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Date 27/03/2002

Market Regulation Services Inc. Adopts Universal Market Integrity Rules Effective April 1st

Market Regulation Services Inc. (RS) announced that as of April 1, 2002, all trading of equity securities in Canada will be subject to new trading rules, called the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR). The new rules will apply to trading of securities listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE) and Canadian Venutre Exchange (CDNX). In addition, the universal rules will apply to future marketplaces, including Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs).
Date 27/03/2002

Instinet Files S-1 And 10-K

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) announced today that it filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register approximately five million shares of Instinet common stock that were issued in a private placement in October 2001 in connection with the acquisition of ProTrader Group, L.P. The company also filed today its 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC.
Date 27/03/2002

HKEx To Invest In Electronic Bond Trading Platform BondsInAsia

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has agreed to acquire an interest which currently represents a 15.58 per cent shareholding in BondsInAsia Limited (BIA), the premier fixed income trading platform in Asia. This level of investment is the same as BIA's existing bank shareholders. (The amount of investment by HKEx in BIA is not such as to constitute a notifiable transaction under the Listing Rules.)
Date 27/03/2002

Helsinki Exchanges Evening Trading Cut Back By One Hour As Of 2 April

Evening trading at Helsinki Exchanges will be cut back by one hour as of 2 April, 2002, when the shorter hours will be applied for the first time. Otherwise trading hours will remain unchanged.
Date 27/03/2002

CBOT Swap Futures Set Volume, Open Interest Records

Continuing one of the exchange's best new-product performances, the Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOT®) 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contract yesterday reached a new daily volume record of 9,137 contracts and an open interest record level of 20,179.

Date 26/03/2002

Singapore's First Local ETF On The STI To List On 17 April 2002

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that Singapore's first local Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the streetTRACKSSM Straits Times Index Fund ("streetTRACKS STI") will be listed and traded on SGX from 17 April 2002.
Date 26/03/2002

SEC: Waste Management Founder, Five Other Former Top Officers Sued For Massive Fraud - Defendants Inflated Profits By $1.7 Billion To Meet Earnings Targets - Defendants Reap Millions In Ill-Gotten Gains While Defrauded Investors Lose More Than $6 Billion

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit today against the founder and five other former top officers of Waste Management Inc., charging them with perpetrating a massive financial fraud lasting more than five years. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, charges that defendants engaged in a systematic scheme to falsify and misrepresent Waste Management's financial results between 1992 and 1997.
Date 26/03/2002

NZSE Releases Consultation Paper On Proposed Listing Rule Changes

The New Zealand Stock Exchange ("NZSE") today released a consultation paper proposing a number of changes to its Listing Rules intended to align the NZSE Listing Rules with key aspects of the Securities Markets and Institutions Bill, including continuous disclosure and an obligation on directors to disclose all trading in relevant securities.
Date 26/03/2002

LIFFE Helps Private Investors Access Futures Market - Training Seminar - Trading Derivatives From Home

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, LIFFE, is staging four special workshops for private investors keen to trade futures online. Tutors from Man Direct will show how home computers can be used to place and manage orders online and spot trading opportunities.
Date 26/03/2002

Insinger Listing Proves Flexibility, Diversity Of Labuan International Financial Exchange

The latest secondary listing at the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) by Insinger de Beaufort Holdings S.A. (Insinger) proves that the Exchange has the flexibility and diversity to gain greater acceptance in the international financial arena.