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Putnam Agrees To Pay $55 Million To Resolve SEC Enforcement Action Related To Market Timing By Portfolio Managers - All $55 Million, Which Consists Of A $50 Million Penalty And $5 Million In Disgorgement, Will Be Returned To Investors

Date 08/04/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the final settlement of an enforcement action against Putnam Investment Management LLC (Putnam), pursuant to which the Commission ordered Putnam to pay a $50 million civil penalty and $5 million in disgorgement for violating federal securities laws by failing to disclose improper market timing trading by Putnam portfolio managers. All of the money obtained by the Commission will be distributed to investors harmed by the market timing trading
Program Trading Averaged 49.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Mar. 29-Apr. 2

Date 08/04/2004

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for Mar. 29-Apr. 2.
Parthenon Capital Expresses Interest In Purchasing Majority Stake In Nymex

Date 08/04/2004

NYMEX Holdings, Inc., has received an indication of interest from Parthenon Capital LLC, a private equity investment firm, to acquire a potential controlling equity interest in the company.
London Stock Exchange: Monthly Market Report For March 2004 - Record Sets Trading Volumes In March

Date 08/04/2004

The amount of trading on SETSTM, the London Stock Exchange's electronic order book, continued to increase in March 2004 with a record total number of trades.
Israel- Revision To The S&P/IFCG S&P/IFCI Price & Total Return Indices

Date 08/04/2004

S&P/IFCG and S&P/IFCI Price and Total Return indices for Israel have been revised downwards by 137 and 136 basis points, respectively, for April 5, 2004. The revised index levels reflect the corrected prices for the S&P/EMDB Israel Index constituents on April 5, 2004 The S&P/IFCI ME & Africa Regional Index was also revised Downward by 37 basis points. The corrected figures appear below:

Instinet Group Board Elects New Member

Date 08/04/2004

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq:INGP) today announced the election of Margaret M. Eisen to Instinet Group's Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2004. At age 50, Ms. Eisen is Chief Investment Officer of EAM International, LLC, a provider of corporate finance and asset management services. Previously she was Managing Director of DeGuardiola Advisors, Managing Director of North American Equities at General Motors Asset Management, and Director of Worldwide Pension Investments for DuPont Asset
Euronext Introduces Incentive Scheme For Dutch Securities

Date 08/04/2004

Today Euronext announced the introduction of an incentive scheme to further enhance liquidity in its growing Dutch cash market which will potentially make the trading of Dutch securities up to 30% cheaper for its members, depending on their trading activity.
CBOT: New Dow Divisor April 8, 2004

Date 08/04/2004

Starting with Thursday, April 8 stock market trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIASM ) will be calculated with a new divisor because of the removal of T (AT & T Corp.), IP (International Paper Co.) and EK (Eastman Kodak Co.). These three stocks will be replaced by AIG (American International Group), PFE (Pfizer Inc), and VZ (Verizon Communications Inc.) As a result, the divisor for the 30 Industrials changes to 0.14090166 from 0.13500289.
CBOT Treasury Conversion Factors

Date 08/04/2004

The attached conversion factor tables for the CBOT® U.S. Treasury Bond and Note complex have been revised to include the conversion factors for the following government security that was auctioned yesterday by the U.S. Treasury Department:
Borsa Italiana Approves New Segmentation Of The Covered Warrant Market

Date 08/04/2004

The Board of Borsa Italiana, met on April 7 to approve some regulatory changes to allow a new segmentation of MCW, the securitised derivatives market.