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Date 10/07/2001

Richard H. Walker, Director Of Enforcement, To Leave The SEC - Ten-Year Tenure At Commission Also Includes Service As General Counsel And Director Of Northeast Regional Office

Richard H. Walker, Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement, announced today that after 10 years of service, he will be leaving the Commission and will return to the private sector. He has not yet accepted a new position and will remain at the Commission for a short period to assist with the transition to a new Chairman.
Date 10/07/2001

LME Select Adds New Flexibility: Opening Hours Changed - New Lot Sizes Announced - Release 2 Launch Set For 10 September

The London Metal Exchange today announced changes to the operating parameters of its screen trading system, LME Select, to meet user requirements. The Exchange also said that Release 2 of the system would go live on 10 September 2001.
Date 10/07/2001

Announcement Made On 29 June 2001 By Goldman Sachs International On Behalf Of Intercontinentalexchange, Inc: Recommended Offer by Goldman Sachs International on behalf of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. for IPE Holdings Plc - Commencement Of Compulsory Acq

Further to IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.'s (ICE Inc.) announcement dated 18 June 2001 declaring Its offer (the Offer) for IPE Holdings Plc (IPE Holdings) unconditional in all respects, ICE Inc. has, as at 3.00 p.m. on 28 June 2001, received valid acceptances in respect of 10,527,447 IPE Holdings shares, representing approximately 91.9 per cent. of the issued share capital of IPE Holdings.
Date 10/07/2001

Aeroflot And RITEK Coupon Bonds Will Be Admitted To Trading On The RTS Stock Exchange

On 17 July 2001 documentary coupon bonds of JSC "Aeroflot" and JSC "Russian Innovative Fuel and Energy Company" (RITEK) will start trading on the RTS Stock Exchange.
Date 09/07/2001

virt-x Completes Phased Launch Of Pan-European Blue Chip Market

virt-x plc announced today that from 8.00am this morning the virt-x pan-European blue chip equity market will, as planned, offer trading in the constituents of all the European blue chip indices bringing the total number of stocks traded on virt-x to 613 - these stocks represent approximately 80% of European market capitalisation. This completes the phased launch of the virt-x market that commenced on 25 June 2001.

Date 09/07/2001

SMI® And Small/Middle/Large: Adjustment Of Index Calculation With Free Float

Based on the recommendations of the Index Commission, the Management Board of the SWX Swiss Exchange has arrived at the following decisions:
Date 09/07/2001

Revised CBOT Dow Divisors, Effective July 9, 2001

The Dow SM Jones Averages are price-weighted indexes and are calculated by dividing the sum of the prices of component stocks by a number called the index divisor.
Date 09/07/2001

Palestine Securities Exchange Price Fluctuation Limit

During the previous nine months, the Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) has been adjusting its procedures in accordance to the economic and financial reports in Palestine. These adjustments were implemented in an effort to reduce the negative effects of the current political situation imposed, and to enhance the investor's confidence in the market by PSE's commitment to its goals.
Date 09/07/2001

OM To Provide New Settlement System For ABN In Australia

ABN AMRO has signed an agreement with OM to deliver and install a new Settlement Back Office to support its Australian equities business. The agreement includes delivery, implementation and five years of support of OM's OneWorld Settlement engine, and is expected to have an order value of about 30 MSEK (approx. 3 MUSD).
Date 09/07/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited: Agreement To Provide Greater Access To HKATS

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has signed an agreement with France-based GL Trade, a leading provider of electronic financial trading software. Under the agreement, market participants around the world will be able to connect to HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, through GL's proprietary network, GL Net, pending completion of necessary regulatory approvals.