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JSE Securities Exchange South Africa To Go Live With New Interest Rate Exchange

Date 06/10/2004

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa today announced that it will launch Yield-X, a world-class interest rate exchange, in early 2005. Yield-X will open the interest rate market to new players and new products, encouraging liquidity and market diversification.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For H-Shares Index Futures Contract

Date 06/10/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 7 October 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Directors’ Pay – European Commission Sets Out Guidance On Disclosure And Shareholder Control

Date 06/10/2004

The European Commission has adopted a Recommendation on directors’ remuneration. It recommends that Member States should ensure listed companies disclose their policy on directors’ remuneration and tell shareholders how much individual directors are earning and in what form, and ensure shareholders are given adequate control over these matters and over share-based remuneration schemes? The Commission has also adopted a Recommendation on the role of independent directors (see

Committee Of European Securities Regulators Publishes The Interim Report On The Activities Of CESR To The European Commission

Date 06/10/2004

Click here to view the interim report on the activities of CESR to the European Commission.
Committee Of European Securities Regulators Publishes Responses Received To The Second Part Of The Consultation On CESR’s Advice On Possible Implementing Measures Of The Directive 2004/39/EC On Markets In Financial Instruments

Date 06/10/2004

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CME Announces Columbus Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 06/10/2004

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has announced the following trading schedule for the Columbus Day holiday (all times are Central time).
Clearstream And Euroclear To Complete Phase 2 Of New 'Automated Daytime Bridge' On Schedule - Launch Date Of Second Phase Set For 15th November 2004

Date 06/10/2004

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream International today jointly confirmed the launch date of Monday, 15 November 2004 for the second phase of the new, automated, daytime Bridge between the two international central securities depositories (ICSDs). The ‘Bridge’ is an electronic communications link which facilitates the efficient settlement of securities transactions between counterparties in Clearstream Banking Luxembourg and Euroclear Bank. The jointly managed project, which improves interoperabilit
Changes To The Admission Board Of The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 06/10/2004

The Admission Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange reports the following changes to its membership: Dr. Marcel Rohner, CEO Wealth Management & Business Banking, UBS AG, and Dr. Tobias Guldimann, Member of the Executive Board, Credit Suisse Group, have stepped down. Peter E. Merian, Chairman of the Admission Board, gratefully acknowledges the valuable contribution that Dr. Rohner and Dr. Guldimann have made. The Board of Directors of the SWX Swiss Exchange has appointed the following as new members of
CBOT Options On Mini-Sized Dow(SM) Jones Futures Shatter Previous Open Interest And Volume Records

Date 06/10/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that its options on mini-sized Dow Jones futures set new open interest and volume records on October 5, with open interest eclipsing the previous all-time high by 27 percent and volume surpassing the prior record by 100 percent.
CBOT October 6, 2004 Treasury Conversion Factors

Date 06/10/2004

The attached conversion factor tables for the CBOT® U.S. Treasury Bond and Note futures complex have been revised to include conversion factors for the following government security that was auctioned on October 6 by the U.S. Treasury Department: