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Standard And Poor's Re-Affirms High Level Of Corporate Governance At HKEx

Date 26/02/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) welcomes the overall corporate governance score of 8.3 out of a possible 10 from Standard and Poor's (S&P) which said a score of 8 reflected strong corporate governance processes and practices. The overall score of 8.3 matches the results of the previous evaluation, which were announced in October 2002.
SGX Taiwan Futures Breaks Records

Date 26/02/2004

MSCI Taiwan futures contract sets new daily volume and open interest records at 113,422 and 117,777 contracts respectively on Wed, 25 Feb. These surpassed the daily volume and open interest records set on 27 Jan (92,529 contracts) and 28 Jan (112,527 contracts) respectively.
Program Trading Averaged 37.3 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Feb. 17-20

Date 26/02/2004

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 Feb. 17-20.
Open Briefing - ASX CEO On $42.5m Profit & Outlook

Date 26/02/2004

Please click here for an open briefing by the ASX CEO.
NZX Board Retirement

Date 26/02/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) today announced that Bill Trotter has advised the NZX Board that he will not be seeking re-election at the annual meeting scheduled for May this year, and will retire from the board at the conclusion of that meeting.

Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 25 February 2004

Date 26/02/2004

At its meeting on 25 February 2004 the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit Opera Software ASA to listing on condition that the company raises a minimum of NOK 80 million of new capital through its planned share issue.
How Much Is Financial Advice Costing You? - Consumers Will Have A Much Clearer Idea Of The True Cost Of Financial Advice Under New Proposals Launched By The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) Today

Date 26/02/2004

David Severn, Head of Retail Projects at the FSA, said: "We want to arm consumers with information that gives them a better understanding that the cost of advice can vary between firms and that different options exist for meeting the cost of advice. In this way consumers will be better equipped to shop around, compare costs across the market and get better deals.
HKEx 2003 Final Results

Date 26/02/2004

Please click here to view HKEx's 2003 final results.
FTSE/ISS Corporate Governance Indices Announced

Date 26/02/2004

FTSE Group announce that they are coming together with Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), the premier corporate governance shareholder services agency, to develop a transparent and objective set of corporate governance indices.
First U.S. Blue-Chip ETF To Make Debut In Israel - Dow Jones Industrial Average To Serve As Basis Of Exchange-Traded Fund

Date 26/02/2004

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global-index provider, has licensed the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to Excellence Nessuah, a leading international investment and portfolio manager, to issue the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Israel, based on the most recognized stock index in the world.