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New York Board Of Trade New Margin Requirements For Cocoa And Cotton

Date 25/10/2004

Click here to view the New York Board of Trade new margin requirements for cocoa and cotton.
NASD Fines Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. $250,000 In Largest Hedge Fund Sales Sanction To Date - Sales Materials Included Unsubstantiated Claims, Inadequate Risk Disclosure

Date 25/10/2004

In its largest enforcement action to date involving hedge fund sales by broker-dealers, NASD has censured and fined Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., $250,000 for disseminating inappropriate sales literature. More than 100 pieces of sales literature distributed between July 1, 2002 and June 30, 2003, cited a targeted rate of return without providing a sound basis for evaluating the target, improperly used hypothetical returns in charts or graphs, and/or failed to include adequate risk disclosure.
London Stock Exchange Opens Regional Office In Hong Kong - First Chinese ETF In Europe Begins Trading

Date 25/10/2004

The London Stock Exchange today opened its Asia-Pacific regional office in Hong Kong. This underlines its commitment to the Asia Pacific region, where China is one of its key target markets.
JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Weekly Statistics For The Week Ended 22.10.2004

Date 25/10/2004

Attached is the weekly report of certain trading statistics. It must be noted that the statistics relevant to foreign transactions only represent transactions executed through the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
Financial Journalists Pass SWX Trader Examination

Date 25/10/2004

In a campaign conducted this year for the first time ever, the SWX Swiss Exchange offered interested financial journalists a cost-free opportunity to participate in the training course for the SWX trader examination as well as to take the actual test. The offer met with an avid response - in the past several weeks, a total of 18 journalists successfully completed the trader exam. The SWX Swiss Exchange would like to congratulate them for their noteworthy accomplishment and their newly aquired tr

Committee Of European Securities Regulators Publishes The Analytical Report: Which Supervisory Tools For The EU Securities Markets? This Report Is Open For Consulation

Date 25/10/2004

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) is publishing for consultation an analytical report entitled “Which supervisory tools for the EU securities markets?” (Ref: CESR/04-333f)
CME Receives Italian Regulatory Approval For Milan Telecommunications Hub - Provides Direct CME Globex® Connection to IWBank and FinecoBank - Over 50 Customers Now Connected To CME European Hubs

Date 25/10/2004

CME, the largest U.S. futures exchange, today announced that IW Bank, the online bank of BPU Group in Milan, and FinecoBank, the online bank of Capitalia Group, have become the first Italian customers to initiate direct access to CME Globex through the exchange’s new telecommunications hub in Italy. CME earned regulatory approval from the Italian government to provide direct access from Italy to CME Globex late last week.
CME Demonstrates “Bench Strength” of Financial Leadership - Promotes James E. Parisi To Managing Director And Chief Financial Officer - James A. Pribel Promoted To Director & Treasurer

Date 25/10/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. today announced the appointment of James E. Parisi, a 16 year veteran of the company with a broad range of financial management experience, as Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and its subsidiary CME, the largest futures exchange in the United States. Parisi will join CME’s management team and oversee the company’s finance, treasury, investor relations, accounting and strategic sourcing functions.
Closure Of Trading In MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures And Options Markets on SGX, 25 Oct

Date 25/10/2004

Singapore Exchange (SGX) will close its MSCI Taiwan Stock Index Futures and Options Markets today, 25 Oct, as the underlying Taiwan stock market is closed due to Typhoon Nock-Ten. There will also be no trading for the exchange’s MSCI Taiwan futures contract today via SGX QUEST.
Boston Options Exchange: 27 New Classes Listed, Total Now At 350

Date 25/10/2004

There are now 350 options classes listed on BOX with the launch of 27 on the opening this morning. For a complete list of all classes traded on BOX, click here.