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IPE Board Backs "Plan B" And Calls EGM For End Of Month

Date 07/07/1999

At a meeting this morning the IPE Board of Directors gave strong backing to the proposals to demutualise and sell 70% of the Exchange to five private investors (Plan B). Members of the IPE will be invited to vote on the future of the Exchange at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Friday 30 July at 12 noon. The Board agreed that if their recommendations were not accepted by the Membership they would regard this as a vote of no confidence.
Allan Aw appointed to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Council

Date 07/07/1999

Mr Allan Aw, Office Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Hong Kong, was appointed today (Wednesday) to the Council of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mr Aw replaces Mr Tim Lewis, who resigned from the Council last month. Mr Aw also replaces Mr Lewis as a member of the Disciplinary Appeals, Finance, Traded Options, and Trading and Settlement Committees of the Council.
ParisBourseSBF SA and Merrill Lynch Join Forces to Launch the First Euro Bond Index Derivatives

Date 06/07/1999

ParisBourseSBF SA and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. have signed an agreement for the joint development of a range of bond-index futures to be traded on the French exchange's electronic system, NSC.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Weekly RSS3 Futures/Rubber Index Futures Report

Date 06/07/1999

RSS3 Futures: Distant month: opening 78.0 yen, a high 80.3 yen (Jul.1), low 77.3 yen (Jun.28), closing 78.1 yen. Rubber Index Futures:Distant month: opening 72.65, a high 73.75 (Jul.1), a low 72.05 (Jun.28), closing 72.50 points.
Osaka Mercantile Exchange Weekly Aluminium Report

Date 06/07/1999

Despite the price-gains in LME, OME aluminium futures failed to advance with players staying on the sidelines due to concerns about the higher levels. Distant month : opening 175.0 yen, a high 176.9 yen (Jul. 2), a low 173.1 yen (Jun. 28), closing 174.9 yen

KCBT volume traded in June transcends all previous monthly records

Date 06/07/1999

During the month of June, volume traded at the Kansas City Board of Trade surpassed all previous monthly records. June volume of 309,539 contracts was the largest since the KCBT's inception over 120 years ago. This was an 8 percent increase over the previous record of 285,994 contracts, set in June 1998.
Futures Exchanges Commend Lugar, Ewing Action

Date 06/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and New York Mercantile Exchange today released the following joint statement in response to a statement issued July 1 by Sen. Dick Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, and Rep. Tom Ewing, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and Specialty Crops.
CBOT Agricultural Volume Sets New Record On Project A

Date 06/07/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that during its Monday, July 5, overnight Project A session, its members traded more agricultural contracts than during any session in Project A history.
Cap Gemini N.V to be removed from Amsterdam Midkap Index once Bid is accepted

Date 06/07/1999

On June 16, 1999, Cap Gemini S.A., the French parent company of Cap Gemini N.V., issued a press release announcing its intention to acquire all the outstanding shares in Cap Gemini N.V. by means of a public share exchange bid. Cap Gemini N.V. will be removed from the Amsterdam Midkap Index (AMX) as soon as possible once the bid is accepted. The weighting assigned to Cap Gemini N.V. will be distributed proportionately between the 24 remaining securities.
A New Surveillance System at the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong

Date 06/07/1999

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited have acquired a new automated surveillance and trading analysis system called SMARTS. The SFC and the Exchange acquired the system from Computershare, an Australian software vendor. After extensive testing during the past five months, the system is now fully operational.