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Nasdaq Announces Proposed Changes In Services And Listing Fees - Fees Still Significantly Below Competition - Majority Of Fee Increase Will Be Invested Directly In Service Enhancements Requested By Listed Companies - Unanimously Approved By The Nasdaq Is

Date 26/10/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq®), today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a proposed change in its fee schedule for listed companies beginning January 1, 2002, pending Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval. The proposal was also unanimously approved by the Nasdaq Issuer Affairs Committee, which is made up of representatives from a broad spectrum of companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market®. It is the first proposed increase in annual listing fee
HKEx To Temporarily Suspend Trading Of Kookmin Bank Futures And Options On Kookmin Bank Futures

Date 26/10/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) said today (26 October) that the trading of the Kookmin Bank Futures contract and Options on the Kookmin Bank Futures contract will be suspended from 29 October to 8 November inclusive. The suspension coincides with the suspension of the share trading of Kookmin Bank in the cash market as indicated by Kookmin Bank's announcement on 11 October 2001.
Germany-based Market Maker In SWX Eurobonds: Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt

Date 26/10/2001

The SWX Swiss Exchange has accepted Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, as a new participant. Commerzbank is to be the first Germany-based market maker in the SWX Eurobonds trading segment.
Euronext Paris: Expert Commision Revises Indices

Date 26/10/2001

The Expert Commission for Stockmarket Indices met today to discuss the changes in the SBF 120 and SBF 250 indices. According to the rules regarding conflicts of interest, as approved by the regulators, they have deliberated in the absence of the Euronext's representatives. In these circumstances and on the basis of the selection criteria usually used, the Expert Commission has taken the following decisions:
Euronext NV To Sell 60% Of La Cote Bleue Equity To FININFO

Date 26/10/2001

Euronext NV, the first pan-European stock market, has signed a memorandum of understanding setting terms for the sale to Fininfo of 60% of the equity of La Cote Bleue, in which Euronext NV will retain a 40% interest. A final agreement will be signed by the end of October

EEX And LPX Merge To Form A New Power Exchange - First Merger Of Two Power Exchanges In Europe

Date 26/10/2001

The operating companies of the two German power exchanges, EEX European Energy Exchange AG, Frankfurt/Main and LPX Leipzig Power Exchange GmbH, Leipzig, are about to merge. The new company with name EEX European Energy Exchange AG will be based in Leipzig. The merger shall take place by the beginning of 2002, as both partners stated to journalists in Berlin on Friday. With the merger of the two German power exchanges two equal partners associate with the aim to become the leading power exchange
CBOT Swap Futures Launch Today

Date 26/10/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade today launches its newest product, 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures, at 9:00 a.m. (Chicago time).
Archipelago Exchange Approved By SEC

Date 26/10/2001

The Pacific Exchange (PCX) yesterday received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch the Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx), the first totally open, fully electronic stock market for New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq securities in the United States. Archipelago, a leading U.S.-based electronic communications network (ECN), will convert its technologically advanced equity trading system into ArcaEx, a regulated facility of the Pacific, and a rep
TSE's Stymiest Tackles Canadian Market Challenge

Date 25/10/2001

Barbara Stymiest, President and CEO of the TSE and CDNX, will tackle issues around developing vibrant, competitive capital markets in British Columbia and Canada following the TSE acquisition of CDNX at a luncheon address to the Vancouver Board of Trade on October 29, 2001.
Stephen Cutler Named SEC Enforcement Director

Date 25/10/2001

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Stephen M. Cutler as Director of the Division of Enforcement. In that role, Mr. Cutler will oversee the Commission's enforcement program in Washington D.C. and in 11 regional and district offices throughout the country.