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HKEx To Invest In Electronic Bond Trading Platform BondsInAsia

Date 27/03/2002

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has agreed to acquire an interest which currently represents a 15.58 per cent shareholding in BondsInAsia Limited (BIA), the premier fixed income trading platform in Asia. This level of investment is the same as BIA's existing bank shareholders. (The amount of investment by HKEx in BIA is not such as to constitute a notifiable transaction under the Listing Rules.)
Helsinki Exchanges Evening Trading Cut Back By One Hour As Of 2 April

Date 27/03/2002

Evening trading at Helsinki Exchanges will be cut back by one hour as of 2 April, 2002, when the shorter hours will be applied for the first time. Otherwise trading hours will remain unchanged.
CBOT Swap Futures Set Volume, Open Interest Records

Date 27/03/2002

Continuing one of the exchange's best new-product performances, the Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOT®) 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures contract yesterday reached a new daily volume record of 9,137 contracts and an open interest record level of 20,179.
Singapore's First Local ETF On The STI To List On 17 April 2002

Date 26/03/2002

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced that Singapore's first local Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), the streetTRACKSSM Straits Times Index Fund ("streetTRACKS STI") will be listed and traded on SGX from 17 April 2002.
SEC: Waste Management Founder, Five Other Former Top Officers Sued For Massive Fraud - Defendants Inflated Profits By $1.7 Billion To Meet Earnings Targets - Defendants Reap Millions In Ill-Gotten Gains While Defrauded Investors Lose More Than $6 Billion

Date 26/03/2002

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit today against the founder and five other former top officers of Waste Management Inc., charging them with perpetrating a massive financial fraud lasting more than five years. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, charges that defendants engaged in a systematic scheme to falsify and misrepresent Waste Management's financial results between 1992 and 1997.

NZSE Releases Consultation Paper On Proposed Listing Rule Changes

Date 26/03/2002

The New Zealand Stock Exchange ("NZSE") today released a consultation paper proposing a number of changes to its Listing Rules intended to align the NZSE Listing Rules with key aspects of the Securities Markets and Institutions Bill, including continuous disclosure and an obligation on directors to disclose all trading in relevant securities.
LIFFE Helps Private Investors Access Futures Market - Training Seminar - Trading Derivatives From Home

Date 26/03/2002

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, LIFFE, is staging four special workshops for private investors keen to trade futures online. Tutors from Man Direct will show how home computers can be used to place and manage orders online and spot trading opportunities.
Insinger Listing Proves Flexibility, Diversity Of Labuan International Financial Exchange

Date 26/03/2002

The latest secondary listing at the Labuan International Financial Exchange (LFX) by Insinger de Beaufort Holdings S.A. (Insinger) proves that the Exchange has the flexibility and diversity to gain greater acceptance in the international financial arena.
iBoxx Launches Sterling Index Family - Indices For Gilts, Sub-Sovereigns, Collateralised And Corporate Bonds - Expansion Into Global Indices

Date 26/03/2002

iBoxx Limited, the international index provider, reported in London on Tuesday that it has launched its suite of Non-Gilt bond indices for the Sterling market. The newly launched indices cover Sub-Sovereigns, Collateralised and Corporate Bonds and join the existing real-time Gilts indices. With the new series of indices launched on March 22, iBoxx now spans the market of investment-grade bonds denominated in Euro and Sterling. In the medium term, iBoxx plans to offer global bond indices. The goa
Easyscreen Commits To Connecting To IPE

Date 26/03/2002

IPE, Europe's leading futures and options exchange, is pleased to announce that EasyScreen is the first Independent Software Vendor that has committed to connecting to the IPE.