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Nymex Announces Position Limits And Accountability Levels For New Natural Gas Futures Contracts

Date 20/04/2005

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced the position limits and accountability levels for its 16 new natural gas index and swing futures contracts that will launch for trading and clearing on NYMEX ClearPortsm on April 25.
NYBOT Announces U.K. Bank Holiday Trading Schedule For Its Currency Market

Date 20/04/2005

The New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the trading schedule for the Monday, May 2 U.K. Bank Holiday: Sunday, May 1, 2005 NY-Evening Session: All products will trade regular hours, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. EDST. Monday, May 2, 2005 Dublin: All products closed. NY-Day Session: All products commence trading at 8:05 a.m. EDST.
NYBOT Announces Coffee Warehouse Actions

Date 20/04/2005

Effective immediately, the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today the following coffee license approvals: Coffee warehouse and weighmaster licenses for Cadeco Industries, Inc. locations at 5610 Clinton Drive and 400 Portwall in the Port of Houston, effective immediately through April 30, 2006 Coffee warehouse, master sampler and weighmaster licenses for J. Mueller Weser (formally Weser International), locations at Am Holzhafen 12 and Speicher 1 in the Port of Ham
New York Stock Exchange And Archipelago Exchange Agree to Merge — NYSE Group, Inc. Will Become A Publicly Held Company

Date 20/04/2005

New York Stock Exchange and Archipelago Exchange Agree to Merge — NYSE Group, Inc. Will Become a Publicly Held Company —Better serves investors and all customers ? Supports growth and competitive position of the Exchange and U.S. in the increasingly challenging global financial marketplace ? Creates a diverse platform for the trading of listed and over-the-counter equities, options and other derivative products including ETF’s ? Produces efficiencies, drives innovation, and creat
New Index Family To Track German, Swiss And Eurozone Volatility

Date 20/04/2005

Deutsche Börse, STOXX and SWX are jointly launching a consistent new suite of volatility indices covering the Eurozone as a whole as well as the German and Swiss markets respectively. The new indices are based on a new methodology jointly developed by Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Börse as an enhancement to the existing VDAX® methodology. The indexes include the VSTOXX for volatility in the Eurozone, the VSMI® and the VDAX-NEW. All indices will be calculated by Deutsche Börse based on the respectiv

NASD: Remarks By Douglas Shulman, President, Markets, Services And Information, from the Annual Bond Market Association Meeting On April 20, 2005

Date 20/04/2005

Good morning. Thank you for the introduction. It's great to be here with the professionals that drive this diverse and important market. Having just spoken here at the Waldorf at the BMA's Legal and Compliance Conference in February, and again at NASD's Fixed Income Conference in March, I'll try to rise to the challenge of not repeating myself.
Name Change Of EAOSEF (East Asian And Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation

Date 20/04/2005

The 24th EAOSEF (East Asian and Oceanian Stock Exchanges Federation) General Assembly was held in Busan, Korea, from April 7 to 8.
HKEx Announces New Appointments To The Nomination Committee

Date 20/04/2005

The Board has today (Wednesday) appointed Fong Hup and David Michael Webb as additional members of the Nomination Committee with immediate effect. Their terms of service shall be co-terminous with their terms as directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx).
Former Knight Trader Joseph Leighton Barred, Ordered To Pay $4 Million To Settle Charges of Fraudulent Trades With Institutional Customers - Actions Follow SEC, NASD Settlements With Knight, NASD Charges Against Firm Officials

Date 20/04/2005

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and NASD today announced parallel enforcement actions against Joseph Leighton, formerly the leading institutional sales trader at Knight Securities, L.P. (now known as Knight Equity Markets, L.P.). Leighton has been barred from the securities industry and will pay more than $4 million to settle charges that he made millions of dollars in fraudulent trades with Knight's institutional customers.
European Capital Markets Trade Associations Global Partnership To Be Established

Date 20/04/2005

The Bond Market Association (BMA), the International Securities Market Association (ISMA) and the International Primary Market Association (IPMA) (see Notes below) today announced that they intend to integrate their European based activities into the InternationalCapital Market Association (ICMA) and establish a global partnership between the BMA and ICMA.