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Estonia Adopts New Securities Market Act

Date 17/10/2001

The Tallinn Stock Exchange (TSE) qualifies the new Securities Market Act adopted by the Parliament on October 17 to be a legislation of significant importance that brings the modern and internationally accepted regulatory standards to the Estonian securities market.
Chicago Single-Stock Futures Joint Venture Appoints C. Robert Paul As General Counsel

Date 17/10/2001

William J. Rainer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the joint venture created to trade single-stock futures by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME), the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), today announced the appointment of C. Robert Paul to serve as General Counsel of the joint venture.
CBOT/MidAm Veterans Day Holiday Trading Schedule

Date 17/10/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following trading schedules in observance of Veterans Day:
CBOT Announces Lower Transaction Fees For New Mini-sized Contract

Date 17/10/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) today announced it will lower exchange transaction fees, effective immediately, for the following mini-sized contracts launched on September 30: DowSM futures based on the DJIASMSM (DowSMJones Industrial Average); 30-year U.S. Treasury Bond futures; 10-year U.S. Treasury Note futures; and New York Silver and New York Gold futures. In addition, the CBOT® is offering free quotes for its mini-sized futures for CBOT® data vendors through December 2001.
The Central Bank Of Iceland Auctions Repurchase Agreements For 36.2 Billion Krónur

Date 16/10/2001

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on October 16 of the maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.9 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 36.2 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.

Minneapolis Grain Exchange Announces Officers And Nonmember Directors

Date 16/10/2001

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange Board of Directors elected 2001-2002 officers and nonmember directors yesterday, October 15, 2001.
LSE Submission To European Commission Consultation

Date 16/10/2001

The European Commission is consulting on proposed changes to the disclosure obligations of companies. The consultation is seeking to consolidate all disclosure requirements into one text and ensure that EU requirements are applied to all securities of issuers traded on "regulated markets". The consultation proposes to upgrade regular financial reporting and ongoing ad hoc disclosure requirements and require that this information is available on company websites. It also looks to concentrate resp
LIFFE Board Invites Presentations From Interested Parties

Date 16/10/2001

The Board of the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) announces that it met this morning to review approaches it had received from a number of parties.
HKEx To Introduce Block Trading Facility

Date 16/10/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce a Block Trading Facility (BTF) on HKATS, the Hong Kong Futures Automated Trading System, on Monday, 29 October under a 6-month pilot programme.
CBOT Launches Online Investor Tutorial

Date 16/10/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) today announced the launch of the CBOT Online Investor Tutorial, which is designed to help market users learn about futures from their own computer screen and at their own pace.