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The Montreal Exchange Names Luc Bertrand President And Chief Executive Officer

Date 13/03/2000

The Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange has appointed Luc Bertrand as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Formerly Vice-President and Managing Director with the Institutional Sales Group at National Bank Financial, and Chairman of the Governing Committee of the Montreal Exchange, Mr. Bertrand will assume his new functions on March 29th.
NASD Launches Member Vote On Restructuring And Opens Subscription Period For The Initial Phase Of Nasdaq Private Placement

Date 13/03/2000

The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®) today launched the member vote on its proposed restructuring and simultaneously opened the subscription period for the initial phase of the Nasdaq private placement.
LIFFE's FTSE Eurotop 100 Index Gains Access To The United

Date 13/03/2000

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE) received a 'No Action' letter from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday 10 March which will allow LIFFE's FTSE Eurotop 100 Index Futures contract to be offered and sold to US investors.
Gustaf Sahlman To Leave OM

Date 13/03/2000

On May 1, OM 's Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Gustaf Sahlman, will be leaving OM in order to take up the position of President for Polopoly, a company dedicated to the development of technical solutions for the Internet. Gustaf Sahlman has been with the OM since 1993 and has been in his current position since 1996.
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Launches Short-Term Interest- Rate Futures Contracts

Date 12/03/2000

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launched today a new futures contract, which will be referenced to the local three-month T-bill interest rate.

The Securities and Futures Commission And The Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Limited Joint Press Announcement On The GEM Listing Rules

Date 11/03/2000

The Securities and Futures Commission ("SFC") and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Exchange") attach great importance to the Growth Enterprise Market (the "GEM") as a market to raise funds for the business development of growth enterprises.
Stock Exchange Of Hong Kong Introduces HKEx Share Information Board

Date 11/03/2000

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong will introduce on Monday (March 13) an information board on its website for shares in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx). HKEx is the holding company of the stock and futures exchanges and their clearing houses.Following the demutualisation of the two exchanges and their merger into HKEx, members were allocated shares in HKEx.
Trading Report For Kuwait Stock Exchange - February 2000

Date 10/03/2000

The index of Kuwait Stock Exchange reached 1368.5 at the end of February. This was an decrease of 17.7 points from the close registered at the end of January. In February 422,522,500 shares were traded, an increase of 74.47% over the January volume. Value traded was KWD57,402,300, an increase of 31.91% over January's traded value. In February there were 8,843 transactions, an increase of 93.03 over the January figure.
Tradepoint Financial Networks plc Board Appointment

Date 10/03/2000

Tradepoint Financial Networks plc is pleased to announce that Dr Benn Steil has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.
The Open Interest On The New Futures Contract On the S&P/TSE 60 Index Breaks Through The 100,000 Mark

Date 10/03/2000

The futures contract on the S&P/TSE 60 Index (SXF) set a new record yesterday. Open interest on the SXF surpassed the 100,000 mark, reaching 116 486 outstanding contracts for a value of over 12.5 billion dollars by the end of the day, on March 8th. Open interest is the number of outstanding contracts at a specified point in time, i.e. the number of open positions.