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Eurex Launches Trading In STOXX Sector Index Futures In The USA - CFTC Issues "No-Action Letter" For U.S. - Strong Demand For Eurex Benchmark Products In USA

Date 15/04/2002

Eurex, the international derivatives market, is now also offering futures on the sector indices Dow Jones STOXX 600 SM Banks and Dow Jones Euro STOXX SM Banks in the U.S.. The U.S. regulatory agency Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued Eurex the appropriate "no-action letter" under date of April 2. This means that all U.S. participants of Eurex can trade these contracts directly from the United States giving them broader access to the highest-volume, most liquid market for Europea
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Proposes Amendments To Registration Rules To Accommodate Online Registration

Date 15/04/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) is proposing amendments to Part 3 of its rules, which governs registration of intermediaries in the futures industry. These amendments are necessary to facilitate the change from the current paper-based registration system to online registration, which the National Futures Association (NFA) expects to implement in June. The online registration system should provide applicants with a more streamlined process for registering, resulting in less
CBOT Implements Kintana For New Program Management Office

Date 15/04/2002

Kintana, Inc., creator of the first enterprise application for IT, today announced the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®), the world's oldest futures and options exchange, has completed its initial implementation of Kintana to help the exchange's new Program Management Office (PMO) improve the collaboration, structure, and accountability of its Information Systems (IS) department.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 15/04/2002

Poor volumes continued to plague the market as it fell fractionally.
Xerox Settles SEC Enforcement Action Charging Company With Fraud - Xerox To Pay Largest Financial Fraud Penalty Ever Against Public Company - Company Agrees To Restatement Of Financial Results, Special Review Of Accounting Controls

Date 12/04/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed suit against Xerox Corporation in connection with a wide-ranging, four-year scheme to defraud investors. The SEC's complaint alleges that from at least 1997 through 2000, Xerox used a variety of what it called "accounting actions" and "accounting opportunities" to meet or exceed Wall Street expectations and disguise its true operating performance from investors. These actions, most of which violated generally accepted accounting principles (

SWX Swiss Exchange Issues Reprimand To Swiss Life

Date 12/04/2002

The SWX Swiss Exchange has issued a formal reprimand, including public disclosure of the facts, with regard to the 2001 interim financial report of Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs- und Rentenanstalt, Zurich (Swiss Life), due to violation of the SWX Listing Rules. The SWX reprimand pertains to the fact that, in the aforementioned report, the time frame covered by Swiss Life's comparable income and cash flow statements comprised 12 months instead of the prescribed 6 months. The ability to asses
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - Canadian Information Technology Sector

Date 12/04/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector: Effective at the close of trading on Monday, April 15, 2002, the following change will take place in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Index. The weight of Nortel Networks Corporation (TSE: NT) will increase by approximately 5.13% in the S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology Sector Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pur
Securities and Exchange Commission Announces Results Of April 11, 2002 Open Meeting

Date 12/04/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday voted 3-0 on the following matters: The Commission will issue for comment its proposals to accelerate the periodic report filing dates for domestic issuers and to require disclosure concerning Web site access to these reports. The proposals call for Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q to be filed within 30 calendar days after quarter end instead of the current 45 days; and Annual reports on Form 10-K to be filed w
NYSE To Begin Trading HOLDRS, MidCap SPDR And Select Sector SPDRs

Date 12/04/2002

The New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 15, will begin trading 17 HOLDRS, the MidCap SPDR and nine Select Sector SPDRs. All 27 exchange-traded fund products begin trading on the basis of unlisted trading privileges (UTP).
Nasdaq Proposes Improvements To Corporate Governance Standards To Benefit Investors. Strengthens Definition Of Independence For Audit Committee Directors; Requires Shareholder Approval Of Officer And Director Stock Option Plans

Date 12/04/2002

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®) today announced that the executive committee of its board of directors has approved initial recommendations and ideas from the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council to enhance corporate governance standards for the companies listed on Nasdaq. These recommendations were sent today to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt in response to his letter to Nasdaq Chairman and CEO Wick Simmons and NYSE Chairman and CEO Richard Grasso on Februa