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Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposed A Penalty On E*Trade Securities CO.

Date 27/06/2002

TSE imposed a penalty on E*Trade Securities CO., LTD. ("E*Trade") of JPY 10 million fine for a series of transactions to create an artificial market without any reflection of the actual state of market.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Imposed A Penalty On Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (Japan) Ltd

Date 27/06/2002

TSE imposed a penalty on Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (Japan) Ltd. ("Dresdner") of JPY 7 million fine for short-selling and JPY 2 million fine for business without prior authorization, prior approval or notification to the FSA.
Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange: Trading Starts 15 Minutes Earlier On 1 July 2002

Date 27/06/2002

TIFFE announced that trading for all contracts starts at 8:45am(JST) on 1 July 2002, responding to the release of a BOJ's TANKAN report at 8:50am.
Singapore Exchange: MSCI Taiwan & S'pore Derivatives Break Records

Date 27/06/2002

MSCI Taiwan futures traded a record volume of 65,180 contracts on 26 Jun. On the same day, MSCI Taiwan and S'pore options set new open interest records of 5,844 and 13,907 contracts respectively.
SFE Options Market Enhancements

Date 27/06/2002

Effective 1 July, 2002 SFE will introduce a series of market driven enhancements to its Interest Rate and Equity Options markets that seek to improve liquidity, price transparency and execution certainty.

SETTRADE Launches All-Inclusive Investment Portal Site

Date 27/06/2002

SETTRADE launches an all-inclusive investment portal website containing information and research studies from fifteen brokerage houses, IPO subscription services, an online stock trading system, plus the Mobile Alert service. Grand opening will be at "SET in the City" on July 12-14. 40,000 registered members by the end of 2002 is the target.
SEC Censures Dutch Ernst & Young Firm And Orders It To Pay $400,000 Civil Penalty

Date 27/06/2002

In the first-ever auditor independence case against a foreign audit firm, the Securities and Exchange Commission today brought a settled enforcement action against Moret Ernst & Young Accountants (Moret), a Dutch accounting firm now known as Ernst & Young Accountants. The case arises from Moret's joint business relationships with an audit client. In today's order, the SEC censured Moret for engaging in "improper professional conduct" within the meaning of Rule 102(e) of the SEC's Rules of Practi
Restored Listing Of Railtrack In FTSE 250

Date 27/06/2002

Following Railtrack Group's restoration of listing on the London Stock Exchange today, FTSE Group announces that Railtrack Group will be reinstated in the FTSE 250 Index on Friday 28th June 2002 at the price at which it was removed, i.e. zero pence.
Response By The Federation Of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) To The Second Round Of Consultation On The Revision Of The Investment Services Directive

Date 27/06/2002

Dear Mr. Commissioner, First of all, we should like to express our gratitude for the flexibility that your services have been kind enough to allow us to take more time to prepare FESE views at this stage of the review of the Investment Services Directive. As you are aware many crucial elements of the Investment Services Directive are of the greatest possible strategic and substantive importance to Eu
Program Trading Averaged 44.9 Percent of NYSE Volume During June 17-21, 2002

Date 27/06/2002

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 June 17-21, 2002.