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CME's E-Mini S&P 500 Futures Sets New Daily Volume Record
Date 14/04/1999
Trading volume in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's E- mini S&P 500 futures set another record on April 12 with 47,024 trades having been executed on the exchange's GLOBEX®2 electronic trading system during today's session.
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Chicago Board Of Trade Launches Y2K Section Of Web Site
Date 14/04/1999
The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that it added a new section to its corporate web site, www.cbot.com, created solely to provide Y2K-related exchange information. CBOT President & CEO Thomas R. Donovan said, "In meeting our mission to eliminate business interruptions and prepare our exchange for the Year 2000 and beyond, it is critical that we communicate our goals, decisions and accomplishments to the market community. Easily accessible and constantly updated information is key to t
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CBOT Announces Strong Volume For Serial Options
Date 14/04/1999
The Chicago Board of Trade announced today that more market users are customizing their agricultural risk management with short-term hedging tools called serial options launched by the CBOT one year ago. Serial options are short-term, low-cost contracts which trade for 30 days and expire in months which do not have a regular option contract available. The CBOT developed serial options in response to suggestions by customers worldwide.
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Canada's top 100 pension funds
Date 14/04/1999
Canada's top 100 pension funds earned an average 9% return on investment for the year ended Dec. 31, 1998. That according to the 20th annual Top 100 Pension Funds report, as published in the April, 1999 issue of BENEFITS CANADA. This is the first time the country's leading funds have reported an average single-digit return on investment since 1994. "It was a challenging year for the country's top 100 pension funds," says BENEFITS CANADA managing editor Kevin Press. "The good news is they were up
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Annual Election of Johannesburg Stock Exchange Committee -1999/2000
Date 14/04/1999
The annual election of the Committee has taken place. The following stockbroking members will serve on the Committee until the next annual election: H J Borkum, M F Fergusson, J G Greener, N D Lowenthal, B H Pulford, G Rothschild, L B van der Merwe, C G France. As there were sufficient nominations to fill all the vacancies, the remaining two vacancies will be filled by the Committee co-opting eligible members who are willing to serve. Mr Lowenthal has been re-elected Chairman and Mr Rothschild,
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First Remote Member to begin trading on SWX
Date 11/04/1999
On Friday, April 9 1999, Hull Trading GmbH, Frankfurt, began its activities on the Swiss Exchange SWX. Hull Trading is the first member from outside Switzerland or Liechtenstein to take an active part in the fully integrated electronic dealing platform of the Swiss Exchange SWX. The formal admission of Hull Trading to Swiss Exchange SWX membership took place in November 1998.
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Salter New Media and The Toronto Stock Exchange Announce Broadcasting of Quarterly Earnings Calls on the Internet
Date 10/04/1999
Salter New Media and the Toronto Stock Exchange have announced a program to broadcast quarterly earnings conference calls of TSE-listed companies over the Internet. This service, Q1234.com, will record and broadcast conference calls, previously available only to analysts, institutional investors and select members of the media.
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NYMEX Reschedules Aluminum Futures and Options Launch
Date 10/04/1999
The New York Mercantile Exchange board of directors has agreed to reschedule the launch of aluminum futures trading from Friday, April 16, to Friday, May 14. Aluminum options trading will begin trading in July. NYMEX ACCESS(SM) trading will commence on Sunday, May 16, for May 17 trading session. The new date will enable the aluminum market to have the opportunity to become more familiar with the specialist market maker program.
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NYMEX Gets Approval to Expand Listed Months for Heating Oil Options
Date 10/04/1999
The New York Mercantile Exchange has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to expand the number of trading months listed for heating oil options from 12 to 18 months. On Friday, April 16, the Exchange will begin listing May, June, July, August, September, and October 2000 heating oil options contracts.
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LIFFE trades GBP224bn Per Day in March 1999
Date 10/04/1999
The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) traded an average daily nominal value of GBP224 billion in March 1999, up 13% on February 1999. Total outstanding business in all the Euro money market contracts at the end of the month exceeded 2000 billion. LIFFE's share of the Euribor market has increased to 87%. LIFFE's Three Month Euribor contracts have continued to show growth, with open interest at over 1,300 billion (1,351,019 contracts) on March 31, an increase of 8
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