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NYMEX To Increase Margins On Its Eastern Electricity Futures Contracts

Date 16/05/2000

The New York Mercantile Exchange will raise the margins on the June, July, and August 2000 contracts for Cinergy, Entergy, and Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Maryland electricity futures contracts to $5,600 from $3,600 for clearing members; to $6,160 from $3,960 for members; and to $7,560 from $4,860 for customers, as of the close of business today.
Nasdaq Nears Completion Of The First Phase Of Its Private Placement - Over 2800 Investors Participate - Over $330 Million Raised - Phase I Expected To Close In June

Date 16/05/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), and The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced today that they have formally accepted 2805 subscriptions in connection with the first phase of the Nasdaq private placement. Since the close of the subscription period on April 28, 2000, the Transfer Agent hired for the transaction has been completing the verification process for all investments, leading to the NASD and Nasdaq® officially accepting the investments at the end of last week.
JET API JSE Member Firms join the system

Date 16/05/2000

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) confirms that nine of its member firms have converted today to the JET API (Johannesburg Equities Trading Application Programme Interface) system. This is the first group of members to join the system since it went live on Monday, 8 May 2000. Another six members are expected to convert by 29 May 2000.
International Securities Exchange Elects William A. Porter As Chairman And Ivers W. Riley As Vice Chairman - ISE Selects Additional Non-Industry Directors And Approves Board Assignments

Date 16/05/2000

The International Securities Exchange ("ISE") held its first board meeting last week and in its first course of action, unanimously approved William A. Porter, a co-founder of the ISE, to become the Exchange's first Chairman. In addition, Ivers W. Riley was elected Vice Chairman.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange Announces The Launch of A And B Subscriptions From ELECTRA To MVS DEMO Period Postponed To 29 May 2000

Date 16/05/2000

In briefing.xcse.dk No. 28 - 5.4.2000, the Copenhagen Stock Exchange provided information on the restructuring of the distribution of the A and B subscriptions from ELECTRA to the MVS platform of the Danish Securities Centre as well as a number of changes in the transactions in connection with the migration of bonds and derivatives from ELECTRA. The launch of the DEMO period was scheduled for 15 May 2000 in the said letter. However, a situational audit has shown that it is necessary to postpone

Central Bank Of Iceland Weekly Repo Auction 16/5 2000

Date 16/05/2000

The Central Bank of Iceland held a weekly auction of repurchase agreements on May 16 of the standard maturity of 14 days. The auction was a fixed rate one at 10.1 per cent p.a. Offers were made for a total amount of 11.4 billion krónur resulting in repurchase contracts for that amount.
Amendments to the Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Listing Rules Financial Disclosure Provisions And The General Disclosure Obligation

Date 16/05/2000

The Exchange Listing Rules have been amended. The amendments relate to the financial disclosure provisions and the general disclosure obligation. More specifically: Appendix 16 setting out financial disclosure requirements for announcements of results, circulars, listing documents, and interim and annual reports, has been added to the Exchange Listing Rules. The existing financial disclosure provisions in the Listing Agreement have been consolidated into Appendix 16 and a number of new provisi
ABN AMRO To Install OM Technology's OneWorld Settlement System

Date 16/05/2000

ABN AMRO Asia Limited, a leader in Asian broking and corporate finance, and OM Technology, a leading provider of application software to the financial services industry, today announced that ABN AMRO Asia Limited will implement OM Technology's OneWorld Settlement system, placing the brokerage at the cutting edge of straight-through order-processing technology.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong April Market Statistics

Date 15/05/2000

Market turnover contracted in April with the daily turnover value dropping to HKD6,969 million on the 27th, the lowest for 2000.
Singapore Exchange To Liberalise All Commissions From October - Risk Control Measures Under Review

Date 15/05/2000

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that brokerage rates will be fully negotiable for all transactions on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST), including online trades, with effect from 1 October 2000.