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Euronext.life: Eurodollar Open Interest Hits 100,000 Mark

Date 10/08/2004

Euronext.liffe announced that Eurodollar futures and options on LIFFE CONNECT® reached record open interest of over 100,000 contracts on 9 August 2004.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Focus: Oil Prices And The Job Market Set The Agenda

Date 10/08/2004

High oil prices and disappointing job figures have slowed the growth pace of the economy at the entry to the third quarter. The USA in particular is marked by increasing oil prices, and the American and the European central banks are put to the test in their efforts to fight inflationary effects resulting from high oil prices, writes Senior Economist Søren Nielsen, Nykredit Markets, in Focus no. 86.
CMS Webview Opens Second US Sales Office

Date 10/08/2004

CMS WebView plc (CMS), a leading provider of systems and software for real-time data distribution and management, is opening an office in New York City, its second U.S. sales office. In March, CMS opened a sales office in Chicago, which is led by Kurt Klein, Director, North American Operations.
CBOT Fed Watch - August 2004

Date 10/08/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on August 10, 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.
CalPERS Earns 16.7 Percent Return For Fiscal Year

Date 10/08/2004

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) earned a 16.7 percent return on its investments for the one-year period ended June 30, 2004, boosting overall market value to $166 billion, and achieving double-digit returns that have not been seen since the mid 1990’s.

Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics July 2004

Date 10/08/2004

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Tokyo Stock Exchange Statistics – July 2004

Date 09/08/2004

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Thailand Securities Depository Confident T+2 Clearing & Settlement Period Will Become Effective In 2005

Date 09/08/2004

After discussing with ASCO, AIMC, and the Custodian Club, the TSD is confident that the clearing and settlement period can be shortened from T+3 to T+2 in 2005 without any undue problems or delays. The new system will benefit all related parties, as it will reduce risks and operational costs, whilst promoting liquidity and efficiency.
SEC Brings First Enforcement Action Against Insurance Companies For Permitting Market Timing Of Mutual Funds Through Variable Annuities - Insurance Companies To Pay $20 Million In Settlement

Date 09/08/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today brought the first enforcement action charging insurance companies with securities fraud for facilitating market timing of mutual funds through the sale of variable annuities. The insurance companies are subsidiaries of Conseco, Inc. (CIHC, Inc., Conseco Services, LLC, and Conseco Equity Sales, Inc.), and the company to which Conseco sold its variable annuity business in 2002, Inviva, Inc., and its subsidiary Jefferson National Life Insurance Company.
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer: Regulators Target Market Timing Of Variable Annuities

Date 09/08/2004

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a settlement with two insurance companies alleged to have allowed improper trading of variable annuities sold as retirement products.