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Chicago-based Trading Technologies says Credit Suisse Prime Services has signed a global software licensing agreement for its order entry software, X_Trader.
12 March 2008
The new electronic futures exchange being set up by a group of banks and trading firms to take on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange will be named ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange.
The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) is calling on City banks to tighten up systems and controls in order to prevent a repeat of the rogue trading scandal at French bank Société Générale.
11 March 2008
Broker dealers seeking new, high margin products will increasingly look to carbon emissions trading but will need to invest in technology if they are to take advantage of this growing market, according to research from analyst house TowerGroup.
LCH.Clearnet has backed down in its stand-off with Swiss central counterparty SIS x-clear over free access to the London Stock Exchange's equity business as required under the EC's voluntary code of conduct but has attacked European rivals for failing to cooperate.
10 March 2008
There are more than 55 different execution venues competing to match buyers and sellers and trade equities electronically in the US, according to a new report from analyst group Tabb.
06 March 2008
European depository Euroclear is establishing a "project delivery services" division that will manage the generic technology operations that support its projects and programmes.
US electronic bond trading network MarketAxess has acquired Chicago-based FIX specialist Greenline Financial Technologies in a cash and stock deal worth around $42 million.
Reuters has posted a 13% fall in full year pre-tax profit in its final set of results as a standalone company, but says indications for 2008 are encouraging despite the uncertain market environment.
Around 100 workers from Atos Euronext Market Solutions (AEMS) participated in a two hour strike in protest over the package offered to staff affected by the split of the joint venture into two separate units.
04 March 2008
Börse Berlin has selected LCH.Clearnet to provide clearing and settlement services for its MiFID-compliant pan-European Equiduct Trading platform, which is expected to launch in the middle of the year.
UK financial institutions will soon have to record and store telephone conversations and electronic communications relating to client orders under new regulations to be introduced by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
The Toronto Stock Exchange is gearing up to launch a new trading facility designed specifically for "high-velocity traders" using automated and algorithmic trading strategies, which will operate alongside its central limit order book.
28 February 2008
The newly merged Nasdaq OMX Group is acquiring a 20% equity stake in Agora-X - a new US marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) commodity contracts - for $7.5 million.
Oslo Børs is holding talks with OMX about replacing its trading infrastructure with the vendor's new Genium platform.
Börse Berlin has opened a new sales office for Equiduct Trading, its MiFID-compliant pan-European platform, in Paris.
27 February 2008
London-based derivatives exchange Liffe is planning to enter the clearing business in a bid to fight off competition from Project Rainbow, the European exchange being set up by investment banks, according to a Bloomberg report.
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