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The BISYS Group, Inc. to Join Nasdaq Financial-100 Index Beginning October 2, 2000

Date 25/09/2000

The BISYS Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSYS), of Little Falls, New Jersey, will become a component of the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index®, effective at the beginning of trading Monday, October 2, 2000. BISYS will replace The Pioneer Group, Inc., which is being acquired.
OM Gruppen Statement On LSE Defence Document – LSE Going Nowhere?

Date 25/09/2000

LSE’s defence document demonstrates again that the LSE has: No strategy; No management; No vision. Yet the Board would have LSE shareholders believe that, in its hands, LSE can be converted into a fully commercial entity.
New York Mercantile Exchange Selects Kiodex as enymex(SM) System Provider

Date 25/09/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange and Kiodex Inc., an application service provider of risk-management solutions for the commodity markets, announced today that they have agreed on terms to use the Kiodex Trade Engine as the order-matching system for enymex(sm), the Exchange's e-commerce venture that is intended to become the premier, global exchange for trading and clearing a wide range of standardized physical commodity contracts, with an initial focus in the energy and metals markets.
London Stock Exchange Publishes Response To OM - 'OM's Bid Offers Wholly Inadequate Value For Our Successful And Valuable Business.'

Date 25/09/2000

The London Stock Exchange plc (LSE) today publishes its response to the offer that OM Gruppen AB has sent to shareholders in its bid to acquire the company. London Stock Exchange has also convened an Extraordinary General Meeting for Thursday 19 October to consider waiving the 4.9% ownership limit in respect of any City Code offer which is declared unconditional.
Ljubljana Stock Exchange Monthly Statistical Report - August 2000

Date 25/09/2000

Turnover The total turnover of securities on the Exchange amounted to SIT 10.89 billion in August 2000, which is the lowest monthly value of the current one-year period. The total value of SIT 154.32 billion of securities traded in the first eight trading months of 2000 was SIT five billion above the 1999 figure for the same period.

LIFFE Appoints Peter Friend As Chief Operating Officer

Date 25/09/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) today announced that Peter Friend, Managing Director of Finance and Operations has been appointed as the Exchange’s Chief Operating Officer.
Hong Kong Exchanges And Clearing Limited Results For The Half Year To 30 June 2000

Date 25/09/2000

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) reported an unaudited consolidated profit after taxation of $554 million for the six months ended 30 June 2000, a 160 per cent increase over the same period last year. The directors have resolved to declare an interim dividend of $0.08 per share. The share register will be closed from 9 to 11 October 2000 inclusive, and dividend warrants will be despatched to shareholders on or about 12 October 2000.
EEX Starts Training For Derivatives Market - Trading In Energy Derivatives To Start This Year

Date 25/09/2000

Following the successful launch of the spot market for electricity in early August this year, EEX is now getting ready to initiate derivatives trading in electricity: Trading in electricity futures at EEX is set to begin before the year is out. Underlying instruments for the derivatives are base-load and peak-load blocks that are traded on the spot market at EEX. As previously announced, the contracts will have terms of one to 18 months and will be cash settled.
Cyprus Stock Exchange Review Of Developments In August 2000

Date 25/09/2000

During August there was a slight decrease in the General Price Index but also in the value of shares traded compared to July. The various figures and statistics are analysed below.
Cyprus Stock Exchange Becomes An Associate Member Of The Federation Of European Stock Exchanges (FESE)

Date 25/09/2000

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) has been admitted by the Federation of European Stock Exchanges as its fourth Associate Member. The General Assembly of the Federation has today approved unanimously the application by the Cyprus Stock Exchange for Associate Membership after the Exchange became a FESE Corresponding Exchange earlier this year.