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Bursa Malaysia CEO Yusli: Independence Key To Enhance Audit Committee Performance

Date 20/04/2004

Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia, Yusli Mohamed Yusoff said the new mission in enhancing audit committee performance is to maintain and improve the independence of members of audit committee.
TSX Venture Exchange Summary - March 2004

Date 19/04/2004

The following is a brief overview of statistic highlights from the TSX Venture Exchange for March 2004.
Thailand Securities Depository Aims To Shorten Clearing And Settlement Period To 2 Days By 2005

Date 19/04/2004

President of Thailand Securities Depository Co., Ltd. (TSD), Mrs. Nongram Wongwanich, said the TSD will be updating its service to lower the number of days needed for securities clearing and settlement from the current T+3 to T+2 by the year 2005.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Confident Derivatives Market Can Commence Trading In Mid-2005

Date 19/04/2004

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) President, Mr. Kittiratt Na-Ranong, revealed the SET will be setting up the Derivatives Market (Thailand) Public Company Limited as its subsidiary for the trading of derivatives. The SET is currently preparing for this endeavor, in terms of personnel, the trading system, and other work processes, to be ready in the middle of next year. This will allow the public and investors access to full-scale investment tools and efficient risk management.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In The S&P/ASX 50 Index

Date 19/04/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following changes in the S&P/ASX 50 Index effective after the close of trading Tuesday April 20, 2004:

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

Date 19/04/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Tuesday, April 20, 2004: The relative weight of Domtar Inc. (TSX:DTC) will increase by approximately 0.10% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite Indices, by 0.14% in the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped Indices and by 0.61% in the S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float capitalization of the company due to the
Standard & Poor’s Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 19/04/2004

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Monday, April 19, 2004:
Share Change For Acom Co Ltd In S&P/TOPIX 150 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 19/04/2004

Standard & Poor’s will make the following change in the S&P/TOPIX 150 and the S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Monday April 26th 2004: Acom Co. Ltd (Japan, SEDOL: 6049784, GICS: Financials, GICS Code: 40202010) a member of the S&P/TOPIX 150 and S&P Japan 500 indices, shares will increase by 14,000,000 to 159,628,280 and its IWF will be updated to 0.484 due to the private placement.
S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index - S&P/TSX Capped Energy Trust Index - S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index

Date 19/04/2004

Both the S&P/TSX Capped Energy Trust Index and the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index are subsets of the broad-based S&P/TSX Capped Income Trust Index, based on the Real Estate and Energy sectors of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS)
RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Market

Date 19/04/2004

For the week of April 12th – April 16th, 2004, the total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) increased by 61% and reached 19 173 million rubles. Internet trading accounted for 39%, up from 38% the week before. 12 860 transactions were executed, 24% more than the week before.