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Public Consultation On FTSE4Good Criteria Roadmap

Date 09/12/2004

FTSE Group (FTSE), the index company, today launches a public consultation, the results of which will be used to create a roadmap of future criteria development for the FTSE4Good Index Series. When the index was launched in July 2001 the FTSE4Good Policy Committee made a five-year commitment to develop and introduce new and more stringent criteria to the index.
Program Trading Averaged 57.0 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Nov. 29-Dec. 3

Date 09/12/2004

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 Nov. 29-Dec. 3.
OMX: BALTIX To Outreach 400 Points Since Its Launch

Date 09/12/2004

Today, the pan-Baltic index BALTIX outreached 400 points. The BALTIX serves as a benchmark for the Baltic securities market as it is calculated for the shares of companies listed on the Main Lists of Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn stock exchanges.
NZX Index Changes

Date 09/12/2004

New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) has announced the following constituent changes to its equity indices. These changes will take effect from 5 January 2005.
November On The Warsaw Stock Exchange

Date 09/12/2004

November 2004 saw all the WSE indices change slightly, with the NIF (National Investment Funds) index rising the most.

New Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 09/12/2004

A new product has been listed in the Exchange Traded Funds segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange: XMTCH on SMIM® issued by Credit Swiss Asset Management. This segment now encompasses 26 exchange-traded funds.
New eb.rexx Jumbo Pfandbriefe ETF Launched In The XTF Segment; New ETF Trades On Deutsche Börse As Of December 9; Growing Demand For Fixed-Income Etfs

Date 09/12/2004

Trading of the eb.rexx® Jumbo Pfandbriefe EX (ISIN: DE0002635265) in the XTF segment on the Deutsche Börse started Thursday. This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is issued by Indexchange Investment AG, and is based on the eb.rexx® Jumbo Pfandbriefe selection index. The index is calculated by Deutsche Börse from the continually generated prices of the 25 most liquid fixed-income instruments in the Jumbo Pfandbriefe segment of the electronic fixed-income trading platform Eurex Bonds®.
NASD Fines Sigma Financial For Suing Customers In Violation OF NASD’S Arbitration Code - Firm Pays Customers’ Legal Costs, Firm President Suspended

Date 09/12/2004

NASD announced today that it has censured and fined Sigma Financial Corporation of Ann Arbor, MI and its president, Jerome Rydell, $135,000 for violating NASD's Code of Arbitration Procedure – by frivolously pursuing legal action against an elderly couple who had won an arbitration award against the firm.
KCBT Lowers Value Line® Fees For Electronic Trade - KCBT Electronic Trading To Launch December 12, Value Line Fees Temporarily Reduced

Date 09/12/2004

Kansas City Board of Trade electronic trading begins this Sunday, December 12, at 7:15 p.m. CT for the KCBT Value Line® stock index futures contract and 7:32 p.m. CT for Hard Red Winter Wheat futures. The KCBT® wheat futures and options contracts will continue to be traded by open outcry during regular trading hours, while Value Line will be traded exclusively on the electronic trading platform.
HKEx’s Derivatives Market Gets Strong Support From Retail And Institutional Investors

Date 09/12/2004

Retail investors, institutional investors and Exchange Participants’ principal trading remained the three main pillars of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited’s (HKEx) derivatives market turnover with a high degree of participation from overseas investors, according to a 2003/04 survey by HKEx.