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CME Names New Staff Officers

Date 03/12/1999

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange today announced the promotions of two new officers on its staff, approved this week by the Executive Committee of the CME Board of Directors: John F, Curran, promoted to Vice President, Strategic Development, from Senior Director, Financial Product Research, and Arman Falsafi, promoted to Vice President, Technology Strategy, from Senior Director, Technology Strategy.
CBOT's November Volume At 19,818,308 Contracts

Date 03/12/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today trading volume of 19,818,308 contracts for November 1999, up 5.0% from October 1999. CBOT volume reached more than one million contracts per day on 10 of the 21 trading days in November. Total exchange month-end open interest: 4,046,640. CBOT average daily volume: 943,729. Project A® monthly total: 865,665; Project A average daily volume: 41,222. 30 -Day Fed Fund futures set a daily volume record on November 16, at 17,366. Wheat futures set a da
CBOT/MIDAM Christmas And New Year's Day Trading Schedule

Date 03/12/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange (MidAm) have established the following Christmas and New Year's Day holiday trading schedules:
CBOT Calls For Streamlined CFTC Oversight At Roundtable

Date 03/12/1999

The Chicago Board of Trade called for a more forward-thinking and market-based regulatory structure for futures trading today at an industry roundtable at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. At the CFTC meeting called by CFTC Chairman William Rainer, the CBOT said regulators must balance the twin goals of appropriate regulation and fair competition. The CBOT said exchanges now operate in a world where technology and the sophistication of most market participants have combined to allow tra
CBOE Sets All Time Annual And Monthly Volume Records: Sets Single Day Volume Record - Average Daily Volume At Record Levels

Date 03/12/1999

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced yesterday that it set new records in annual and monthly volume. Total option volume during the month of November set a new record for monthly volume and average daily volume. The record setting month already guarantees a new annual volume record at CBOE for 1999. November year-to-date volume soared to a record 226,477,305 option contracts (143,291,504 calls, 83,185,801 puts), which surpasses the total number of contracts traded in 1998, which w

Turnover On SWX Eurobonds Surpasses One Billion Level

Date 02/12/1999

By the first day of December 1999, bonds worth a total of CHF 1 billion in principal value had changed hands via the SWX Eurobonds trading platform. Ever since foreign investors were freed in March of this year from paying Swiss stamp tax on foreign bonds, turnover on SWX Eurobonds has risen continuously. In November, Eurobonds involving more than USD 71 million were traded; in euro-denominated bonds, turnover surpassed EUR 94 million.
Singapore Exchange Launched As The First Demutualised, Integrated Exchange In Asia-Pacific

Date 02/12/1999

Singapore Exchange was officially launched yesterday as the first demutualised, integrated securities and derivatives exchange in Asia-Pacific. It is the result of the successful merger of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX).
Singapore Exchange Announces Schedules For Opening Access And Liberalising Commissions

Date 02/12/1999

Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday announced the schedules for opening access and liberalising commissions for securities trading. These schedules have been arrived at following close consultation with the Financial Center Advisory Group ("FCAG"), an international panel of prominent industry practitioners appointed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
NYMEX Western Electricity Margins To Be Split Along With Contract Unit

Date 02/12/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange has announced that it would halve the margins on its California-Oregon border and Palo Verde electricity futures contracts when the contract unit is split at the close of business on Monday, December 6.
NYMEX To Change Intra-Commodity Straddle Margins And Spread Credits On Western Electricity Contracts

Date 02/12/1999

The New York Mercantile Exchange will adjust the intra-commodity straddle margins and spread credit rates on its western electricity futures contracts at the close of business on Monday, December 6, to coincide with the splitting of the contract unit earlier that day.