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Investable Weight Factor Change For Mediaset SPA In The S&P/MIB Index

Date 14/04/2005

Standard & Poor’s will change the IWF (Investable Weight Factor) for Mediaset SPA (Italy, ISIN IT0001063210), a member of the S&P/MIB Index, from 0.491 to 0.658 effective at the close of trading Tuesday, April 19, 2005. This is following the sale of ordinary shares by Fininvest SPA, which has reduced its holding to 34.17 percent of shares outstanding.
First Slovenian Market Participant Connected To Xetra - Deutsche Börse Further Expands Its Participant Network In The New EU Member States - Xetra Ever More Attractive For Participants From Central And Eastern Europe

Date 14/04/2005

Deutsche Börse has connected the first Slovenian participant, the securities trading bank Ilirika d.d., to its pan-European Xetra trading platform. Ilirika d.d. now offers its customers direct, low-priced access to trading in international securities on Xetra. Slovenia is the fourth new EU member state in which Deutsche Börse has won over new market participants for Xetra, following Hungary, Cyprus, and the Czech Republic.
Financial Times Reports "Nasdaq In Exclusive Talks To Buy Instinet"

Date 14/04/2005

The Financial Times today reported that Nasdaq was in exclusive talks to buy Instinet the electronic marketplace and broker-dealer owned by Reuters Group PLC.
Euronext's Alternext: A Tailor-made Market For Small And Mid Caps

Date 14/04/2005

Euronext is pleased to announce the creation of Alternext, a tailor-made market for small and mid cap companies. The move is part of the ongoing overhaul of the Euronext list, aimed at improving the visibility and liquidity of small and mid caps.
Dubai International Financial Centre Director General Addressed US Fund Management Community At 'Linklaters Seminar'

Date 14/04/2005

Dr Omar Bin Sulaiman gave a broad presentation on opportunity for US Fund Managers Essam Al Tamimi has spoken, on UAE legal environment Kevin Birkett , Asset & Fund Management Director, has given an overview on DIFC, DIFX and regulatory issues

Dow Jones Indexes, CBN Sign Agreement To Launch Sector Blue-Chip Indexes On The Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index

Date 14/04/2005

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and China Business Network Co. Ltd. (CBN), a leading professional financial-media company, today signed an agreement to create a series of sector blue-chip indexes based on the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index. The launch date for these indexes is scheduled for June 2005.
Corporate Governance Ratings Added To The FTSE ISS CGI Series - Enhanced Corporate Governance Tools Now Available

Date 14/04/2005

New and unique corporate governance ratings have been added today to the FTSE ISS Corporate Governance Index (CGI) Series. These ratings form the foundation of this groundbreaking index series, which has been created by global index provider FTSE Group (FTSE), and corporate governance specialists Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) to assist investment managers in assessing and managing portfolio risk.
CBOT Membership Overwhelmingly Approves Restructuring - Ninety-Nine Percent Of The Votes Were Cast In Favor Of The Restructuring Proposal

Date 14/04/2005

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) announced today that an overwhelming 99 percent of the votes were cast in favor of the CBOT’s restructuring proposal, which includes the demutualization of the Exchange into a for-profit, stock-based holding company and for-profit, membership exchange subsidiary.
CBOE Sets New Single-Day Volume Record - 3.05 Million Contracts Is The Busiest Trading Day In CBOE History

Date 14/04/2005

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that reported total trading volume at CBOE on Thursday, April 14th was 3,052,647 contracts, setting a new volume record at CBOE for the busiest single trading day in the Exchange's 32 year history and the first time that trading volume topped three million contracts in a single day. Today's volume surpassed the previous all-time single-day volume record of 2,726,267 contracts traded at CBOE on April 18, 2001.
Boston Options Exchange Sets New Trading Volume Record

Date 14/04/2005

BOX trading broke through the 400,000 contract level today for the first time as volume totaled 408,378 contracts, a new single session record. The previous volume record of 349,782 was set on April 1, 2005.