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FSA Monthly Update April 2005

Date 04/05/2005

6 April - FSA fines auditor for market abuse - The Financial Services and Markets Tribunal directed that the FSA fine Mr Arif Mohammed, a former Pricewaterhouse Coopers audit manager, £10,000 for committing market abuse. This is the first time the market abuse provisions in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 have been the subject
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: Consultation Round On New Rules For MidCap+ And SmallCap+

Date 04/05/2005

In April 2003, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange established two new segments, MidCap+ and SmallCap+, which focus on medium-sized and smaller companies characterized by activities to build investor goodwill, high standards of disclosure and high liquidity. In the first two years, the segments have flourished: liquidity has improved significantly at the same time as prices and trading volumes have gone up markedly.
Changes To Bursa Malaysia's KLSE Syariah Index

Date 04/05/2005

Bursa Malaysia Berhad (Bursa Malaysia) today announced changes to its KLSE Syariah Index list of companies in line with the recent update of Syariah-approved securities by the Syariah Advisory Council of the Securities Commission on 29th April 2005.
CBOT Memorial Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 04/05/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade has established the following trading schedule in connection with the Memorial Day holiday: Friday, May 27 Open auction: Financial contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. All other open auction contracts (Agricultural and Stock Index) will close at their normal times. Electronic trading: Dow/AIG Commodity Index contracts will close at 12:00 p.m. Financial and Metals contracts will close
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) Sets New Single-Day Trading Record May 4, 2005 - VIX Futures Also Set New Record

Date 04/05/2005

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) announced that today's trading volume seta new single-day record with reported volume of 4,531 futures contracts, led by volume in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), which also set a new single day record of 4,004 contracts today, May 4, 2005.The previous CFE volume record was set on April 18, 2005, when 2,630 total contracts traded.The previous high volume for VIX futures was 2,132 contracts traded on February 3, 2005.Total open interest at CFE stoo

April On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 04/05/2005

April 2005 saw all main WSE indices fall. The index, which decreased the most, was the TechWIG – index for the SiTech Segment.
April 2005 Second Busiest Month In NYBOT’s 135-Year History

Date 04/05/2005

Combined monthly trading volume during April 2005 ranked the second highest in history at the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®), with 3,422,309 contracts being traded (June 2004 volume was first with 3,611,479 futures and options contracts). Trading volume at the world’s leading “soft” commodities exchange continued to post strong gains, with the April 2005 volume up 17% year-to-date (YTD) and 12,969,775 combined futures and options contracts changing hands. The total futures and options volume
April 2005 - Euronext Key Indicators - 12.7 Million Transactions Completed In Cash, Up 8.8% On April 2004 - Euronext.liffe Trades 73 Million Contracts In April 2005, A Year-On-Year Increase Of 4%

Date 04/05/2005

Cash products 12.7 million transactions were completed on Euronext’s cash markets in April 2005, up 8.8% on the same month last year. During the first four months of the year, over 52 million cash transactions were registered on Euronext, a daily average of 628,500. Shares 12.1 million transactions were completed in shares in April, up 8.9% on April 2004. Over 49.5 million share transactions were registered on Euronext since the beginning of the year, representing a d
American Stock Exchange Celebrates 10 Years Of The MidCap SPDR - MidCap SPDR Assets Surpass $7billion With Average Daily Volume Of 1.5 Million Shares

Date 04/05/2005

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) announced today the 10-year anniversary of the popular exchange traded fund, the MidCap SPDR - Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Depositary Receipts (MidCap "Spider").
UK's Financial Services Authority: Progress On Payment By instalments

Date 03/05/2005

Trade associations were unanimous in their decision to progress the facility for firms to fund their 2005/06 fees and levies to the FSA; Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) by instalments.