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Nasdaq Takes Actions To Help Companies Remain Listed - Temporarily Suspends Minimum Bid Price And Public Float Requirements For Continued Listing On Market

Date 27/09/2001

In response to the extraordinary market conditions following the tragedy of September 11th, The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. today announced that it was implementing an across-the-board moratorium on the minimum bid and public float requirements for continued listing on Nasdaq. The actions to suspend these requirements until January 2, 2002, were approved late yesterday by the Nasdaq Board of Directors and became effective immediately.
Jiway Announces Restructuring

Date 27/09/2001

Jiway today announced that OM will be taking full control of Jiway's operations, ending its joint venture with Morgan Stanley and enabling it to continue its operations at substantially lower costs.
HKEx: Rule Amendments For ISFO Approved

Date 27/09/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today (Thursday) that the amendments to the Rules of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly owned subsidiary of HKEx, and the Rules of HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited, a wholly-owned member of the HKEx Group, in relation to International Stock Futures and Options (ISFO) have been approved by the Securities and Futures Commission. The rule amendments will take effect on Thursday, 4 October when 20 International Stock Fu
Euronext Welcomes Priority Telecom And Banco Comercial Português

Date 27/09/2001

Today Euronext welcomes two new companies, Priority Telecom and Banco Comercial Português to its trading platform. The two companies are listed on Euronext Amsterdam. The first price of Priority Telecom, at 9.00 a.m. this morning, was 7 Euro. First price of Banco Comercial Português, at 12.30 p.m. was 4.14 Euro.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange: The New Company Accounts Act's Requirements To The Listed Companies

Date 27/09/2001

In this month's issue of Focus responsible partner for KPMG Assurance Per Gunslev writes about the new Company Accounts Act, which was adopted by the Danish Parliament in May 2001. The new Company Accounts Act brings Danish accounting in line with the international development, especially the provisions on recognition and measurement (valuation) are close to International Accounting Standard (IAS), and the new act enables the companies to use IAS.

CFTC And SEC Propose Joint Rules Relating To Margin Requirements And Treatment Of Customer Funds For Security Futures Products

Date 27/09/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have proposed additional rules relating to the implementation of provisions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA). The CFMA lifted the 19-year ban on the trading of single-stock and narrow-based stock index futures in this country.
CBOT Fed Watch For September 26

Date 27/09/2001

Based upon the September 26 market close in the October 2001 expiration, the Chicago Board of Trade 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is currently pricing in a 100 percent probability that the Federal Open Market Committee will lower the federal funds target rate by at least 25 basis points from three percent to 2-3/4 percent at the FOMC meeting on October 2.
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics August 2001

Date 27/09/2001

Riga Total Latvian capital market trading volume in August just exceeded EUR 107 million (LVL 60.66 million). Unusually, the equity market with traded amount EUR 66.2 million (LVL 37.5 million) was in dominance over debt securities, and share trading reached the highest monthly turnover volume of this year.
World Champion Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard To Ring Opening Bell At The Philadelphia Stock Exchange On Monday, October 1 At 9:30 A.M. - Leonard In Town To Promote Friday Night's Fights In City Of Brotherly Gloves On October 5 At First Union Center

Date 26/09/2001

World and Olympic champion boxer Sugar Ray Leonard will ring the opening bell at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange on Monday, October 1, to mark the beginning of a new trading month. Remarks will begin promptly at 9:20 a.m., 10 minutes before trading begins.
Wick Simmons Assumes Chairmanship Of Nasdaq

Date 26/09/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., today announced that its Board of Directors officially named Chief Executive Officer Hardwick "Wick" Simmons Nasdaq's new Chairman. He succeeds Frank G. Zarb in that role. Simmons will also retain his position as Chief Executive Officer. Zarb will remain as a Senior Advisor. Zarb continues as chairman of Nasdaq Europe. This completes a management transition plan that had been announced in July.