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Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 17/06/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Wednesday, June 18, 2003:
S&P/RUIX And S&P/RUIX-Oil Calculation Procedures Change

Date 17/06/2003

Effective June 16th, 2003, calculation procedures for S&P/RUIX investment index and industry investment index S&P/RUIX-Oil change.
RTS: June Futures Contracts Settled And Delivered

Date 17/06/2003

June futures contracts were settled and delivered on June 16th, 2003. For the first time in FORTS history the deliverable futures contract on "LUKOil" stock was delivered. The total volume of the contracts equaled 44 million rubles. "RAO UES of Russia" futures contract topped the list with 178 million rubles in volume. US dollar exchange rate futures contract took the second place - 76 million rubles.
RTS Stock Exchange: Real-Time Money Transfer During Trading Session Now Possible

Date 17/06/2003

On June 11, 2003, the RTS Clearing Center and RTS Settlement Chamber introduced the new technology that supports real-time money withdrawal from Settlement Chamber accounts during trading.
NASDAQ And Instinet Write Congress To Urge Reform Of Nation's Markets

Date 17/06/2003

Instinet (Nasdaq:INET), through affiliates, the largest global electronic agency securities broker, along with The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq), the world's largest stock market, today released a joint letter to the Leadership of the U.S. Congress urging reforms to our Nation's equity markets.

Nasdaq And Instinet Release Joint Letter To Congress On Strengthening U.S. Equity Markets

Date 17/06/2003

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the world's largest stock market, and Instinet (NASDAQ: INET), through affiliates, the largest global electronic agency securities broker, today released a joint letter to the Leadership of the U.S. Congress with recommended principles for strengthening the U.S. equity markets and delivering greater value to investors. The letter states, "...we strongly believe that there is an historic opportunity to overhaul and reform today's regulatory regime to better harness
Launch Of MTS Austrian Market

Date 17/06/2003

EuroMTS today announced the launch of MTS Austrian Market, a segment of EuroMTS, listing all Austrian government bonds with a minimum outstanding size of at least €3 billion. The segment will complement trading of Austrian benchmark government bonds on EuroMTS alongside European benchmarks that meet the €5 billion minimum listing criteria of the platform.
IntercontinentalExchange Launches ICEMaker- Leading-Edge Trading Tool Links Trader's Excel Formulas To ICE Markets

Date 17/06/2003

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) today announced the launch of ICEMaker(TM), an innovative tool available to all traders on the ICE platform.
Federation of European Securities Exchanges: An Ombudsman For Cross-Border Financial Services' Providers In Europe

Date 17/06/2003

Europe's financial services industry needs a European ombudsman to oversee cross-border disputes between businesses and national regulators. FESE believes that the ombudsman system would provide a speedy and cost-effective mechanism of dealing with problems caused by the uneven enforcement of EU rules and regulations by national regulators. In the medium-term an ombudsman would help create a level playing field for all financial services firms.
Enactment Of The Saudi Arabian Capital Markets Law

Date 17/06/2003

The Council of Ministers today passed the Saudi Arabian Capital Markets Law. The Law sets out the framework for the capital market including: The establishment of the Saudi Arabian Securities and Exchange Commission ("the Commission") with objectives of protecting investor interests, ensuring orderly and equitable dealings in securities business, and promotion and development of the capital market; Vesting the Commission with the powers to: License non-bank financial inte