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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For Three-Month HIBOR Futures Contract

Date 19/08/2002

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 21 August 2002, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Futures & Options On Russian Trading System: Weekly Market Information

Date 19/08/2002

For the week of August 12th-August 16th, 2002, the total trading volume on FORTS (Futures & Options on RTS) equaled 434.2 thousand contracts or 1 483 million rubles in underlying value. 10 279 trades were executed. The previous week data are as follows: 12 614 trades; 546 thousand contracts with an underlying value of 1 784 million rubles.
CBOT Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of Its Interest Rate Complex - A Quarter-Century Later, CBOT's Interest Rate Complex Still Makes A Difference To The Consumer's Bottom Line

Date 19/08/2002

The Chicago Board of Trade's (CBOT) premier interest rate futures and options complex--with CBOT® Treasury bond futures and options and 10-year Treasury Note futures marking anniversary milestones this year--continues to provide global market users the highest standard for liquidity, transparency and integrity in the ever-competitive risk management industry.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 19/08/2002

The market bounced back almost 1% this week but on low volumes with institutional investors generally sitting on the side lines.
Palestine Securities Exchange Trading Session On Afternoon Of Saturday August 17

Date 17/08/2002

The Palestine Securities Exchange said in a press release today: "This is to announce that a trading session at the PSE will take place (Exceptionally) today afternoon between 2-3 PM. This should be the first trading session since about two months because of the curfew and closure imposed on the City of Nablus and other cities from the Israeli army."

Tokyo Stock Exchange Compliance Monthly Report (Market Surveillance)

Date 16/08/2002

The Compliance Monthly Report aims to regularly inform market participants including public investors of what measures are taken by the Department of Market Surveillance and Compliance of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to secure a fair market and to help investors to trade within a security environment.
Statement By SEC Chairman Harvey L. Pitt On Corporate Governance Reforms Approved By The Membership Of The Chicago Board Options Exchange

Date 16/08/2002

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt issued the following statement today on corporate governance reforms approved by the membership of the Chicago Board Options Exchange:
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX Canadian Health Care Sector Index

Date 16/08/2002

Standard & Poor's will make the following change in the S&P/TSX Canadian Health Care Sector Index: Effective after the close of trading on Monday, August 19, 2002, the following change will take place in the S&P/TSX Canadian Health Care Sector Index. The weight of Biovail Corporation (TSX: BVF) will decrease by approximately 5.08% in the S&P/TSX Canadian Health Care Sector Index. The relative weight change reflects an adjustment to the float shares pursuant to S&P/TSX Canadian Sect
SFE Trading August Newsletter

Date 16/08/2002

The 2nd Edition of the SFE Trading Newsletter for 2002 can be viewed by clicking here.
SEC, In Coordination With FBI Undercover Sting Operation, Sues Three Publicly-Traded Companies And Ten Individuals Involved In Fraudulent Schemes

Date 16/08/2002

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday filed four separate lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida arising from four schemes. In three of those schemes, defendants made numerous materially false and misleading statements in reports filed with the Commission; the fourth scheme involves a pump-and-dump of a company's publicly traded stock. Most of these charges arise from a two-year undercover FBI sting operation and, simultaneously in related crimin