Total share turnover on the Stockholm stock exchnage was down significantly on 2001, amounting to SEK 2, 702 billion, against SEK 3,994 billion in 2001. The total derivative trading turnover amounted to 60 920 817 contracts, against 62 735 817
OneChicago announced today that it traded 123,095 contracts in December, the first full month of security futures trading in the United States. Open interest at OneChicago stood at 34,226 contracts on Dec. 31. Average daily volume in December was 5,862
Eurex, the international derivatives exchange controlled by Deutsche Borse, says it has already set a new world record in trading volume in 2002. Based on the preliminary figures, which include estimated volumes for the last five trading days of the
Clearstream announced today that it was buying Filinks from CDC Ixis Capital Markets, in order to enhance the mutual fund processing capabilities of its Vestima platform. Filinks has developed a technology (FORS) which Clearstream says can dramatically improve STP rates
A total of Euros 3.5 trillion will be traded on the German stock exchanges in 2002. This is 22 per cent down on the Euros 4.5 trillion traded in 2001. Or so say preliminary figures for the year 2002, which
The London Clearing House Limited (LCH) announced today that it has launched a clearing service for OTC power transactions through its LCH EnClear service. The London based clearing house is working with the European Energy Derivatives Exchange N.V. ("Endex") and
SWIFT announced today that Gartmore Investment Management and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities (DrKW) are using the SWIFTNet FIX service to communicate FIX allocations. They are the first fund manager and broker dealer to make the transition from the SWIFTNet pilot
Computershare announced today that it has agreed to acquire the software rights to trading, settlement and clearing systems owned by EFA Software Services. The acquisition ,which is expected to close by the end of January 2003, will cost C$6.25 million
The former Nasdaq Japan, which is now operated by the Osaka stock exchange, has changed its name to Hercules. Before the Osaka stock exchange took on the market, NASDAQ had expressed concerns that the Japanese exchange risked protecting the interests
SunGard warns today that the transition to SWIFTNet, the new network created by the Brussels based payments network SWIFT, is more complex than some banks realise. And it has to be accomplished no later than the end of 2004. The