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Instinet Fixed Income Market To Provide Real-Time Pricing Data To Reuters

Date 07/03/2002

Instinet (Nasdaq: INET), through affiliates, the largest global electronic agency securities broker, today announced that Instinet Fixed Income Markets (IFIM) is providing Reuters, the global, news, information and technology group, with real-time U.S. Treasury pricing data. IFIM began offering its U.S. Treasury benchmark prices to Reuters in December 2001. Reuters offers the Instinet real-time Tr
GLOBEX® Electronic Trading Volume Surpasses 700,000 Mark Amid Volume Records In E-mini S&P 500 And E-mini Nasdaq-100 Futures

Date 07/03/2002

Trading volume on GLOBEX®, the electronic trading platform of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), broke new ground yesterday, March 6, with a record 704,711 contracts traded. This record surpasses the previous record of 672,931 contracts set last week on Feb. 27.
Eurex Posts New Record In Futures On Bund, Bobl And Schatz On March 6, 2002

Date 07/03/2002

Bund future Record turnover March 6, 2002 - 1,698,992 contracts Former record turnover March 5, 2001 - 1, 597,780 Contracts.
CFTC Announces Appointment Of Patrick J. McCarty As General Counsel

Date 07/03/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the appointment of Patrick J. McCarty as General Counsel effective March 14, 2002. Mr. McCarty comes to the CFTC from the Managed Funds Association (MFA) where he was the General Counsel and Executive Vice President for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs. Prior to joining the MFA, Mr. McCarty was Majority Counsel to the Financial Institutions Subcommittee of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee from 1998 to mid 2000. From 19
American Stock Exchange Response To Media Reports

Date 07/03/2002

The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) has issued the following statement in response to recent media reports:

Tokyo Stock Exchange: Revisions To The Regulations For Short Selling

Date 06/03/2002

On December 21, 2001 the Financial Services Agency of Japan released their plan to strengthen their measures for short selling in the "Comprehensive Measures for Short-Selling of Stock." As part of this plan, revisions to the enforcement order of the Securities and Exchange Law will be carried out on March 6, 2002.
TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 8 March 2002

Date 06/03/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 8 March 2002, responding to the release of a GDP figure at 8:50am.
The Korea Futures Exchange Weekly Bulletin February 25 To March 1

Date 06/03/2002

Following the previous week's mild upward trend, the KOSDAQ50 Index futures market represented some strength over the week. In spite of the continued strength in the local stock markets, the KTB futures market rallied over the week as we just saw during the previous week. The strong tie between the foreign investor's purchasing pattern in local stock markets and the price of USD/KRW seemed to continue this week.
SWX Monthly Report February 2002

Date 06/03/2002

The SWX Monthly Report with statistics as at February 2002 can be accessed at: http://www.swx.com/market/downloads_monthly_02_en.html .
Stock Exchange Of Thailand: Listed Companies Report Total Profits Of 200 Billion Baht In 2001, A Rise Of More Than 5 Times

Date 06/03/2002

Listed companies reported their 2001 operational performance with a 206 billion baht net profit, a rise of more than 5 times from last year, led by the Energy Sector, Building Materials, Communications, Transportation, and Agribusiness. The Finance and Banking Sector also reported a rise in net profits.