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  • virt-x: Audited Results For The Nine Months To 31 December 2001

    Date 13/03/2002

    virt-x plc group, the operator of the virt-x pan-European blue chip exchange, announced yesterday its audited results for the nine months to 31 December 2001, following a change in accounting date from 31 March.

  • The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 39.5 Billion Krónur

    Date 13/03/2002

    The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on March 12 of the maturity of 14 days.

  • Stock Promoter Who Obstructed Justice In SEC Enforcement Action Sentenced To 17 ½ Year Prison Term

    Date 13/03/2002

    The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Sidney Wade Sers was sentenced to 17 ½ years in federal prison for obstruction of justice, contempt of court and money laundering charges related to an SEC enforcement action. Sers was convicted of concealing $800,000 in Cayman Island bank accounts, in violation of court orders stemming from the SEC action.

  • Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P Canadian Indices

    Date 13/03/2002

    Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Friday, March 15, 2002 the relative weights of the companies in the TSE and S&P/TSE Canadian Indices will be adjusted. The relative weight change reflects the quarterly update to the float shares of various companies. Changes to the indices are in accordance with TSE 300 Composite Index Maintenance Policies. The TSE 300 Composite, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE MidCap Index relative weights for the followi

  • SGX To Launch MSCI Japan Index Futures

    Date 13/03/2002

    Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) announced today that it has signed a license agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. ("MSCI") to launch the SGX MSCI Japan Index Futures Contract. This contract will start trading on the SGX Electronic Trading System (ETS) in the second quarter of 2002.

  • SEC Files Fraud Case Against Former President Of IGI Inc. - Complaint Seeks Permanent Bar As Officer And Director, Return Of Gains From Stock Options, Bonuses Based On False Financial Results

    Date 13/03/2002

    The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit today against John P. Gallo, the former president and chief operating officer of IGI Inc., for violations of the antifraud, periodic reporting, record keeping, internal controls and lying to auditors provisions of the federal securities laws. In addition to permanent injunctive relief and civil money penalties, the Commission is seeking a court order that Gallo be permanently barred from acting as an officer or director of any public company and

  • New Companies Join FTSE4Good Series

    Date 13/03/2002

    The results of the second review of FTSE4Good, the innovative socially responsible investment (SRI) index series created by global index group FTSE, are announced today, following a meeting of the FTSE4Good Advisory Committee. The Committee confirmed that an additional 82 companies worldwide have met the corporate social responsibility (CSR) entry criteria since the last review and will be admitted to the index series.

  • KLSE Briefs Industry Participants On Mesdaq Market

    Date 13/03/2002

    The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) organised a briefing for industry participants on the establishment of the Mesdaq Market at KLSE.

  • International Futures Regulators Meeting

    Date 13/03/2002

    Financial services regulators from Austria, Brazil, Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec), France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Peoples Republic of China, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States will meet on March 15, 2002. They will discuss recent events and changes in the regulatory landscape. Also on the agenda are practical approaches to organizing regulation in an increasingly integrated global futures market in order to faci

  • Hong Kong Futures Exchange Granted Exempt Futures Market Status In Australia

    Date 13/03/2002

    The Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), has been granted exempt futures market status in Australia. As a result, the HKFE will be able to extend its Remote Trading Access (RTA) programme now available in the United Kingdom and the United States to Australia, subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions.