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  • Corporate Governance Leaders Will Meet In Toronto In June, Says TSX CEO Stymiest

    Date 02/04/2003

    "I don't see Canada as being disadvantaged if we don't follow Sarbanes Oxley," said TSX Group CEO Barbara Stymiest in a speech today to the Economic Club of Toronto. Ms. Stymiest said there must be better understanding of how much a competitive advantage Canada already enjoys on corporate governance.

  • CESR's First Initiative Towards More Robust Enforcement Of Financial Information In Europe

    Date 02/04/2003

    During the seventh meeting of CESR, held in Paris on 21 March 2003, the first CESR standard on Financial Information: Enforcement of standards on financial information in Europe (Ref.: CESR/03- 073) was approved. The standard is being published today along with a feedback statement summarising the responses received during the consultation process (Ref.: CESR/03-074).

  • CBOT®Good Friday, Easter Sunday Holiday Schedule

    Date 02/04/2003

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has established the following Good Friday/Easter Sunday holiday trading schedule: Thursday, April 17: Open auction: Financial* contracts close at 12:00 noon. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) close at their normal times.

  • CBOT<SUP><SMALL>®</SUP></SMALL>Fed Funds Options Contract Surpasses Volume And Open Interest Benchmarks

    Date 02/04/2003

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced that the CBOT's Fed Funds options contract, launched March 14, 2003, is the fastest growing options contract in the history of the CBOT with total volume since inception at 61,999, surpassing the CBOT's U.S. Treasury Bond options contract, which traded 43,059 in the weeks following its launch on October 1, 1982. Open interest in the Fed Funds options contract reached 47,639 on March 31, 2003.

  • CBOT March Volume At 34,691,534, Up 41.9% From March 2002

    Date 02/04/2003

    The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced trading volume of 34,691,534 contracts for March 2003, up 41.9% from March 2002 and up 8.3% from February 2003. Volume for the first quarter of 2003 at 95,150,584 is up 33.6% from the same period in 2002.