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IOSCO: Task Force Of Securities Regulators From Major Markets Agrees On Code Of Conduct Fundamentals For Credit Rating Agencies

Date 04/12/2004

A Chairmen’s Task Force of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today completed deliberations on a code of conduct for credit rating agencies. Called the “Fundamentals of a Code of Conduct for Credit Rating Agencies,” the IOSCO document describes provisions that rating agencies should incorporate into their own codes of conduct to deal with issues such as how rating agencies should avoid or mitigate potential conflicts of interest, improve
Tokyo Stock Exchange: Changes in S&P/TOPIX 150

Date 03/12/2004

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) and Standard & Poor's (S&P) will make the following changes in S&P/TOPIX 150 Index effective after the close of trading on Friday, December 10, 2004.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Key Figures November 2004

Date 03/12/2004

Trading days SWX: 22Trading days virt-x: 22
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Closes The Case On The Brokerage Or Agent Fees Rebates By BT Securities

Date 03/12/2004

SET Executive Vice President Mr. Suthichai Chitvanich disclosed that: “The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), through its Sub-committee for the Consideration of Offenses Relating to, and Punishment for, the Charging of Brokerage or Agent Fees for the Buying and Selling of Listed Securities, has ruled that BT Securities has violated the SET’s Rules and Procedures for Collecting Brokerage or Agent Fees and the SET regulations on Good Corporate Governance of Members, dated 11 January 2002.
Quarterly Rebalancing And Additions & Deletions For The S&P Japan 500, S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan Midcap 100 And S&P Japan Smallcap 250 Indices

Date 03/12/2004

Click here to view details of the quarterly rebalancing and additions and deletions for the S&P Japan 500, S&P/TOPIX 150, S&P Japan MidCap 100 and S&P Japan SmallCap 250 Indices.

NYSE Seat Sells For $1,100,000

Date 03/12/2004

A regular seat sold on the New York Stock Exchange today, Dec. 3, 2004, for $1,100,000; up $65,000 from the previous regular seat sale on November 24, 2004.
NYBOT Trading At Record Levels - Volume Up 30% YTD

Date 03/12/2004

Trading volume on the New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) markets, the world’s leading “soft” commodity exchange, continues to climb, with Year-To-Date (YTD) volumes through the end of November 2004 reaching 29,282,295 combined futures and options contracts -- 6,688,496 more contracts than 2003, a 30% increase.
Number Of Daily Transactions On Futures and Options On The RTS Stock Exchange Exceeds 10 000

Date 03/12/2004

On December 3rd, 2004, 10 121 transactions were registered on FORTS, Futures and Options on the RTS, the derivatives segment of the RTS Stock Exchange, 11% higher than the previous daily maximum of 9 150 transactions and 59% more than the average number for November (6 355). Futures contract on "RAO UES' single stock with execution in December traded the most actively - 7 512.
New York Mercantile Exchange Daily Volume Nears 1 Million For First Time

Date 03/12/2004

A daily volume record was set on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., yesterday when 987,354 contracts were traded, surpassing the previous record of 911,393 contracts, set on October 13.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange Sets Monthly Volume Record

Date 03/12/2004

Record volume of 165,883 contracts exchanged hands at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) during the month of November. This number breaks the all time high records set in January, February, March and August of this year. The year-to-date total of 1,339,518 contracts has already surpassed the previous yearly volume record for MGEX set in 2002 of 1,262,769 total contracts.