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SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt Announces The Selection Of Brian J. Gross As First Director Of Communications

Date 25/10/2001

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt today announced the selection of Brian J. Gross as the Commission's first Director of Communications. This position was recently created to coordinate the framing of the Commission's policies and the communication of these policies to the agency's multiple constituencies.
SEC Approves Proposal To Establish The Archipelago Exchange As The Equities Trading Facility Of The Pacific Exchange, Inc. - The PCX's Archipelago Exchange Becomes The First Fully Electronic National Securities Exchange For Trading Equity Securities Since

Date 25/10/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved the proposal of the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (PCX) to establish the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) as its new, electronic communications and trading facility. The all-electronic ArcaEx facility will operate in place of the trading floor of the PCX's subsidiary, PCX Equities, Inc., with ArcaEx market makers replacing the traditional floor specialists. The ArcaEx facility is the first fully electronic national securities exchange for the trading o
Program Trading Averaged 22.9 Percent Of NYSE Volume During Oct. 8-12, 2001

Date 25/10/2001

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 Oct. 8-12, 2001.
OM Sells Shares In Orc Software

Date 25/10/2001

OM today sold 1 million shares of its 6 million shares in Orc Software, the electronic trading and risk management software company listed on Stockholmsbörsen.
NZSE Looks To Second Half Of 2002 For Demutualisation

Date 25/10/2001

The New Zealand Stock Exchange ("NZSE") is now expecting to be demutualised by the middle of 2002, with a subsequent listing, chairman Mr Simon Allen told the annual meeting today in Auckland.

Final Rule Amendments To Books And Records Requirements For Brokers And Dealers Under The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934

Date 25/10/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted final rule amendments to the broker-dealer books and records rules (Rule 17a-3 and Rule 17a-4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The amendments clarify and expand recordkeeping requirements including those for purchase and sale documents, customer records, associated person records, customer complaints, communications with the public, and supervisory procedures. In addition, the amendments require broker-dealers to maintain or promptl
CFTC Adopts Rules On Listing Standards And Conditions For Trading Security Futures Products

Date 25/10/2001

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces the publication in the Federal Register of final rules relating to the trading of security futures products in the United States. These rules implement provisions of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) that lift the 19-year ban on the trading of single-stock and narrow-based stock index futures in this country.
CBOT To Launch 10-Year Swap Futures Friday, Oct. 26, 2001

Date 25/10/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT®) will launch on Friday, October 26, at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time) its newest product, 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures. The new instrument will trade in the Agency/Swap futures pit and on the CBOT®'s electronic trading platform.
CBOE Set To Launch Screen-Based Trading Platform

Date 25/10/2001

The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) today announced that on Friday, October 26, 2001 it will launch CBOEdirect(TM), the exchange's new screen-based trading platform.
The Nasdaq Stock Market Announces Open Short-Interest Positions

Date 24/10/2001

As of mid-October, short interest in 3,402 Nasdaq National Market® securities totaled 4,016,186,454 shares compared with 4,119,639,131* shares in 3,440 National Market issues for the month of September.