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President's Year 2000 Council, SEC, NYSE, NASD, ICI, SIA Outline - 'Tool Kit' Helps Public Learn About Industry's Y2K Readiness

Date 07/09/1999

The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Investment Company Institute (ICI), and the Securities Industry Association (SIA) joined today in outlining the extensive steps undertaken by Wall Street, the mutual fund industry, and regulators to ensure that it will be "business as usual" when the year 2000 arrives.
Paris Bourse SBF busiest month of August ever, with the daily record beaten twice

Date 07/09/1999

Amounts traded were the highest ever for August, averaging EUR 2.428 billion, a day or 43.58% more than in the same month of last year. This was also 17.29% more than the daily average of EUR 2.07 billion for 1998 as a whole.
New Credit Lyonnais Options on Paris Bourse SBF SA

Date 07/09/1999

Paris Bourse SBF SA will open trading in Crédit Lyonnais equity options on September 14, 1999. This follows the highly successful admission of Crédit Lyonnais shares to the monthly settlement compartment of the Premier Marché on July 8 and their inclusion in the CAC 40 index sample on September 7.
MEFF HOLDING trading exceeds one million contracts in August

Date 07/09/1999

June trading on MEFF Holding reached 1,153,041 contracts, a daily average of 52,805 contracts.
The Spanish Equity Derivatives Market Grows 41% Through August. Options On Shares Grow 173%

Date 06/09/1999

The Spanish equity derivatives market, MEFF RV, registered a volume of 971,182 contracts traded in August 1999, accumulating a total volume of 7,506,507 in the first eight months, a 41% growth over the same period of last year. Options on Shares have experienced the biggest growth with a 173% increase.

SWX Swiss Exchange - Concrete Steps in the Direction of Internationalisation

Date 06/09/1999

For the SWX Swiss Exchange, 1999 represents the year of internationalisation. For the first time, foreign participants have commenced active trading on SWX. As a result of foreign investors' having been freed of Swiss stamp tax on Eurobond transactions as of 1 April, SWX Eurobonds has established itself as a bridge between interbank dealings in London and investors in Switzerland. Following a full year of product development, SWX initiated electronic trading in repurchase agreements in mid-June.
Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) - Voice Activated Trading System

Date 06/09/1999

MacroVision, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES), is pleased to announce that it has developed a voice-activated trading system using speech recognition technology. The system will be implemented over two phases.
New Indexes to be added to Dow Jones Datafeed

Date 06/09/1999

On September 8, 1999, seven new indexes will be disseminated over the Dow Jones datafeed of the Chicago Board of Trade market data ticker network. These additions include three new Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes and four new indexes from the Dow Jones family of indexes, The Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes.
LIFFE lists second Short Term Interest Rate futures contract on LIFFE CONNECT™

Date 06/09/1999

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) will today list the second of its STIR contracts, the Three Month Short Sterling futures contract, on LIFFE CONNECT™, following the successful listing of Three Month Euroswiss futures contract on August 23.
Commonwealth Bank Pledges $15 Million to SMEs through ASX Enterprise Market

Date 06/09/1999

The Commonwealth Bank and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) today announced details of their joint venture involving the ASX's Internet-based Enterprise Market (e.m).