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CBOT Fed Watch - December 2003

Date 04/12/2003

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on December 9, 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.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Stats Bulletin For November 2003

Date 03/12/2003

WCE Focus On Western Barley Futures
TSX Statistics - November 2003

Date 03/12/2003

This Month's Highlights S&P/TSX Composite Index closed at the highest monthly level since March of 2002 when it closed at 7851.47. According to World Federation of Exchanges, TSX ranks 7th in the world for domestic market capitalization (quoted market value, October 2003 report.)
The UK Financial System And Major Operational Disruption

Date 03/12/2003

The Task Force considering major operational disruption in the financial system has concluded that no new legislation is needed to cater for disruption in the financial sector.
The Financial Ombudsman Service: Reviewing Some Aspects Of Its Operation And Its Interaction With The FSA

Date 03/12/2003

In her statement on 4 November announcing details of the Treasury's review of the effectiveness of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, (the "N2+2 Review") Ruth Kelly, Financial Secretary to HM Treasury also announced that the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Authority were being asked to take forward the aspect of the review concerning the Ombudsman service. The review is

Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 03/12/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Thursday, December 4, 2003: The relative weight of Biovail Corporation (TSX:BVF) will increase by approximately 4.92% in the S&P/TSX Capped Health Care Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pursuant to S&P/TSX Capped Sector Index methodology. Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way ref
Standard & Poor's And MSCI Announce Revisions To The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICSâ) - Firms To Launch Client Consultations For Further Improvements In GICS

Date 03/12/2003

Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), the premier provider of global indices and benchmark-related products and services, and Standard & Poor's, the leading provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, today announced the results of their annual review of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICSÆÊ) structure. The review, conducted on an annual basis, is intended to ensure that GICSaccurately reflects the definitions of sectors and industries most releva
SEC Takes Steps To Address Late Trading, Market Timing And Related Abuses

Date 03/12/2003

At an open meeting today the Securities and Exchange Commission took action on three measures to address late trading, market timing and related abuses in the mutual fund industry.
RTS Stock Exchange: FORTS November Monthly Data

Date 03/12/2003

In November 2003 total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on the RTS) reached 3 285 thousand contracts and 22.7 billion rubles (in October the numbers equaled 3 895 thousand contracts and 28,8 billion rubles). Total open interest as of November 30th, 2003, equaled 4,7 billion rubles and 520 thousand contracts (as of October 31st, 2003, the last trading day in October, the numbers were 4,2 billion rubles and 695 thousand contracts).
RTS Stock Exchange: Classic Market November Market Data

Date 03/12/2003

In November 2003 the total trading volume on Classic Market equaled 379 million US dollars, compared with 954 million dollars in October.