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  Helsinki Stock Exchange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On April 1, 1990 trading was moved to a new digital system: HETI (Helsinki Stock Exchange Automated Trading and Information System), which replaced the electro-mechanical trading board originally introduced back in 1935.
In November 1998 HEX merged with Arvopaperikeskus to form Helsinki Exchanges Group Plc, which then changed its name to HEX Plc in the spring of 2001.
OMX Helsinki 25 (OMXH25) is a stock market index for the Helsinki Stock Exchange.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Helsinki_Stock_Exchange   (382 words)

  
 Elisa.com
At the meetings it was decided that Helsinki Telephone Corporation will merge with and into HPY Holding Corporation so that the operations of the merged company could start on July 1, 2000.
Upon the transformation, all the Association's assets and liabilities, including the Helsinki Telephone shares held by the Association, were transferred to the Telephone Cooperative HPY by the operation of law.
The IPO was targeted at the Members of the Helsinki Telephone Association and the staff of Helsinki Telephone.
www.elisa.com /english/index.cfm?t=8&o=8851.00   (687 words)

  
 Helsinki Stock Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX) saw it's first transaction on October 7, 1912 in Helsinki, Finland.
From since it remained a "free form" financial association until in 1984 it was converted into a cooperative owned mostly by banks, traders[?], other companies and associations.
During 1997 and 1998 The Stock Exchange bought both of the finnish derivative exchanges and merged them with itself to become HEX Llc.
www.explainthis.info /he/helsinki-stock-exchange.html   (364 words)

  
 www.unstrung.com
The said subscription prices were determined on the basis of the trade volume weighted average prices of the Nokia share on the Helsinki Exchanges during the trading days of the second whole week of the second month of the respective calendar quarter in the year 2002.
The subscription period for the A warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1997 began in December 1997, for the B warrants in November 1999 and for the C warrants in November 2001.
Subsequently, the share subscription period began for the A warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 1999 in April 2001 and for the B warrants in April 2002, for the 2001AB warrants of the Nokia Stock Option Plan 2001 in July 2002 and for the 2001C 3Q/01 warrants in October 2002.
www.unstrung.com /document.asp?doc_id=26793&print=true   (484 words)

  
 ECONOMY: New age in the old Stock Exchange Building   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Helsinki bourse is an international marketplace, because 10 of the 23 authorised firms of brokers ("Trading Members") are foreign-owned.
A traditional stock exchange is a secure place for both investors and companies compared with, for example, the electronic bourses that operate through information systems and on which trading is difficult to oversee.
Life in the old Stock Exchange Building in Helsinki is lived very much in touch with the pulse of the times, even though the walls still exude the stolid dignity of bygone decades.
www.publiscan.fi /ec03e-8.htm   (1275 words)

  
 OMXR - Rīgas Fondu birža
In conjunction with the launch of the SAXESS trading system in Helsinki, the trading hours of the equity and derivatives markets at the Stockholm and Helsinki stock exchanges will be harmonized.
Compared to the current rules of the Helsinki Stock Exchange, there will be some changes including the lowering of the size limit for block trades in shares, in line with the other NOREX exchanges.
OMX Exchanges owns and operates the stock exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius as well as the central securities depositories in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.
www.rfb.lv /?id=1151   (1058 words)

  
 Kesko Corporation applies for listing the year 2000 C warrants on the main list of the Helsinki Exchanges
As a result of the subscriptions based on warrants B and C the number of shares in Kesko may be increased by a maximum of 5,840,000 shares, and share capital of the Company by a maximum of 11,680,000 euro.
The share subscription price for warrant B shall be the trade volume weighted average price of Kesko’s B-share at the Helsinki Exchange during March 2000 with an addition of fifteen (15) per cent.
The share subscription price for warrant C shall be the trade volume weighted average price of Kesko’s B-share at the Helsinki Exchange during March 2001 with an addition of fifteen (15) per cent.
www.kesko.fi /modules/release/show_release.asp?id=384FF9EE602845729A2B46775F61C673   (1790 words)

  
 OMHEX increases the visibility of Nordic shares
The Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges merged at the beginning of September 2003.
In terms of trading volume, OMHEX is on a par with the Spanish, Italian and Swiss stock exchanges at the Central European median.
The Stockholm and Helsinki stock exchange lists will only be integrated when the Stockholm exchange trading system, Saxess, is also put into use at the Helsinki and Baltic exchanges.
www.metsominerals.com /corporation/articles_eng.nsf/PrintView/6E9ED13A1A3C50DEC2256F57003BFC7F?OpenDocument   (1060 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Financial Glossary
The Helsinki Exchanges (HEX Ltd., Helsinki Securities and Derivatives Exchange and Clearing House) was formed at the beginning of 1998 following the merger of the Helsinki Stock Exchange Ltd. and SOM Ltd., the Securities and Derivatives Exchange, and the Clearing House.
An accounting term that refers to the exchange rate in effect at the time an asset or liability is acquired.
An assumption of Markowitzportfolio construction that investors have the same expectations with respect to the inputs that are used to derive efficient portfolios: assetreturns, variances, and covariances.
www.bloomberg.com /analysis/glossary/bfglosh.htm   (2872 words)

