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ICEX News & Views

Date 07/07/2003

ETFs and guidelines on off-exchange trade reporting is the subject of this issue.

HKEx: New Educational Article Discusses Traditional And Exotic Derivative Warrants

Date 07/07/2003

Traditional and exotic derivative warrants are the focus of a new educational article by Dr. Billy Mak, Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and Decision Sciences at the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University, and Mr. Kevin Cheng, Vice President, Education and Training in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEx) Exchange Business Unit

GL TRADE Partners With LG FUTURES For Electronic Access To KOFEX, The Korean Futures Exchange

Date 07/07/2003

GL TRADE today announces it has teamed up with LG FUTURES to enable clients to trade on KOFEX, the Korean Futures Exchange, through GL NET. In addition to The Tokyo Stock Exchange, TIFFE, Osaka, KOSPI, HKFE, SGX-DT and SFE, KOFEX is the 8th derivatives market across Asia to be powered by GL NET.

Euronext.liffe Launches Four New Equity Options

Date 07/07/2003

Euronext.liffe today expanded its range of equity options, with the launch of new European-style option contracts on AGF, Peugeot SA, Sodhexo Alliance and Veolia Environnement. European-style equity options available on Euronext.liffe now cover all CAC40 component stocks.

Euronext Cash Market Introduces A Harmonised, Up-To-Date Fee Structure To Be Implemented On 1 January 2004

Date 07/07/2003

Euronext announces today that it will implement a harmonised and up-to-date fee structure for its cash trading activity. This new fee structure will be effective on the 1st January 2004 on Euronext Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris cash markets . Euronext Lisbon will fully adopt this new fee structure in October 2004, one year after its migration on the NSC trading system.

CBOT® To Offer Wholesale Transactions In Swap and Agency Futures

Date 07/07/2003

Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 07/07/2003

There was a positive vibe in the market as Barclays put on 50t to P13.50 on over 200,000 shares while Securicor advanced 10t to P5.30 on nearly half a million shares.

Borsa Italiana Monthly Key Figures - June 2003

Date 07/07/2003

Turnover for June was EUR 69,121.0 million. This compares to EUR 53,279.3 million in May. Domestic turnover in June was EUR 59,835.6 million, foreign turnover 8,552.1 million, Nuovo Mercato, Domestic, EUR 676.0 million, Nuovo Mercato, Foreign, EUR 17.4 million and on the Ristretto market EUR 39.8 million.

Axiss Australia Newsletter Issue 68 - 7 July 2003

Date 07/07/2003

Please click here for the latest a2a e-mail newsletter produced by Axiss Australia - a summary of the key events of the past fortnight shaping Australia's position as a global financial services centre in the Asian time zone.

First ETF Tracking "TSEC Taiwan 50 Index " Launched On Taiwan Stock Exchange

Date 06/07/2003

Taiwan Stock Exchange on June 30 announced that the "Polaris Taiwan Top 50 Tracker Fund" (ETF) has been listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange and commenced trading on June 30, 2003 under the symbol of "TTT". This exchange traded fund (ETF) is designed to track the "TSEC Taiwan 50 Index" covering Taiwan's 50 most promising blue chip enterprises, one of the most closely watched barometers in Asian markets. That specific index, co-designed and co-owned by TSEC and globally renowned FTSE International,