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Hong Kong Futures Exchange: New Contingency Procedures In The Event Of A Market Interruption Affecting The Trading Of Derivatives

Date 31/07/2002

New contingency procedures for the Hang Seng Index Futures (HSI) and the Mini-HSI (MHI) Futures markets in the event of a market interruption will become effective on Thursday, 1 August 2002.
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month Futures Contract

Date 31/07/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Thursday, 1 August 2002, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
FSA Outlines Options On Analysts' Investment Research

Date 31/07/2002

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) today publishes a discussion paper on whether changes should be made to the FSA's regulatory approach to investment research in the UK. The options put forward for discussion range from no change to the current requirements, to new rules, or even a completely new approach under which some research reports would be clearly labelled as advice, promotion or marketing material.
ASX Launches Property Trust Index Futures

Date 31/07/2002

ASX announced the commencement of trading in index futures contracts over the S&P™/ASX200™ Property Trust sector (GICS) index (ASX code: XPJ). Trading will commence at 9:50am on Thursday 1 August 2002.
Address By HKEX Chairman Charles Lee At The Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Panel

Date 31/07/2002

The following address was given today by Hong Kong Stock Exchange Chairman Charles Lee at the Legislative Council's Financial Affairs Panel.

SEC: Paul Munter Named Academic Accounting Fellow, Office Of The Chief Accountant

Date 30/07/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Chief Accountant today announced the selection of Paul Munter as academic accounting fellow for a one-year term beginning August 2002. For the last 14 years, Munter has been professor and chairman of the Department of Accounting at the University of Miami. He is a certified public accountant. Munter also has a doctorate in accounting from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Fresno State Univ
SEC: David B. Smith Appointed Academic Accounting Fellow, Division of Corporation Finance

Date 30/07/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance today announced the selection of David B. Smith as the academic accounting fellow for a one-year term beginning August 2002. Currently, Smith is the Union Pacific Corporation/Charles B. Handy Professor of Accounting at Iowa State University (ISU). He served as the ISU Department of Accounting Chairman from 1998 to 2001. He is a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst. Smith holds a doctorate in account
CME Contract Specifications Changes

Date 30/07/2002

The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following:
CFTC Proposes Reporting Level for TRAKRS Futures Contracts

Date 30/07/2002

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today proposed amending Part 15 of its rules, 17 C.F.R. Part 15, to establish a reporting level of 25,000 for TRAKRS futures contracts to be traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A thirty day comment period is provided.
Borsa Italiana: Committee For Corporate Governance Approve Revisions To The Code Of Conduct

Date 30/07/2002

The Committee for the Corporate Governance of Listed Companies, convened on July 24 at Borsa Italiana's, chaired by Professor Stefano Preda, approved revisions to the Code of Conduct issued in 1999.