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  • Jukka Ruuska, President And CEO Of HEX Group: Competitive Advantage Through Regulation And Taxation

    Date 22/10/2002

    Highlights of Mr. Jukka Ruuska´s speech at the 90th Anniversary seminar of Helsinki Exchanges: There has been a securities exchange in Finland for almost the entire 20th century. The Helsinki Stock Exchange established in 1912, however, was quite a different from the present Helsinki Exchanges of the HEX Group. The methods and procedures of operation remained unchanged for a long time until the 1980s saw the start of a strategic revolution that turned a local operator of common functions

  • Iceland Stock Exchange Responds To Criticism Regarding Its Surveillance Function Concerning Annual Accounts And Interim Statements

    Date 22/10/2002

    Aggressive Accounting Discussions on accounting practices have been the centre of considerable media attention recently. And not without good reason, in view of what has been happening in this field, not least in the US. This focus on accounting practices should be welcomed, since there is a great deal at stake for the public, corporations and even the economy in general. The Icelandic daily Morgunbladid deserves special mention here, as the paper has provided detailed and inform

  • iBoxx: Liquid Indices For The European Bond Market Start On October 23

    Date 22/10/2002

    The Liquid Indices for European fixed-income securities will be launched on October 23, the European index provider iBoxx Ltd. announced on Tuesay. As previously reported, the new indices cover highly liquid euro-denominated bonds. The Liquid Indices will initially comprise 22 indices on corporate bonds, government bonds and sub-sovereigns. Maturity indices will be calculated for government bonds, and corporate bonds will have rating and sector subindices.

  • CME, Korea Futures Exchange Agree To Pursue Joint Initiatives

    Date 22/10/2002

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the Korea Futures Exchange (KOFEX) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue joint business development initiatives in derivatives products. Under the agreement, the exchanges will discuss a variety of issues, including cooperation related to product development and information sharing.

  • CME Publishes Clearing Codes For OneChicago Products

    Date 22/10/2002

    The CME Contract Specifications pages on the CME's Web site have been updated to reflect the following: CME publishes Clearing Codes for OneChicago products. This website page lists (a)the generic specifications for both the equities and narrow-based indices on which OneChicago will list futures, (b) the ticker code for the equities, (c) the full up-to-six-byte OneChicago product symbol for the futures, and (d) the two-byte CME clearing code for the futures, use in the SPAN® file, T