Exchanges

CME reports record earnings

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, the parent company of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), yesterday reported record revenues and earnings for the second quarter of 2003, spurred by strong trading volumes in its three largest product categories:…

All in Accord

South Africa's banks are taking Basel II seriously. Clive Davidson discovers what they are doing to prepare for its implementation, and how they are meeting the many challenges of the new capital accord.

Fimat to launch foreign exchange futures in Poland

Fimat Group, the brokerage arm of French investment bank SG, is developing new exchange-related foreign exchange futures contracts in eastern Europe to widen its currency product portfolio for its institutional client base.

ISE moves closer to equity index options trading

New York-based electronic equity options market, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), has stepped up its attempts to go head-to-head with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in trading equity index options by unveiling its first product,…

BNP Paribas beats SG for ZCM assets

French bank BNP Paribas has entered the final stages of negotiations to purchase about 140 structured transactions linked to funds investments from Zurich Capital Markets (ZCM), a division of Swiss insurer Zurich Financial.

Cantor subsidiary files patent infringement suit

Interdealer-broker Cantor Fitzgerald’s trading technology subsidiary eSpeed has filed a patent infringement suit against electronic fixed-income trading platform BrokerTec, while separately a court case pertaining to alleged constructive dismissal…

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