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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.
Statement from NYSE Chairman and CEO Dick Grasso, April 25, 2002

Date 25/04/2002

The initiative announced today will help strengthen investor confidence in the integrity of a process that is critical to the efficient functioning of equities markets. It is a clear signal to America's 85 million individual investors that their confidence and participation in our markets represent a national asset that is essential to America's leadership in the world arena.
SEC Launches Inquiry Into Research Analyst Conflicts

Date 25/04/2002

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt announced today that the SEC has commenced a formal inquiry into market practices concerning research analysts and the potential conflicts that can arise from the relationship between research and investment banking. The inquiry will be conducted jointly with the New York Stock Exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, the North American Securities Administrators Association and th
Program Trading Averaged 28.7 Percent Of NYSE Volume During April 15-April 19, 2002

Date 25/04/2002

The New York Stock Exchange today released its weekly program-trading data submitted by its member firms. The report includes trading in all markets as reported to the NYSE for April 15-19, 2002.
Oslo Børs Holding ASA First Quarter Report

Date 25/04/2002

Oslo Børs Holding ASA had a first-quarter 2002 operating profit of NOK 15.1 million (1Q 2001: NOK 9.1 million). After-tax profit for the first quarter 2002 reporting period was NOK 13.1 million (NOK 11.1 million).