recognised As Overseas Clearing House

Date 19/08/2004

Financial Secretary Ruth Kelly has today given the Financial Services Authority (FSA) leave under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to recognise SIS x-clear AG as the first recognised overseas clearing house.
Shandong Langchao Cheeloosoft Co. Ltd. Shares And IWF Increase In The S&P/CITIC 300 Index

Date 19/08/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/CITIC 300 Index effective after the close of trading Friday, August 20, 2004: Shandong Langchao Cheeloosoft Co. Ltd. (China, SEDOL: 6797481, GICS: Information Technology, GICS Code: 45102010), a member of the S&P/CITIC 300 Index, free-float A shares will increase by 20,610,720 to 89,313,120. This change is due to the successful completion of a rights issue. There will also be a change to the IWF.
Securities Industry Association And U.S. Immigration And Customs Enforcement To Announce New, Joint Effort To Combat Money Laundering

Date 19/08/2004

The Securities Industry Association and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will hold a joint news conference to announce an enhanced government/securities industry anti-money laundering effort under the Department of Homeland Security’s “Cornerstone” initiative.
Securities And Exchange Commission Reopens Comment Period On Rule Proposal Regarding Full Service Brokers That Charge Asset-Based Fees

Date 19/08/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today reopened the public comment period on a proposed rule, originally proposed on Nov. 4, 1999, to address the application of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) to brokers offering full service brokerage service, including advice, for a fee based on the amount of assets in customers' accounts, instead of traditional commissions, mark-ups and mark-downs.
SEC: Cynthia Fornelli, Deputy Director Of The Division Of Investment Management, To Leave Commission

Date 19/08/2004

Cynthia M. Fornelli, Deputy Director of the Division of Investment Management, announced today that she will leave the Commission in September to join Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina. Fornelli, who joined the Commission staff in June of 1999, will fill the new role of Senior Vice President and Compliance Executive for Securities Regulation and Conflicts Management. In that role, she will be responsible for addressing potential conflicts that can arise within the bank.

S&P Emerging Markets Database Index Announcement: India - Deletion Of Global Trust Bank From Index Coverage (Eff. 08/27/04)

Date 19/08/2004

S&P EMDB will remove Global Trust Bank (SPID 534282.1 / Sedol 6135854) from S&P/IFCG Index coverage, effective August 27, 2004. The company’s shares will be delisted from the Mumbai Stock Exchange. The company is being acquired by Oriental Bank of Commerce, an S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI constituent, in an all-cash deal.
RTS Stock Exchange:"TRANSCAPITALBANK" Becomes FORTS Clearing Member

Date 19/08/2004

On its proxy meeting held on August 12th, 2004, the RTS Board of Directors approved the application of the commercial bank "TRANSCAPITAL" (closed joint-stock company) to join FORTS.
Program Trading Averaged 50.2 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Aug. 9-13

Date 19/08/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Aug. 9-13.The data indicated that during Aug. 9-13, program trading amounted to 50.2 percent of NYSE average daily volume of 1,285.6 million shares, or 645.5 million shares a day.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Names Vice President For New Product Development

Date 19/08/2004

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) named Daniel R. Carrigan Vice President For New Product Development.
Pacific Exchange To Trade Google Options

Date 19/08/2004

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) announced that on Friday, August 27, 2004, it will begin trading options on Google, Inc. (GOOG).