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American Stock Exchange Launches Dynamic Intellidex Indexes

Date 28/04/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) today announced the launch of a new proprietary index model called IntellidexSM Indexes, which began publication on Friday, April 25th. Comprised of large, midsize and small U.S. companies with sector weightings resembling the total U.S. marketplace, the Intellidex Indexes represent stocks that meet objective screening criteria designed to isolate stocks with long-term capital growth potential. The indexes will be initially the basis for structured products and
American Stock Exchange Expands Options Program To Include Additional ETFs - Amex to Trade Options On Three iShares Lehman Treasury Bond Funds

Date 28/04/2003

The American Stock Exchange (Amex) today announced it will launch trading in options on Tuesday, April 29 on the following iShares: iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (Symbol: SHY); iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (Symbol: IEF); iShares Lehman 20 + Year Treasury Bond Fund (Symbol: TLT)
The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited To Narrow Strike Intervals For HSBC Holdings Plc Option Class And The Hang Seng Bank Option Class

Date 25/04/2003

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), will narrow the strike intervals in the spot month and next calendar month of the HSBC Holdings Plc Option Class (HKB Options) and the Hang Seng Bank Option Class from 30 April 2003.
The NASDAQ Stock Market Announces Open Short- Interest Positions In NASDAQ Stocks For April 2003

Date 25/04/2003

As of mid-April, short interest in 2,819 NASDAQ National Market® securities totaled 4,336,211,644 shares compared with 4,207,678,805 shares in 2,820 National Market issues for the month of March.
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Indices

Date 25/04/2003

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index change effective after the close of business on Monday, April 28, 2003: The relative weight of Shiningbank Energy Income Fund (TSX:SHN.UN) will increase by approximately 0.33% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Income Trust Index and by approximately 0.75% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Energy Trust Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float trust units of the income trust due to the issuance of units.

Securities and Exchange Commission Reaffirms Status Of Pronouncements Of The Financial Accounting Standards Board

Date 25/04/2003

The Securities and Exchange Commission today reaffirmed that it will continue to recognize pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as being generally accepted for purposes of filings with the Commission. The Commission's decision is in response to section 108 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which, among other things, specifies the criteria that must be met in order for an accounting standard setter's work product to be recognized as generally accepted by the Commis
SEC Determines PCAOB Appropriately Organized

Date 25/04/2003

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced that the PCAOB has been determined to be appropriately organized and has the capacity to carry out the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
S&P 500 ETF Now Tradable At Deutsche Börse

Date 25/04/2003

The first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Standard & Poors 500 U.S. benchmark index has been tradable in Deutsche Börse's XTF segment since Friday. The iShares S&P 500 ETF is managed by Barclays Global Investors (BGI). ETFs tracking the S&P 500 index in the U.S have been very successful. The world's most heavily traded security with a monthly exchange turnover of some 90 billion euros is an ETF on the S&P 500 index.
Meeting Of The Board Of Oslo Børs On 25 April 2003

Date 25/04/2003

At its meeting on 25 April 2003 the Board of Oslo Børs resolved to admit Deutsche Bank AG as a new member of Oslo Børs. The number of remote members i Oslo now totals 15 out of 43 members.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: Collective Responsibility In Building A Culture Of Good Governance

Date 25/04/2003

Setting standards and creating a culture of good governance is the collective responsibility of regulators, advisors of public listed companies and the board of directors and senior management governing the respective company.