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Kansas City Board Of Trade Wheat Market Opening Delayed - Winter Storm Delays Opening Of Wheat Market

Date 10/12/2003

The Kansas City Board of Trade is delaying the opening of trading in the KCBT wheat futures and options contracts until 10:15 am CT, due to telephone difficulties resulting from a winter storm overnight.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For H-shares Index Futures Contract

Date 10/12/2003

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 12 December 2003, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
HKEx: Director Henry Fan Appointed To Audit And Risk Management Committees

Date 10/12/2003

Director Henry Fan Hung-ling was today appointed by the Board to the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) with immediate effect.
FX Markets Hit Record Volume For Second Straight Day - CME Foreign Exchange Markets Hit Record Volume For Second Straight Day As Volatility Continues In Global Currency Markets - $48.4 Billion In Contracts Traded As EuroFX, Japanese Yen And Australian Dol

Date 10/12/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the largest regulated foreign exchange (FX) trading complex in the world, set a new volume record Tuesday in its FX markets, topping the prior record set the previous day by nearly 62,000 contracts. Numerous individual currency product records contributed to the overall record, including the EuroFX, Japanese yen and Australian dollar.
FTSE UK Index Series Review Results

Date 10/12/2003

FTSE announces the results of the regular review to the UK domestic index series, approved today by the independent FTSE EMEA Regional Committee. Moving into the FTSE 100 Index are British Airways and Hays. Provident Financial and Mitchells and Butlers will be moving out of the FTSE 100 Index into the FTSE 250 Index.

FORTS Initial Margins Increase For The Holidays

Date 10/12/2003

From December 29th, 2003, through January 8th, 2004, initial margins for futures contracts will be increased to 20% of the contract price. This decision was made by the RTS Stock Exchange Derivatives Market Committee on December 9th, 2003.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Announces Two Initiatives To Meet Growing European Market Needs - Expands Collateral Pool And Establishes Global Custody Relationship With Citibank - Launches Multi-Lingual Internet Resource Center

Date 10/12/2003

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) today announced two additional initiatives in its ongoing program to meet the needs of its growing European customer base.
CFTC Announces New Comment Period - Cancels Hearing Scheduled For December 17, 2003

Date 10/12/2003

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has cancelled the hearing to receive testimony from industry participants relating to the CFTC's consideration of the application of U.S. Futures Exchange, L.L.C. (USFE) for contract market designation that was scheduled for December 17, 2003. This action was taken because of the scheduling conflicts of some market participants.
CBOE Board Selects Edward Tilly As Vice Chairman

Date 10/12/2003

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Board of Directors today announced that Edward T. Tilly will serve as CBOE vice chairman in 2004. Mr. Tilly, currently a member of the board of directors, serving as a floor member director, will serve a one-year term as vice chairman.
"Troika Dialog" President Irina Ikonnikova Becomes RTS Stock Exchange Settlement Committee Chairwoman

Date 10/12/2003

On December 4th, 2003, Irina Ikonnikova, president of "Troika Dialog" company, was approved by the RTS Stock Exchange Board of Directors as the Settlement Committee Chairwoman.