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CBOT Directors Approve Plan To Launch Swap Futures, Options

Date 18/07/2001

The Board of Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade on July 17, 2001, approved a plan to launch a swaps complex which includes 10-Year and 5-Year Interest Rate Swap futures and futures-options. The CBOT®" expects to launch these new contracts in the fall of 2001.
CBOT Announces Resignation Of Catania As Executive VP

Date 18/07/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®") today announced the resignation of Patrick J. Catania as Executive Vice President for Business Development, effective today. Catania played a leadership role in the development of new products and markets, as well as the marketing of the CBOT®"'s agricultural, financial and equity products, during his 20-year tenure at the exchange. He has been involved in the global futures industry for over 30 years.
Baltic Stock Exchanges Monthly Statistics June 2001

Date 18/07/2001

Riga In June total Latvian capital market trade added up to EUR 101.4 million (LVL 55.16 million), and habitually, debt market was in dominance with turnover over EUR 87 million (LVL 47.79 million). Equity trading volume was fair, reaching the level of EUR 13.56 million (LVL 7.37 million), for the most part owing to Balta shares buy-back executed by Codan. Now Codan owns over 99% of Balta shares.
LME Disciplinary Action Against Enron Metals Limited

Date 17/07/2001

The attached notice to all members of the London Metal Exchange gives details of disciplinary action by the LME against Enron Metals Limited, resulting from persistent failures to ensure the timely delivery of warrants and failures over the inputting of trades into the matching system. These failures were in breach of regulation 9.6 (b) of part 2 of the LME rules.
KLSE Enhances Settlement Service For Institutional Investors

Date 17/07/2001

KLSE Deputy President II Ungku Razak Ungku A Rahman said KLSE, through its clearing house Securities Clearing Automated Network Services Sdn Bhd (SCANS), will commence ISS for direct business transactions tomorrow, Wednesday 18 July 2001. Ungku Razak is also General Manager of SCANS.

Joint Press Release Of EPRA And Euronext - Rule Change On Introduction Free Float Weightings

Date 17/07/2001

In view of the forthcoming introduction of free float weightings in the EPRA Index on 30 September, the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and Euronext Indices B.V. announce the following rule change to the EPRA Index:
Eurex Appoints Peter Reitz To Executive Board

Date 17/07/2001

The Eurex Board of Directors will appoint Peter Reitz (35) to the Executive Board, effective August 1. He will be in charge of business development at the world's leading derivatives exchange. Eurex made the announcement on Tuesday. Reitz comes from Dow Jones & Company, New York, where he has been responsible for product development and business development worldwide as Executive Director in the index division.
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange Continues To Set Volume and Open Interest Records As The End Of The Crop Year Approaches

Date 16/07/2001

Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) continues to witness record volume and open interest levels into the final month of the crop year.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap And S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap Indices

Date 16/07/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, the following changes will take place in the S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap and S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap Indices.
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - S&P Global 1200, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Energy Sector, TSE 100 And TSE 200 Indices

Date 16/07/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that the following changes will take place in the S&P Global 1200, S&P/TSE 60, S&P/TSE 60 Capped, TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian SmallCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Energy Sector, TSE 100 and TSE 200 Indices after the close of trading on Tuesday, July 17, 2001.