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Not sure what the driving force that enticed them to go electronic nor am I
aware of how the SFE working to date. Mark Brown is more privy of those
subjects than I and was the originator of the discussing this market.
Robert
At 05:19 AM 6/18/1999 -0500, Kevin wrote:
>Robert,
>
>As a member of the SFE, could you refresh my memory as to what was the
>driving force that enticed SFE to go electronic? And how is it working out
>so far?
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>Thanks
>
>Kevin
>
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>>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:12:42 +1000
>>From: Robert Bianchi <R.Bianchi@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Australian Markets
>>Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990617111242.009fa370@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>>The Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) has made 4th October 1999 as the date to
>>go fully electronic. Although I really doubt it. Alot of the SFE members
>>(including myself) have doubts that they will close the floor 3 months
>>before Y2K. The speculation is that they will probably delay the floor
>>closure until Jan/Feb 2000.
>>
>>The most liquid products on the SFE are:
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>>* Australian 90 day Bank bills ("bank bills" are the 90 day debt securities
>>issued by Aussie banks)
>>
>>* Commonwealth 3 yr bond (the Fed Govt 3 yr bond future, it's the most
>>liquid futures on the SFE)
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>>* Commonwealth 10 yr bond
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>>* Share Price Index or SPI (the stock index future to the Aussie All ords
>>index)
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>>/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*
>>Robert J Bianchi - Director
>>Venitia Pty Ltd
>>Email : r.bianchi@xxxxxxxxx
>>Phone : 61-7-3899 9998
>>Fax : 61-7-3899 8605
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