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CBOT® To Host Chinese Government Delegation And Trade Teams - Tour Trading Floors and Hold Agricultural Conference

Date 16/12/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will host a delegation from China representing the Ministry of Commerce and trade teams from the soybean and machinery industries on Thursday, December 18.
Thomson Financial Selects Radianz For Client Connections In Europe And Asia

Date 15/12/2003

Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, and Radianz, the leading provider of market communications infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced a strategic agreement where Thomson Financial will have access to Radianz's market communications infrastructure, RadianzNet, to deliver a wide range of Thomson Financial applicatio
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange To Begin Trading Options On Fidelity Nasdaq Composite Index Tracking Stock

Date 15/12/2003

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) announced today that it will begin trading options today on the Fidelity NASDAQ Composite Index Tracking Stock. The options were allocated to Susquehanna Investment Group.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 15/12/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes effective after the close of business on Friday, December 19, 2003: The relative weight of Cott Corporation (TSX:BCB - GICS 30201030 - Soft Drinks) will increase by approximately 0.10% in the S&P/TSX Composite and Capped Composite Indices, by 0.13% in the S&P/TSX 60 and 60 Capped Indices, by 0.12% in the TSX 100 Index and by 2.20% in the S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index. The relative weight change
Securities Markets: European Commission Proposes That The Community Sign The Hague Securities Convention

Date 15/12/2003

The European Commission has proposed that the European Community should sign the Hague Convention, a multilateral treaty on determining the ownership of securities held in electronic form. The proposal takes the form of a draft Decision to be adopted by the EU's Council of Ministers authorising the signature of the Convention. The Convention provides a uniform legal formula for determining proprietary rights and will be particularly useful in cases where securities are held t

SEC Brings First Failure To Supervise Action Against Principal Of An Unregistered Investment Adviser To A Hedge Fund - Also Charges Hedge Fund Director Of Investments With Fraud

Date 15/12/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the first "failure to supervise" enforcement action against the principal of an unregistered investment adviser to a hedge fund. Previous failure to supervise actions against investment advisers had been brought only against registered advisers. In the same action, the Commission charged the adviser's director of investments with fraud.
S&P And CITICS Join Forces To Build New A-Share Index Series

Date 15/12/2003

Standard & Poor's, the leading global provider of independent investment research, indices and ratings, and CITIC Securities (CITICS), one of China's leading financial and investment services companies, announced today that they have agreed to jointly develop a new series of indices covering China's A-shares equity market.
Re-Appointment Of Chairman Of UK Financial Reporting Council

Date 15/12/2003

Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade & Industry today announced the re-appointment of Sir Bryan Nicholson as Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
Open Interest Exceeds 1 Million Contracts For New York Mercantile Exchange Clearport<SUP>sm</SUP> Product Slate

Date 15/12/2003

The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today announced that open interest in its slate of futures contracts available for trading and clearing solely through the NYMEX ClearPortsm technology platform has exceeded 1 million contracts as of the close of business Friday.
OneChicago Week In Review - Record Week At The Exchange

Date 15/12/2003

Daily volume reached a record 243,198 contracts on Tuesday, December 9, and totaled 262,084 for the week, also a record. Open interest surpassed 250,000 contracts last week.