  
 eubfn.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Helsinki Exchanges created in the merger comprise a competetitive and efficient marketplace for Finnish securities and derivatives products providing both domestic and foreign investors, companies, and investment services enterprises a wide range of services relating to the securities markets.
In the future, the target of Helsinki Exchanges is to create in Finland an internationally competitive market structure that will combine the strengths of a national marketplace with international cooperation.
In December 1998, the extraordinary general meeting of Helsinki Exchanges approved the proposed plan to join Helsinki Exchanges and Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd into one group, the parent company of which is Helsinki Exchanges Group Ltd Oy.
www.eubfn.com /arts/gse-fi.htm   (718 words)

  
 Finnish Competition Authority: FCA: Helsinki Exchanges occupies dominant position; current pricing non-discriminatory
Based on the complaints received, the FCA investigated whether Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) was guilty of abuse of dominant position in stock exchange pricing.
Since there are currently major commercial and technical changes going on in the stock exchange market, the said market and hence also the position of HEX may undergo a change in the present days.
Based on its investigations, the FCA finds that the stock pricing introduced by HEX on 1 January 2000 cannot, after the introduction of an alternative pricing model, be considered discriminatory from the viewpoint of certain brokers or broker groups, and hence not an abuse of dominant position.
www.kilpailuvirasto.fi /cgi-bin/english.cgi?luku=news-archive&sivu=news/n-2001-01-09   (335 words)

  
 OMX: Stockholm and Helsinki Stock Exchanges Donate Disciplinary Fines to New Foundation : ArriveNet Press Releases : ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 14, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The boards of directors of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange have decided to donate all disciplinary fines imposed by the exchanges' disciplinary committees to a foundation newly established by OMX Exchanges for the purpose of conducting research involving securities markets in Finland and Sweden.
OMX Exchanges is engaged in a continuous effort to maintain and strengthen the prevailing confidence in its exchanges.
As part of this work, the boards of directors of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange have decided not to retain the proceeds from the fines imposed by the exchanges' disciplinary committees.
press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/619440.html   (555 words)

  
 RIMS | Archive
Weather derivatives are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the London International Financial Futures Exchange and the Helsinki Exchanges, with futures and options exchanges in other countries also seriously considering this innovation.
This embryonic OTC market for weather derivatives languished until 2001 when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced exchange-traded weather derivatives (both futures and options) which created the liquidity, price transparency and counterparty certainty that the market needed to be viable.
In 2002, the Helsinki Exchanges began trading weather futures to allow Scandinavian countries to hedge against their adverse weather conditions.
www.rmmag.com /MGTemplate.cfm?Section=MagArchive&template=/Magazine/ArchiveDisplayMagazines.cfm&IssueID=195&AID=2076&Volume=50&ShowArticle=1   (687 words)

  
 Nokian Tyres: Further information on the share
EUR 25.94, and for warrants 2001C the trade volume weighted average quotation of the Nokian Tyres plc share on the Helsinki Exchanges between 1 April and 30 April 2002, i.e.
As a result of the subscriptions with the 2004 bonds with warrants and according to the original subscription terms, the share capital of Nokian Tyres plc may be increased by a maximum of EUR 1,470,000 and the number of shares by a maximum of 735,000 new shares.
Nokian Tyres’ 2001A warrants for the option scheme 2001 were listed on the Helsinki Exchanges main list as of 3 March 2003, 2001B warrants as of 1 March 2004 and 2001C warrants as of 1 March 2005.
www.nokiantyres.com /furtherinfo_share_en   (2071 words)

  
 Mirago : Business: Investing: Exchanges
Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) - Finland - Information on trading in Finnish stocks, derivatives, and mutual funds.
Montreal Exchange - Canada - Information on and history of the Montreal, Canada exchange; quotes and market data for stock, indices, options, and futures.
Swiss Exchange (SWX) - Switzerland - Realtime indices and daily data on domestic and foreign shares, bonds, warrants, options and futures traded in Switzerland.
www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Business/Investing/Exchanges   (284 words)

  
 Finextra: OMX consolidates membership for Nordic exchanges
In the beginning of January, OMX Nordic Exchange Membership will be launched on three exchanges, which makes it possible for a member to operate on the three exchanges with only one membership fee.
As of January 1, the monthly minimum fee on OMX's exchanges in Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen will be EUR 900 (SEK 8,333, DKK 6,750), which is payable to one exchange only.
OMX has altogether 148 members (excluding 94 members that are members of more than one exchange) of which Stockholm Stock Exchange has 83 members, Helsinki Stock Exchange 49 members, Copenhagen Stock Exchange 50 members, Tallinn Stock Exchange 18 members, Riga Stock Exchange 17 members and Vilnius Stock Exchange 25 members.
www.finextra.com /fullpr.asp?id=7370   (323 words)

