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Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposed A Penalty On Century Securities Co., Ltd.

Date 26/04/2002

TSE imposed a penalty on Century Securities Co., Ltd. of JPY 30 million fine for conclusion of a contract to manage a discretionary account and JPY 6 million fine for display to cause misapprehension concerning important facts.
SWX Swiss Exchange: Ad hoc publicity: Formal Investigation Initiated Against Logitech International S.A.

Date 26/04/2002

In connection with the publication of the quarterly results (third-quarter report) 2001 of Logitech International S.A. on the 22th of January 2002 which may have resulted in a potential violation of Art. 72 of the Listing Rules, SWX Swiss Exchange has initiated a formal investigation. The duration of these investigative proceedings has not been de-termined. SWX shall provide information as to the outcome of its investigation. How-ever, no information will be made public with regard to the ongoin
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices

Date 26/04/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices: It has been announced that shareholders of Enserco Energy Service Company Inc. (TSE: ERC) have approved the proposed acquisition by Nabors Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NBR). Effective after the close of business on Monday, April 29, 2002, Pangeo Pharma Inc. (TSE: PIL) will be added to the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap a
Singapore Exchange (SGX): Temporary Suspension From 0953 To 1010 hrs

Date 26/04/2002

A technical glitch in our ASX price feed receiver affected the display of prices in certain counters on the SGX buying-in and odd-lot markets. However, the underlying trading in these markets was not affected, nor was there any impact on the ready market. Nevertheless, as a matter of prudence, we decided to suspend the securities market at 0953 hrs to refresh the price display on SESOPS. Trading was resumed at 1010 hrs
Instinet Accelerates Protrader Integration - Instinet Veteran Kimberly Hicks Named CEO Of ProTrader

Date 26/04/2002

Instinet Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: INET) today announced that Kimberly Hicks, Senior Vice President of Instinet Corporation, will become Chief Executive Officer of ProTrader Group, effective immediately. ProTrader is a provider of advanced trading technologies and electronic brokerage services and was acquired by Instinet in October 2001. Hicks will lead Instinet's efforts to compete for business from small hedge funds and professional day traders, as well as to accelerate the rollout of new a

HKEx: Block Trading Facility For Futures And Options To Become Standing Facility

Date 26/04/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) announced today that the Block Trading Facility (BTF) introduced for futures and options in October 2001 under a 6-month pilot programme will become a standing facility from the commencement of trading on Monday, 29 April 2002.
HKEx And Computershare To Merge Their Hong Kong Share Registration Businesses

Date 26/04/2002

Computershare Limited, the world's largest share registry and a leading technology provider for the global securities industry, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), the holding company of the Hong Kong stock and derivatives exchanges and their associated clearing houses, have agreed to merge their Hong Kong share registration (transfer agency) businesses, Central Registration Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Registrars Limited. [The transaction is not such as to constitute a noti
Arch Capital Group Ltd. To Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning May 3, 2002

Date 26/04/2002

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (Nasdaq:ACGL) of Bermuda will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Friday, May 3, 2002. Arch Capital Group Ltd. will replace Regions Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:RGBK), which is de-listing from The Nasdaq Stock Market®.
TIFFE Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 30 April 2002

Date 25/04/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 30 April 2002, responding to the release of a preliminary report on Indices of Industrial Production at 8:50am.
The Korea Futures Exchange Weekly Bulletin April 15 To April 19, 2002

Date 25/04/2002

In the KTB futures market, the lead month contract KTB206 inched up and down in a quite narrow range of 102.69 to 102.89 this week in a tug of war between several market friendly and unfriendly factors. The Korean Won enjoyed its strength against the US Dollar in the USD/KRW currency futures market. The KOSDAQ50 Index futures market showed its strong upward movement against the previous week's weakness.