ACI Outlines Y2K Strategy In Open Letter To FX Market Participants
ASSOCIATIONS
LONDON--ACI: the Financial Markets Association, is continuing its efforts to minimize disruption during the Y2K date-change with a series of recommendations for the FX community.
The proposals, which were circulated in an open letter to market participants in the 59 countries represented by ACI earlier this month, are presented by ACI President, Heering Ligthart, and Eddie Tan, chairman of the group's Committee for Professionalism (CFP).
The proposals arose from detailed discussions about the Y2K
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