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Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 March 2004

Date 23/03/2004

TIFFE announced the temporary change of trading hours for all contracts on 30 March 2004, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes To S&P U.S. Indices

Date 23/03/2004

S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX) will replace Dial Corp. (NYSE:DL) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Monday, March 29, 2004. S&P Global 1200 component Henkel Group is acquiring Dial Corp. in a transaction anticipated to close on or about that date. The transaction is still pending shareholder approval. Headwaters Inc. (NASD:HDWR) will replace Newfield Exploration in the S&P SmallCap 600. Standard & Poor's will monitor these transactions, and
Share Changes For Isuzu Motors, Ltd. In The S&P Japan Smallcap 250 And S&P Japan 500 Indices

Date 23/03/2004

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P Japan SmallCap 250 and S&P Japan 500 Indices effective after the close of trading, Wednesday March 31st, 2004:
Quarterly Constituent And Share Changes In The S&P/HKEx Largecap Index

Date 23/03/2004

Standard & Poor's will make the following constituent and share changes in the S&P/HKEx LargeCap index as part of the quarterly index rebalance. The changes will be made effective after the close of business on March 29, 2004.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange Announces Futures Product Development Agreement With Susquehanna International Group, LLP - Suite Of New Futures To List And Trade On Philadelphia Board Of Trade (PBOT)

Date 23/03/2004

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) to jointly develop a suite of futures products to trade on PBOT, the futures subsidiary of the PHLX. The agreement contemplates the collaborative development of an electronic trading platform, the sharing of certain revenues and the creation of new futures products.

OMHEX And SEB To Co-Operate In Securities Processing

Date 23/03/2004

SEB Merchant Banking and OMHEX today announced a co-operation agreement regarding custody and clearing for the Finnish market. Under the agreement, SEB will through its Helsinki branch assume responsibility for the OMHEX custody customers, which are today handled through the Finnish subsidiary HBO. In addition, OMHEX and SEB Merchant Banking have agreed that OMHEX will continue to handle transaction processing for these clients in the Finnish market on behalf of SEB through an outsourcing agreem
NYBOT To Launch World Ethanol Futures And Options Contracts - <I>Contract Based On Nybot's Sugar No. 11 And Will Trade In Sugar Pit</I>

Date 23/03/2004

New York Board of Trade® (NYBOT®) announced today that it will be launching new world ethanol futures and options contracts, with the futures contract to begin trading Friday, May 7, and the options to begin Monday, May 10. The ethanol contract, which will trade alongside NYBOT's Sugar No. 11 contract in the sugar pit, underscores the increasing role of this cleaner-burning additive to gasoline and its growing importance to the world sugar trade.
New York Mercantile Exchange Board Elects Richard Schaeffer Vice Chairman

Date 23/03/2004

The board of directors of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. and the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today appointed Richard Schaeffer to fill the year remaining on the term of vice chairman vacated by Mitchell Steinhause when he was elected chairman of the Exchange last week.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces Revised Margins For Hkex Futures Contracts After Capital Adjustment

Date 23/03/2004

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 Wednesday, 24 March 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Clearstream And LCH.Clearnet Implement New Settlement Route - Enhancing STP Rates And Improving Market Efficiency

Date 23/03/2004

Clearstream Banking Frankfurt announced today that, together with LCH.Clearnet, it has introduced an automated settlement route for OTC German Government debt transactions. The routing process for settlement instructions generated by LCH.Clearnet on behalf of its members to be forwarded to Clearstream Banking Frankfurt for settlement, will be automated achieving 100 percent straight-through processing rates.