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Singapore Exchange Limited Appoints Corporate Strategy And Marketing Head

Date 29/03/2001

Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) today announced the appointment of Mr John Gollifer to head its Corporate Strategy and Marketing (CSM) division.
Record Trading Volume On The Spot Market: 50,000 MWh Traded - EEX Posts Highest Volume Ever Traded On An Electricity Exchange In Germany

Date 29/03/2001

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) set a new record in trading volume on Thursday with 50,087 MWh of electricity traded on its spot market. Never before has so much volume been traded on an electricity exchange in Germany. EEX beat its old record, set on March 14 with 40,771 MWh, by more than 20 percent. Roughly 30,000 MWh of electricity are traded on a daily average in the EEX spot market.
Program Trading Averaged 26.7 Percent of NYSE Volume during March 19-23, 2001

Date 29/03/2001

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 March 19-23.
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange: New Requirements For Sustainable Growth

Date 29/03/2001

The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) seeks to preserve and enhance levels of capital generation and investor interest through expanded regulation, closer compliance and greater enforcement action as reflected in the new listing requirements.
ISDEX® Internet Stock Index Component Alteration Announced

Date 29/03/2001

The Kansas City Board of Trade announces the following changes to the ISDEX® index of Internet stocks, effective after the market close on Friday, March 30.

HKEx Seeks Balance Between Regulation, Investor Protection And Business Interests Of Issuers

Date 29/03/2001

The overall principle of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) when considering an issuer's compliance with the Listing Rules is to balance regulatory requirements and investor protection without restricting the issuer's business activities.
Following Regular Month-End Procedure, CME To Settle Domestic Stock Indexes At Fair Value On Friday, March 30 - Index Products Will Close at 3:05 P.M.

Date 29/03/2001

Following its regular monthly procedures established in January, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will settle its domestic stock indexes to "fair value" on the last day of trading in the month, Friday, March 30.
‘Side-By-Side’ Electronic Trading Of Currency Futures Begins April 2 On Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

Date 29/03/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) will begin offering "side-by-side" electronic and open outcry trading of its currency and cross-rate futures contracts on Monday, April 2. CME said it is offering the side-by-side program—representing the first daytime electronic trading of the exchange’s major currencies—in response to customer requests as well as the increasing role electronic trading has played in currency trading globally.
Standard & Poor's – Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap And TSE 200 Indices.

Date 28/03/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Thursday, March 29, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap and TSE 200 Indices.
Nasdaq Announces $240 Million Investment By Hellman & Friedman, Leading Private Equity Firm - Reduces NASD’s Ownership Interest To Approximately 27%, On A Fully Diluted Basis

Date 28/03/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the National Association of Securities Dealers, and Hellman & Friedman LLC today announced that the leading San Francisco-based private equity firm has signed a definitive agreement to invest $240 million in Nasdaq. The investment is the first following the closing of Phase II of Nasdaq’s Private Placement in January 2001. Hellman & Friedman’s investment represents the latest step in Nasdaq’s strategic restructuring into a private, for-profit securities market.