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  • CBOE Announces Board Approval of Strategic Plan to Include Screen-Based Trading

    Date 16/06/1999

    The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that its board of directors approved a comprehensive strategic plan recommended by CBOE's Strategy Task Force. CBOE formed its Strategy Task Force earlier this year with the mandate to reexamine the Exchange's competitive strategy in light of sweeping industry-wide changes fueled by new technology, new competitors, and, in large measure, by the very success of CBOE itself. "Today CBOE competes not only against other options exchanges, but

  • ASX Derivatives Clearing System Goes Live

    Date 16/06/1999

    The Australian Stock Exchange has completed the implementation of a new state-of-the-art derivatives clearing system (DCS). "Using new technology, ASX is constantly re-engineering its market capacity and flexibility," said ASX Managing Director Richard Humphry. "DCS was completed on time and under budget. It offers an open-interface with brokers; clearing participants have control of their own data bases; and the system offers the opportunity for other software suppliers to participate." He note

  • Italy's MIF Connected to Euro Globex®, Members Gain Access to ParisBourseSBF SA Euribor Contract

    Date 14/06/1999

    Members of Italy's MIF (Mercato Italiano Futures) have direct access to the 3-month Euribor futures contract through the Euro Globex® Alliance whose members now include ParisBourseSBF SA in France, MEFF Renta Fija in Spain and MIF in Italy.

  • Half-Ticks Instituted for CME Eurodollar Back Months

    Date 14/06/1999

    The minimum price movement for back-month expirations in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Eurodollar futures contract has been reduced from one point to one-half point effective June 14.

  • FTSE launches super-liquid EuroStars Index - LIFFE and AEX to launch derivatives on new 29-company Euro-zone index

    Date 14/06/1999

    FTSE International today launched a new low-cost, easily-tradeable Eurozone index - 'FTSE EuroStars' - containing 29 stocks from among the largest and most liquid companies from the Eurozone countries, "The Magic 29" are the stocks common to the major cross-border European indices on which derivatives are traded in Europe today. FTSE's EuroStars index compliments the existing FTSE equity indices series, acting as a transitional bridge for many traders who have yet to enter the zone of European

  • Vienna Stock Exchange Introduces New Index

    Date 12/06/1999

    The RDX (Russian Depository Receipts Index) is the latest addition to the CECE product line. The RTX, which was introduced in 199, is calculated using the most liquid Global Depository Receipts (GDR) and reflects price movements in real-time. The RDX is a capitalisation-weighted index which does not take account of dividend payments. The index capitalisation is currently about EUR7 billion. The RDX has been designed as a tradable index and as an underlying instrument for derivative products. Cas

  • Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Average Daily Turnover in May HKD7,351 million

    Date 12/06/1999

    The average daily turnover for the 21 trading days in May was HKD7,351 million, a decrease of 18 per cent compared with the previous month. Total turnover value for the month was HKD154,372 million compared with HKD170,603 million in April.

  • SFE Receives New Offer From ASX

    Date 12/06/1999

    The Sydney Futures Exchange Limited (SFE) has today (June 11) received details of a revised "Merger Proposal" from the Australian Stock Exchange Limited. The SFE Board will meet to consider the revised terms next week. It will not be making any comment until after then at the earliest.

  • Minneapolis Grain Exchange Waives Trading Fees

    Date 12/06/1999

    Due to what is shaping up to be a financially promising fiscal year, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange will waive futures and options trading fees during July and August. In addition, local traders are exempt from clearing fees for the same time period. June trading volume in hard red spring wheat futures at the Exchange is currently on pace to establish a new monthly record. Record daily trading volume of 11,243 contracts was established in hard red spring wheat futures on June 3, 1999.

  • Ljubljana Stock Exchange turnover declines in May

    Date 12/06/1999

    The turnover of securities on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange declined in May for the second consecutive month and reached the amount of SIT14.1 billion compared to SIT17.1 billion in April. The total turnover on the Exchange in the first five months of this year amounted to SIT101.8 billion and outperformed the same period of the previous year by as much as 133% (the turnover in the same period in 1998 was SIT43.7 billion). Also in May, 59 block trades (versus 95 in April) were reported by the Exc

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