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FSA Seeks To Ban Insurance Cover For Regulatory Fines

Date 24/07/2003

Regulated firms and individuals will not be able to use insurance to pay FSA fines under new rules proposed by the FSA today. The changes are intended to ensure that anyone who is fined must pay the fine himself rather than claim it under insurance. The proposed changes reflect concerns that firms are increasingly taking out insurance policies designed to pay for FSA fines.
CBOT Chairman Carey Keynote Presentation At Traders Expo on July 24

Date 24/07/2003

Remarks by Chairman Charles P. Carey Chairman, Chicago Board of TradeChicago First Annual Traders Expo, July 24, 2003Thank you for your kind introduction. On behalf of the Chicago Board of Trade and its members I would like to thank you for inviting me to speak here today.
UK's Financial Services Authority Announces The Results Of Its Review Of Operational Risk Management Practices

Date 23/07/2003

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday published the results of a review undertaken to assess how firms are preparing themselves for the introduction of a new FSA approach to operational risk next year.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 July 2003

Date 23/07/2003

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 July 2003, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The MICEX And Standard & Poor's Agree To Study Russian Companies' Transparency

Date 23/07/2003

The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange and Standard & Poor's credit-rating agency have concluded an agreement under which Standard & Poor's Moscow Office will conduct, with the MICEX's support, annual studies of the transparency of Russian companies, including those issuers whose stocks are listed on the MICEX (1st and 2nd level "A" quotation list).

Olof Stenhammar Sells Shares In OM

Date 23/07/2003

Olof Stenhammar, founder and chairman of the Board of OM, has sold 400 000 shares in OM. Following the sale, Olof Stenhammar & companies' holding in OM amounts to 3 017 590 shares.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Business Process Re-Engineering Significant For Market Efficiency And Enhancing Competitiveness

Date 23/07/2003

Business process re-engineering is crucial in delivering market efficiency and enhancing competitiveness in the capital market.
FTSE Expands Into Japan

Date 23/07/2003

FTSE Group, the global index company, today announces the opening of an office in Tokyo as part of its ongoing drive to expand business activities worldwide. The Tokyo office is FTSE's eighth office and will enable the company to create and develop strong local partnerships in Japan and to work closely with existing and new clients.
CBOT Sets Another New Open Interest Record

Date 23/07/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced that the exchange set another all-new total exchange open interest record yesterday. The new record at 9,203,130 contracts surpasses the previous highs at 8,942,645 set on July 21, 2003, and 8,838,291 on July 17, 2003.
Baltic Exchange Appoints Chief Executive's Successor - Jeremy Penn

Date 23/07/2003

Peter Kerr-Dineen, Chairman of the Baltic Exchange, announced today that the Board was appointing Jeremy Penn, formerly with Reuters, as Chief Executive of the Exchange, to succeed Jim Buckley in the spring of 2004.