  
 Elisa.com - Stock Exchange Bulletins - The Listing of Helsinki Telephone Corporation's E Share on Helsinki Exchanges ...
The Listing of Helsinki Telephone Corporation's E Share on Helsinki Exchanges Ends on June 30, 2000
Helsinki Telephone Corporation will merge with and into HPY Holding Corporation and the operations of the merged company will begin on July 1, 2000.
Consequently, the listing and trading of Helsinki Telephone Corporation's E Shares on Helsinki Exchanges ends on June 30, 2000.
www.elisa.com /english/index.cfm?t=7&o=7110.00&did=1372   (165 words)

  
 Finextra: Stockholm and Helsinki exchanges to separate surveillance activities
This is part of OMX Exchanges' efforts to strengthen confidence in its activities and will entail that surveillance matters will be separated to an even greater extent than today from the exchanges' business operations.
This will primarily involve matters pertaining to the exchange rules of listed companies and the surveillance of companies and exchange members, as well as matters involving the surveillance functions' budget.
The Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange observe two fundamental principles in their surveillance activities, namely adopting a neutral approach to admitting new companies and new members (neutrality principle) and treating all companies and members equally, regardless of size or their importance to share trading (equal treatment principle).
www.finextra.com /fullpr.asp?id=4085   (447 words)

  
 F-Secure News: F-Secure continues strong, solid growth
During the first quarter in 2005 the anti-virus and intrusion prevention revenues increased by 39% to12.5 m euro and total revenues grew by 28% to a record level of 13.3 m euro.
The Group’s equity ratio is one of the strongest on the Helsinki Exchanges, and was 84% with growth at 6 % compared with the same period in 2004 and the company is debt-free.
A Stock Exchange bulletin will be sent at 9 am Finnish time to the Helsinki Exchanges, a press and analyst conference will be arranged at 11 am Finnish time in Helsinki, and an international conference call will be arranged in the afternoon.
www.f-secure.com /news/items/news_2005042600.shtml   (551 words)

  
 TJ Group warrants 1999 C, 2001 N and 2002 Q to be listed on the main list of the Helsinki Exchanges
TJ Group warrants 1999 C, 2001 N and 2002 Q to be listed on the main list of the Helsinki Exchanges starting December 1, 2003.
The Company will applyfor the listing of additional lots of shares subscribed by way of using any and all warrants on the Helsinki exchanges as old shares together with existing TJ Group shares.
This is a translation of the original Finnish stock exchange release.
www.tjgroup.com /TJGWEB/publish2.nsf/print/65500B39359EA3E9C2256DC6004B0F5F?OpenDocument   (529 words)

  
 DaVinci: Business> Investing> Exchanges
Shares The shares of Nordic Aluminium Plc are traded at the Helsinki Exchanges.
Aside from the few that are listed on US exchanges, however, retail investors have...
The Securities and Exchange Commission rules also add some hurdles to investing directly in...
www.bluegrassdavinci.com /ODP/Business/Investing/Exchanges   (511 words)

  
 Metso: Notice of Annual General Meeting
HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The shareholders of Metso Corporation are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting scheduled at 2:00 p.m.
According to the decision of the Board, the shares are to be acquired through public trading on the Helsinki Exchanges, at the share price prevailing on the day of acquisition.
Helsinki, February 2, 2005 METSO CORPORATION Board of Directors Metso is a global technology corporation serving customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, energy industry as well as in selected other industries.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/02-02-2005/0002944830&EDATE=   (1797 words)

  
 OMX Exchanges: Improved confidence in Stockholm and Helsinki Stock Exchanges
The result for year 2004 show that the aggregate rankings for the two exchanges have risen additionally from what was already a healthy level.
The improved rankings resulted from assessments of the exchanges' strategic development and management and their ability to combine the mission of generating a profit with their listing and surveillance activities.
Exchange members, listed companies, investors and representatives of the media, interest organizations and authorities participated in the surveys of the two exchanges.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/?d=74128   (564 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The move of the exchanges follows the principle to create for market participants an easy and cost efficient access to as many products as possible thus reducing costs and enhancing the product range as well as liquidity.
The agreement with Deutsche Börse presumes that talks will shortly be initiated on the use of the Xetra system for trading in the securities listed on the Helsinki Exchanges: HEX would outsource the operation of its trading platform and organize an autonomous market segment for Finnish stocks on Xetra.
Members of both exchanges would be admitted as cross-members to the respective other market and thus be able to trade the complete product range of the two exchanges.
www.nymex.com /press_releas.aspx?id=pr19971223a   (433 words)

  
 OMX :: Tallinn Stock Exchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
On September 27, the OMX Exchanges - Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga and Tallinn - took one more step towards a fully integrated Nordic Baltic securities market by harmonizing their cash markets using one single trading system - SAXESS™.
In fact, the possibility to trade on seven exchanges through the one access point is now a reality as the NOREX alliance also uses SAXESS™.
This wider Nordic cooperation is made up of the exchanges in Stockholm, Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn, Copenhagen, Oslo and Iceland.
www.ee.omxgroup.com /?id=4159&&langchange=1   (253 words)

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