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Investment Funds: European Commission Proposes Plan To Bring National Rules On UCITS Depositaries Closer Into Line

Date 31/03/2004

The European Commission has set out a step-by-step approach to reducing differences in national rules on the depositaries used to safeguard assets on behalf of investors in collective investment funds (UCITS), such as unit trusts, common funds and SICAVs. Implementing this approach over the next two years, in cooperation with national regulators, will make easier the cross-border operation of UCITS or "undertakings for collective investment in transferable secu
Deutsche Börse With Record Result In 2003 - Company To Pursue New Growth Options - Forecast For EBIT 2004: At Least €450 Million - The Lord Peter Levene And Alessandro Profumo Proposed For Supervisory Board - Plans For A Further Increase In Dividends

Date 31/03/2004

Deutsche Börse AG closed fiscal year 2003 with a record result. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rose by 29 percent to total €453 million. Including net interest income from banking business, the company's revenue increased by 28 percent to €1.51 billion. Chief Financial Officer Mathias Hlubek announced to journalists in Frankfurt that Deutsche Börse would be entering a key growth market, the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) traded bonds, in the current fiscal year. Hlubek al
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The KFX Index In Connection With The Merger And Demerger Of The Present Group 4 Falck

Date 31/03/2004

On 24 February 2004, Group 4 Falck announced that the company had entered into an agreement with Securicor to merge the two companies' security businesses into a new jointly owned company listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Group 4 Falck will at the same time be split in two new companies, Group 4 and Falck, which will both be listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. Group 4 Falck expects the merger and demerger to be implemented in the 3rd quarter
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: New Rules Regulating Admission Of Newly Listed Companies To The KFX Index

Date 31/03/2004

In future, major and highly liquid newly listed companies may join the KFX Index after having been listed for 10 trading days.
CalPERS Applauds SEC On Specialist Settlement

Date 31/03/2004

Sean Harrigan, President of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) issued the following statement yesterday about the settlement by the Securities and Exchange Commission with specialist firms.

ASX: Corporate Governance - Implementation Review Group Delivers Report

Date 31/03/2004

The body set up to oversee the adoption of the ASX Corporate Governance Council recommendations on corporate governance has proposed a number of amendments designed to enhance their effectiveness and improve the quality of implementation by Australia's 1600 listed companies and trusts.
ASX Corporate Governance Council Response To The Implementation Review Group Report 31 March 2004

Date 31/03/2004

Click here to view the ASX Corporate Governance Council response to the Implementation Review Group Report 31 March 2004.
The New List Of The RTS Index Constituents Approved

Date 30/03/2004

At its last meeting, the RTS Information Committee reviewed the list of shares that are used to calculate the RTS Index and the RTS Technical Index.
Standard & Poor's Introduces S&P Europe-Registered Funds Index Series; Indices To Offer Representative Exposure To Active Fund Strategies

Date 30/03/2004

Standard & Poor's, a leading provider of independent investment research, indices, and ratings, announced today the launch of the S&P Europe-Registered Funds Indices (S&P ERFI), a series of three indices designed to represent actively managed mutual funds available to investors in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. The S&P ERFI benchmark series is designed to be representative and investible, and covers the European Equity, U.S. Equity, and Global Fixed Income investment markets.
Standard & Poor's Announces GICS Changes To EMDB Sector

Date 30/03/2004

Standard & Poor's will revise the GICS sector classification for the index constituent listed here.