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  • Stock Exchange of Singapore Dealer's Representatives to Trade Directly on SIMEX System

    Date 26/03/1999

    The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) are pleased to announce that from April 5, 1999, dealer's representatives of SES member firms (DRs) who are registered representatives of SIMEX, will have direct access to SIMEX's Automated Trading System (ATS). This is an enhancement of the system launched last September which allowed DRs to trade in the SIMEX MSCI Singapore Stock Index (SiMSCI) futures contract via member firms' central buyers using SIM

  • Change in Trading Hours for Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG20 and USD Futures Contracts

    Date 26/03/1999

    Starting from April 12, continuous trading in the WIG20 futures and USD futures on the Warsaw Stock Exchange derivatives market will be from 11:45 to 13:00. This change will make it possible to trade futures contracts from the time the WIG20 index value in the single-price auction has been determined for a given day.

  • Toronto Stock Exchange encourages use of electronic communications for disclosure

    Date 25/03/1999

    The Toronto Stock Exchange today released guidelines for the use of electronic communications by listed companies. The guidelines support existing TSE disclosure rules and policies. The proposed guidelines were issued for comment in August 1998, which was followed by a public consultation period generating more than 20 submissions. The public comments resulted in no changes to the substance of the guidelines.

  • Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Trading Goes On-Line

    Date 25/03/1999

    The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange announced that it commenced on-line trading in stocks. After receiving the Exchange's approval last month, the first two non-bank member firms are enabling their customers to send buy and sell orders via the Internet.

  • SEBI orders Bombay Stock Exchange President to Resign

    Date 25/03/1999

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed Jasvantlal C Parekh to relinquish the office of president of the Bombay Stock Exchange. The order was passed by SEBI chairman D R Mehta on March 23. The directive states that Parekh has also been made ineligible to hold any public position in future as a member of the governing board or as an office-bearer of the exchange as well as any capital market-related public institution for three years.

  • LIFFE Appoints Equant As Global Network Partner

    Date 25/03/1999

    The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) has signed a three-year USD8.5 million contract with Equant to provide the Exchange with an Internet Protocol (IP) based global network infrastructure. This is in response to member demand for global access to its new world-leading electronic trading platform, LIFFE CONNECTâ„¢ and will enable LIFFE members to connect directly to it from, potentially, any financial centre in the world.

  • Jonathan Howell Appointed to the LSE Board

    Date 25/03/1999

    Mr. Jonathan Howell, Head of Market Regulation and a member of the Management Committee of the London Stock Exchange, was today appointed to the Exchange's Board.

  • IPE Welcomes New Board Director

    Date 25/03/1999

    At the IPE's Board meeting of March 23, Karel Harbour, Deputy Chief Executive of GNI was co-opted as a Director. Mr Harbour's appointment fills the vacancy created by Richard Reinert's resignation earlier this year.

  • CFTC Approves NYMEX Aluminium Futures and Options

    Date 25/03/1999

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on March 24 approved the New York Mercantile Exchange's application to trade aluminium futures and options contracts.

  • Project A Trades for First Time Directly From Tokyo

    Date 24/03/1999

    Continuing its global expansion, the Chicago Board of Trade announced on March 23 that the first-ever trade from Tokyo on the exchange's electronic system, Project A, was executed last night (March 22) at 18:02 Chicago time, 09:02 Tuesday March 23 in Tokyo. The trade was made from CBOT member firm Morgan Stanley, the first firm to place a Project A workstation in Asia.