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Frits Bolkestein, Member Of The European Commission In Charge Of The Internal Market, Taxation And Customs - Corporate Governance And The Supervision Of Financial Services After The Parmalat Case - Address To Plenary Session Of European Parliament Strasbo

Date 11/02/2004

Mr Chairmen, Honourable Members, The Commission very much welcomes this debate and broadly supports the content of the Resolution submitted to this Parliament. Whilst the facts are not yet fully clear, the Parmalat case is deeply worrying. It is the latest in a growing list of major financial scandals of varying types in various places over the last few years. The apparent size of this fraud is staggering. And the apparent complicity of a number of people from distingui
CFTC Issues Order Allowing Nymex To List Options Solely For CLearing

Date 11/02/2004

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday issued an order which enables the New York Mercantile Exchange to expand the products offered solely for clearing to include certain options contracts.
CBOT: A Mixed Reaction To USDA's February S&D Revisions

Date 11/02/2004

In the February 10 report, the USDA continued to tighten its U.S. corn and wheat carryover estimates and left soybean stocks at pipeline levels. However, increased producer marketings and the second incident of bird flu in a Delaware poultry flock led to a mixed reaction to the USDA's February U.S. revisions.
CBOT Bund, Bobl, And Schatz Futures Presentation Archive

Date 11/02/2004

On Monday, February 9, 2004 the Chicago Board of Trade held a member information meeting on the upcoming Bund, Bobl, and Schatz futures contracts. The discussion focused on U.S. and Europe market size and debt, the growth in German sovereign debt futures, the design of the CBOT® German debt futures contracts, and the benefits of trading these products at the CBOT in terms of technology and clearing. The speaker was Leo Murphy, CBOT Advisory Economist.
ASX: Clarification Of Article In The Australian

Date 11/02/2004

The following announcement is in response to today's article on page 25 of The Australian.

UK Financial Services Authority Fines Individual £15 000 For Market Abuse

Date 10/02/2004

The FSA has today fined Robert Middlemiss £15,000 for market abuse. In April 2002, Mr Middlemiss, the Company Secretary at Profile Media Group (PMG), became aware that PMG's revenues were likely to be significantly below expectations. Before this news was released to the market, he sold some of his own shareholding in PMG to avoid making a loss. In doing so he breached PMG's own rules requiring senior employess to seek prior approval when dealing the company's shares. Following the announcement,
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 18 February 2004

Date 10/02/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 18 February 2004, responding to the release of a GDP figure at 8:50am.
The Options Clearing Corporation Reduces Clearing Fees

Date 10/02/2004

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) announced today that its Board of Directors recently approved a reduction of clearing fees for its membership. The new fee schedule, which becomes effective April 1, will save clearing members up to 9% on clearing fees, depending on the size of trade.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Ad Hoc Publicity: Formal Investigation Against Swiss Air Lines Ltd.

Date 10/02/2004

SWX Swiss Exchange has initiated a formal investigation against Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. regarding a possible violation of Art. 72 of the Listing Rules (ad hoc publicity). The preliminary investigation conducted by the SWX has revealed that, in connection with the publication of the Q3/2003-report, there was possibly a violation of Art. 72 of the Listing Rules. The duration of these investigative proceedings has not been determined. The SWX will provide information on the outcome of it
NZX Announces Preliminary Financial Results For Year Ended 31 December 2003

Date 10/02/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) wishes to announce that it recorded a post tax profit (NPAT) of $2.943 million for the year ended 31 December 2003 , compared with a $0.515 million deficit for the 12 months ended June 2002. Earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended 31 December 2003 is 23.2 cents.