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Frits Bolkestein, Member Of The European Commission In Charge Of The Internal Market, Taxation And Customs - Learning The Lessons Of The Financial Services Action Plan - Address At Edinburgh Finance And Investment Seminar, Edinburgh, 29 January 2004

Date 30/01/2004

Introduction The creation of an integrated financial market is not art for art's sake: it is a crucial part of the recipe for transforming Europe into the world's most competitive marketplace. A single, deep and liquid capital market can, by eliminating inefficiencies in the financial system, increase returns on savings while simultaneously reducing the cost of borrowing capital.
Fonds De Réserve Pour Les Retraites Selects FTSE Group As Index Provider For €8.8billion Mandates

Date 30/01/2004

FTSE Group, the global index provider, announced yesterday that it has been selected to provide eight benchmark indices for the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) in its historic launch of French state pension funds. FRR will use customised FTSE indices, covering European, US and Asia Pacific markets, as benchmarks for a combination of active and passive funds. Altogether, FRR will benchmark €8.8 billion to FTSE indices.
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges Market Holiday

Date 30/01/2004

The FEAS Secretariat will be closed from Monday February 2nd thru Wednesday February 4th in observance of the holiday in Turkey.
CBOT Sets Exchange Open Interest Record

Date 30/01/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that the exchange set a new daily open interest record on January 29, 2004. The new record at 9,543,591 contracts surpasses the previous high at 9,538,496 contracts set August 20, 2003.
CBOE Files To Quote In Nickels For All Hybrid Options Under $15

Date 30/01/2004

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it was filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow quoting in $0.05 increments for all option series priced under $15.00 that trade on CBOE's Hybrid Trading System. As of January 30, 2004, approximately 500 classes trade on the Hybrid System. The proposed rule change is anticipated to take effect in the near future pending regulatory approval.

Tokyo Stock Exchange Letter Of Public Comment In Response To The UK Financial Services Authority Proposal For A Review Of the

Date 29/01/2004

On 29th January a Tokyo Stock Exchange representative will visit the UK Financial Services Authority (UK FSA) in person to present a letter of public comment, in response to the UK FSA's consultation paper CP203 proposing a review of listing rules (published October 2003).
Statement By European Union Commissioner MONTI On Changes In Italian Insolvency Laws (Marzano Decree)

Date 29/01/2004

Today, Commissioner MONTI informed the College on the status of his discussions with Italian minister MARZANO with respect to the Italian Decree No 347adopted on 23 December 2003.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

Date 29/01/2004

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Thursday, January 29, 2004: Gulf International Minerals Ltd. (TSXVN:GIM) will be removed from the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index. The company will graduate to trade on the TSX under the ticker symbol "GIM" at the open of trading on Friday, January 30, 2004. As the result of a reverse takeover, Torode Realty Limited (TSXVN:TR) will change its name to CMQ Resour
S&P To Commence Pricing Pilot Program With Amex For 12 S&P 500 NASDAQ-listed Securities On March 1st

Date 29/01/2004

Standard & Poor's, a leading provider of independent investment research, indices, and ratings, announced today that the pilot program originally announced on October 8, 2003, to use closing prices as determined on the American Stock Exchange (Amex) for 12 NASDAQ-listed stocks in the S&P 500, will commence on Monday, March 1, 2004. The pilot will begin with six stocks the first week and add six more stocks on Monday, March 8, 2004. The pilot program will end on Friday, May 14, 2004 at which time
Program Trading Averaged 39.5 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Jan. 20-23

Date 29/01/2004

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 Jan. 20-23.