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ING Barings Announcement - FTSE Acquires Control Of BEMI And Global-Pro

Date 14/08/2001

FTSE, the global index group, today announces that it has acquired ING Barings half share of Global-Pro, the global customised index service and will takeover the Barings Emerging Markets Indices (BEMI). ING Barings will continue to manage and calculate BEMI until 31 December 2001.
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Announces Remote Trading Access Programme

Date 14/08/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Tuesday) that new rules and rule amendments establishing a Remote Trading Access (RTA) programme have been approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and are effective immediately.
David Harris Appointed General Counsel Of Nasdaq Liffe Markets

Date 14/08/2001

Nasdaq Liffe Markets (NqLX) today announced that David Harris has been appointed General Counsel for NqLX. Harris will be responsible for providing legal counsel and advice to the senior management of NqLX regarding the day-to-day operations of the organization, its strategic initiatives and governmental regulation, among other matters.
CFTC Adopts First Set Of Final Rules On Single-Stock Futures

Date 14/08/2001

In accordance with the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has adopted the first set of final rules relating to the trading of futures contracts based on single securities and narrow-based security indices (together, security futures products or SFPs) as its moves ahead with implementation of the CFMA.
CBOT Mini-sized Contracts To Launch September 30

Date 14/08/2001

The first phase of new CBOT® mini-sized futures contracts will launch on Sunday, September 30, 2001. The mini-sized contracts offer smaller-sized versions of some of the most actively traded futures products in the world, compromising a market that includes fixed income, equity, agricultural, and precious metal contracts. They will trade exclusively on a/c/e, the CBOT®'s electronic platform.

Westpac To Distribute AWX Wine Class Shares

Date 13/08/2001

The Australian Wine Exchange Pty Ltd (AWX) today announced that it had signed an agreement with Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) for it to be a founding distributor of AWX issued Wine Class Shares.
Warsaw Stock Exchange Market Holiday

Date 13/08/2001

The Warsaw Stock Exchange would like to remind that August 15, 2001 (Wednesday) is a national holiday in Poland. The Exchange will be closed that day.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 13/08/2001

Yet more records were set on the market as the index closed at a new record high of 2232.39 on good volumes for a weekly gain of 3.5%. It was a rare but positive week as all but one counter traded with 8 showing gains, only one falling and six unchanged.
Botswana Stock Exchange Company News

Date 13/08/2001

RDCP announced interim results for the six months to June 2001. Turnover rose a strong 30.5% from P5.3m to P7.0m mainly as a result of the company's strategy of growing the portfolio through the acquisition of additional properties and new property developments. Operating expenses went up 30.3% from P1.3m to P1.7m, while finance costs went up 69.5% from P0.8m to P1.4m. The significant rise in finance costs was because most of the acquisitions were part funded by borrowing.
263 Million Euro Turnover At NEWEX In July

Date 13/08/2001

At NEWEX (New Europe Exchange), the exchange for Central and East European securities, volume of 263.16 million euros was traded in July. Volume of 106.33 million euros or 40.4 percent of the total, was traded in the NX.plus quality segment. The most active single issue was the common share of the Russian oil producer LUKOil, with over 1.27 million shares traded, corresponding to 65.55 million euros in value.