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HKFE Revises Margins for Stock, Stock Index, Interest Rate And Currency Futures

Date 31/07/2001

Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced today (Tuesday) that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 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 clear
CME Announces Officer Promotions

Date 31/07/2001

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) has promoted two employees to managing director and 10 additional employees to officers of the corporation, CME President and CEO Jim McNulty has announced.
Stock Exchange Of Thailand Increases Listed Companies Minor Shareholders To Be 20% And Determines Three New Measures To Protect Unusual Stock Trading

Date 30/07/2001

Mrs. Patareeya Benjapolchai, senior vice president of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) said that the SET Board of Governors in its July 2001 meeting passed a resolution to modify the SET's regulations regarding minor shareholders distribution among listed companies. At the same time, the Board of Governors resolved to institute three measures to protect against the unusual trading of stocks, in order to cap such irregularities more efficiently, and in order to target the right groups of cul
Standard & Poor's - Index Change - TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology And TSE 200

Date 30/07/2001

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces that effective after the close of business on July 31, 2001, the following changes will take place in the TSE 300 Composite, TSE 300 Capped, S&P/TSE Canadian MidCap, S&P/TSE Canadian Information Technology and TSE 200.
SEC: Bank of America Corp. Agrees To Commission Order Finding That It Violated Reporting And Disclosure Requirements

Date 30/07/2001

The Commission today initiated a settled administrative action, in which it found that BankAmerica Corp. (now known as Bank of America Corp.) improperly accounted for a business relationship it had with D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and related entities, and that BankAmerica made misleading filings with the Commission about the market risks presented by this relationship. Bank of America Corp. consented to a settlement of this action without admitting or denying the Commission's findings.

Deutsche Börse And Eurex - Eurex To Launch Trading In Options On U.S. Equities - Launch Date Is September 24 - Eurex Names 10 Stock Options For The New U.S. Segment - Trading In U.S. Shares On Xetra In September

Date 30/07/2001

Eurex, the international derivatives market, will start trading U.S. stock options in euros on September 24, 2001. In addition to the already announced options on Cisco Systems, IBM, Intel and Microsoft, Eurex will offer options on the shares of AOL Time Warner, Citigroup, EMC, General Electric, Oracle and Sun Microsystems. The new U.S. segment is part of the Global Markets Concept that Eurex is setting up on a joint basis with Deutsche Börse. Trading in U.S. stocks on Xetra in September will a
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 30/07/2001

It was yet another record breaking week as the index broke through 2100 points for the first time to close at 2143.04 after an intra-week high of 2149.01.
All Nasdaq National Market Securities Now Trade On SuperSoes

Date 30/07/2001

The Nasdaq Stock Market® announced today that it successfully completed the implementation of its new automated trading system, SuperSoesSM. As of today, orders for all 3,500-plus Nasdaq National Market® (NNM) securities are now automatically executed using SuperSoes.
HKEx Introduces Additional Broker Supplied Systems

Date 29/07/2001

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited completed the introduction of 30 additional Broker Supplied Systems (BSS) of AMS/3, the Third Generation Automatic Order Matching and Execution System last Friday (27 July).
Winnipeg Commodity Exchange: Revisions To Canola Futures Contract Approved

Date 27/07/2001

The Board of Governors of Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) has approved an enhanced canola futures contract design, to be effective August 1, 2002. Non-disapproval by the Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) on these revisions has been received. Trading of the revised contracts will begin on August 1, 2001.