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First Eurex Participant In Australia - World's Biggest Network Of Participants Spans Three Continents

Date 05/09/2002

Eurex, the international derivatives market, has now extended its worldwide network to Australia: As of September 4, Fortis Clearing Sydney is the first admitted Eurex Non-Clearing Member in Australia. Eurex made the announcement on Thursday at the 23rd Bürgenstock Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland. Eurex indicated that further participants from Australia were in the connection process. On the whole, there is a great deal of market interest and market potential in Australia, Eurex said.
Euronext.Liffe - The Largest Equity Derivatives Exchange In The World

Date 05/09/2002

Euronext.liffe, the derivatives business of Euronext, traded a total of 54 million futures and options contracts in August 2002, up 15% on last August.
August 2002 - Euronext Key Indicators - Number Of Trades In Cash Products Up 14% Year-To-Date - August Share Transactions Up 38.7% Compared To August 2001 - Euronext, European Leader For Trackers

Date 05/09/2002

Between January and August 2002, Euronext cash markets recorded a total number of 89 941 052 transactions, up 14.1% year-to-date. The average daily number of cash product transactions grew in the same proportion during this period, and by 43.1% between August 2001 and August 2002.
Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter To Leave SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 05/09/2002

A change is taking place at the topmost echelon of the SWX Swiss Exchange: Jürg Spillmann will take over the reins as Head of the SWX Group from Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter, who will be leaving SWX at the end of September 2002.
Stockholmsbörsen Two Minutes Of Silence September 11

Date 04/09/2002

As a mark of respect on the first anniversary of the September 11 tragedy in the United States, the Stockholmsbörsen, in conjunction with other European exchanges, are planning to observe two-minutes silence at 14:46 (Local Swedish Time).

Statistics Report For Stockholmsbörsen, August 2002

Date 04/09/2002

Click here to read Stockholmsbörsen's statistics report for August. The report is in pdf format.
Standard & Poor's Reports August Index Returns

Date 04/09/2002

To view Standard & Poor's August index returns, please click here.
Securities And Exchange Commission: Two Visiting Academic Scholars Appointed In Office Of Economic Analysis

Date 04/09/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Economic Analysis yesterday announced the appointment of John Bizjak and Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy as visiting academic scholars for a one-year term. Currently, Bizjak is a faculty member at Portland State University and Sankaraguruswamy is on the faculty at Georgetown University.
SEC Historical Society To Host Roundtable On Enforcement

Date 04/09/2002

The Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society yesterday announced that they will host an oral histories roundtable on Sept. 25, 2002, focusing on how the SEC enforcement program functioned before the creation of the Division of Enforcement and during the early years of the Division.
Pacific Exchange To Delay Opening, September 11

Date 04/09/2002

The Pacific Exchange announced today that it will delay the opening of trading on Wednesday, September 11, 2002, until 8:00 a.m. (Pacific). The delay is consistent with the opening times for other markets, and out of respect for the memorial services planned in New York and Washington on that morning.