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  • HKFE To Introduce Five-Point Plan To Enhance Transparency On The Trading Floor

    Date 12/10/1999

    The Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) said today that it has appointed a new Floor Conduct Committee (FCC) and will implement a five-point plan to enhance transparency on the trading floor. This plan has been reviewed informally with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Any specific rule changes required under this plan would be submitted to the SFC for approval.

  • CBOE to List Options on 35 Stocks on Monday, October 18

    Date 12/10/1999

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced it will begin trading options on the 35 stocks below on Monday, October 18.

  • ASAF 1999 Calls For Objective And Responsible Securities Reporting

    Date 12/10/1999

    Securities analysts are urged to be objective and responsible in their research, reports and analysis at the international conference of the Asian Securities Analysts Federation (ASAF). The two-day conference beginning today, organised by the Research Institute of Investment Analysts Malaysia (RIIAM), is attended by securities analysts from 18 countries including Malaysia.

  • Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Automates Derivatives Trading And Extends Trading Hours

    Date 11/10/1999

    The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) announced that electronic trading in derivatives, through the TACT system, will begin on Thursday, October 14, three days ahead of schedule. The Exchange will celebrate the closing of the remaining two trading floors for derivative products on Wednesday, October 13.

  • NYSE Appoints Committee On Market Structure, Governance And Ownership

    Date 11/10/1999

    The New York Stock Exchange has formed a committee of public directors who will study and make recommendations to the board on issues related to Exchange market structure, governance and ownership.

  • NYMEX Sets Daily Volume Records

    Date 11/10/1999

    Daily volume records were set on the New York Mercantile Exchange on Friday for trading in NYMEX Division futures and options, NYMEX Division futures, NYMEX Division options, and total energy futures.

  • KCBT Files For CFTC Approval To Alter Western Natural Gas Contract

    Date 11/10/1999

    The Kansas City Board of Trade on Friday filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to convert the western natural gas futures contract from a "flat price" contract to a "basis" futures contract. Anticipating CFTC approval, all contract months from February 2000 forward have been delisted from trading flat price natural gas futures contracts.

  • IPE Volumes Break Records

    Date 11/10/1999

    Volumes of trade at the IPE reached their highest levels in the eighteen year history of the exchange on Friday. A total of 180,260 lots were traded over the day as oil prices moved sharply lower.

  • Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange Setting Up "Y2K Task Force"

    Date 09/10/1999

    The Tokyo International Financial Futures Exchange started a "Y2K Task Force" on 1 October 1999. The task force is headed by Takao Hotta, TIFFE's Senior Managing Director, and composed of all the senior staff on TIFFE. The task force work from October 1999 to March 2000.

  • Six New Records Set In Open Interest At Winnipeg Commodity Exchange

    Date 09/10/1999

    Six new records in open interest were established recently in futures and options contracts traded on Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE).