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SEC Proposes Amendments To EDGAR System Rules Regarding Mandatory Identification Of Investment Company Series And Classes - Additions To Mandatory Electronic Filings - And Technical Revisions

Date 17/03/2004

On March 16, the Commission issued a release proposing to expand the information that it requires certain investment company filers to submit electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and to make certain technical changes to that system.
SEC Charges CMS Energy Corp. And Three Former CMS Executives With Fraud In Connection With Over $5 Billion In Round-Trip Energy Trades - CMS And One Former Executive Agree To Cease-And-Desist Orders - Other Two Executives Charged In Civil Lawsuit

Date 17/03/2004

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today a settled fraud enforcement action against CMS Energy Corporation (CMS), a Michigan-based energy company, in connection with over $5 billion in deceptive round-trip energy trades - massive pre-arranged trades that, despite lacking economic substance, grossly inflated CMS's reported revenues and propelled the company into the upper echelon of the energy-trading volume rankings.
SEC And CFTC Sign Memorandum Of Understanding Regarding Oversight of Security Futures Product Trading And Sharing Of Security Futures Product Information

Date 17/03/2004

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman James E. Newsome today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the oversight of security futures product (SFP) trading and the sharing of security futures product information.
S.A.C.I. Falabella de Chile Will Replace Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer - Serie B de Mexico In The S&P Latin America 40 Indices

Date 17/03/2004

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P Latin America 40 Indices effective after the close of trading on Friday, March 19, 2004: S.A.C.I. Falabella (Chile, SEDOL 2771672) will replace Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer - Serie B (Mexico, SEDOL 2968786) in the S&P Latin America 40 Indices after the close of trading on Friday March 19, 2004. Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer - Serie B is being removed from the S&P Latin American Indices due to the Public Tender Offer of its B
Record Volume Day For SFE SPI 200<SUP>™</SUP> Futures

Date 17/03/2004

Sydney Futures Exchange experienced the largest transaction volumes on record yesterday for the SFE SPI 200™ Futures contract. The total volume for the day was 132,976, up 6.2% compared to the previous record of 125,206 set on December 16, 2003.

Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P/MIB Index

Date 17/03/2004

Standard & Poor’s as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding and the Investible Weight Factors for the S&P/MIB effective at the open of business Monday, March 22, 2004.
Quarterly Rebalancing For S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Latin America 40, S&P Asia 50 And S&P/ASX 50 Indices

Date 17/03/2004

Standard & Poor's, as part of the quarterly rebalancing, will change the shares outstanding for the S&P Global 100, S&P Europe 350, S&P Asia 50, S&P ASX 50, and the S&P Latin America 40 Indices. In addition some Investible Weight Factors for constituents in the S&P Europe 350 and S&P ASX 50 will also be updated effective after the close of business Friday, March 19, 2004.
OM To Provide Trading And Clearing System To MIBEL, The Pan-Iberian Electricity Market

Date 17/03/2004

OM, a world leading provider of marketplace solutions and services for the financial and energy markets and EDINFOR/ ACE, a leading Portuguese systems integrator, have signed an agreement for the delivery of a trading and clearing system to Operador do Mercado Ibérico de Energia (Pólo Português) (OMIP).
HKEx Sets Date For DCASS Rollout

Date 17/03/2004

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) today announces that it will launch its new Derivatives Clearing and Settlement System, or DCASS, on Tuesday, 6 April (5 April being a public holiday).
CME Open Interest in Milk Futures And Options Also Hit Record Levels

Date 17/03/2004

Class III milk futures traded at Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) hit total volume of 4,070 in Tuesday's trading session, surpassing the 4,000 level for the first time in a single trading session.