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Intercontinentalexchange And London Clearing House Unveil Plans To Introduce Clearing Services For OTC Products - First Of Kind Plan Will Have London Clearing House Appointed As ICE's Global Clearing Facility - LCH Files For U.S. Recognition As A Derivati

Date 30/08/2001

IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), one of the world's leading operators of over-the-counter (OTC) markets for oil, natural gas, power and metals products, yesterday announced and signed an agreement to offer optional clearing services to its OTC market participants as early as the fourth quarter of this year. With this service, ICE will be the first provider of OTC commodity markets to offer participants the option to utilize clearing services. With the recent acquisition of the International Petro
HKFE Revises Margins For Stock, Stock Index And Interest Rate Futures

Date 30/08/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced yesterday (Wednesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Friday, 31 August the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are the result of a regular review of market conditions and are based on the clearin
HKEx To Introduce International Stock Futures And Options Contracts

Date 30/08/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) will introduce 20 International Stock Futures contracts and 20 International Stock Options contracts, for trading on Thursday, 4 October, subject to the approval of the Securities and Futures Commission.
Euronext Announces Interim Results For The Six Months Ended 30 June 2001 - Revenues of Euro 354.4 million: + 1% - Net Profit of Euro 109.4 million: + 6% - Integration on track

Date 30/08/2001

Euronext NV announced today its results for the six months ended 30 June 2001. Compared with the record first half of 2000, the half year results of 2001 demonstrate resilience despite challenging market conditions and reflect the strength and diversity of Euronext's business model.
ASX Records Full Year Profit Of $51 Million

Date 30/08/2001

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday announced an operating profit after tax of $51.0 million for its third year as a listed company, compared to the $53.6 million recorded for the previous financial year and $37.7 million for 1998/99.

a/c/e Breaks Daily Volume Record Second Day In A Row

Date 30/08/2001

The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that its members set a new daily volume record yesterday at 442,491 contracts traded on its electronic trading platform, a/c/eSM, breaking the former record of 334,551 contracts set the preceding day, August 28, 2001. The CBOT® traded a total of 1,876,381 contracts yesterday, of which 1,433,890 were traded in the open outcry marketplace.
Nymex Adjust Brent Trading Hours

Date 29/08/2001

The executive committee of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., today decided to adjust the trading hours for its Brent futures and options contracts so that they open at 9:10 AM instead of 9 AM, as previously announced.
EEX Changes Auction In Single Hours - Auction Supports Optimization Of Production And Consumption Peaks

Date 29/08/2001

As of September 3, EEX will change the auction for trading in single hours, thus further optimizing trading at EEX for the market participants. The exchange made the announcement on Wednesday. The auction for trading in single hours is being replaced by a new and simpler type of auction with revised transparency parameters. The existing safety and security mechanisms, such as volatility interruptions, will remain unchanged.The changes being made in the auction will make trading in individual hou
Deutsche Börse: International Capital Market Experts Publish "Neuer Markt Report" - International Capital Market Experts Publish "Neuer Markt Report" - Deutsche Börse Will Use Results To Draw Up A Going Public Code Of Best Practice/ Detailed Examination O

Date 29/08/2001

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Shearman & Sterling, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and Deutsche Börse have published a joint study on the Neuer Markt which analyzes the German growth exchange from the vantage point of capital markets as well as from a legal and economic perspective. The study, entitled "Neuer Markt Report - Gateway to European Capital Markets - Key to Growth", examines the position of the Neuer Markt and is intended to put the debate about the importance of growth markets a
CME Open Interest Surpasses 15 Million Mark; Electronic Currency Futures Volume Sets New Monthly High With Three Days Of Trading Remaining As Euro Fx Reaches New Single-Day Record

Date 29/08/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) yesterday for the first time surpassed 15 million positions in open interest. The 15,024,033 open positions surpassed CME's previous record of 14,872,034 set one day earlier on Aug. 27.