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JP Morgan Starts As A Trading Member Of Helsinki Exchanges

Date 23/05/2002

JP Morgan will start as a trading member of Helsinki Exchanges on May 27, 2002. JP Morgan will trade in the HETI trading system from London.

Commenting on the membership at Helsinki Exchanges, Clemens Lansing from JP Morgan said: "As a market leader in trading Finnish Equity Cash and Derivative Products, the membership at Helsinki Exchanges is an important step for JP Morgan to gain efficient access to the Finnish domestic market and to continue to build on our leadership."

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $713 billion and operations in more than 50 countries. With relationships with over 99% of the Fortune 1000 companies, the firm is a leader in investment banking, asset management, private banking, private equity, custody and transaction services, and retail and middle market financial services. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JP Morgan Chase is headquartered in New York and serves more than 30 million consumer customers and the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients. Information about JP Morgan Chase is available on the internet at www.jpmorganchase.com.

HEX is a growing, international company that operates the national securities and derivatives exchange and the central securities depository in Finland. Furthermore, HEX offers specialised securities and information services for the markets.

Including JP Morgan, Helsinki Exchanges now has 44 Cash Market Trading Members. Of them 26 trade from abroad.