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DTCC buys reference data firm Avox; plans European trade reporting repository

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has acquired Avox, a UK-based reference data firm majority-owned by Deutsche Börse in a cash deal valuing the business at a "low double digit million GBP figure".

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LSE strengthens grip on Italian post-trade assets

The London Stock Exchange has announced the appointment of post-trade business veterans Kevin Milne and Giulio Di Cerbo to the boards of Italian settlement system Monte Titoli and clearing counterparty Casa di Compenzione & Garanzia.

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Nyse Euronext wins Warsaw technology tender

Nyse Euronext has won a beauty parade to provide a new trading platform for the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Circuit breaker called into action after Citi trade spooks market

The circuit breaker mechanism introduced in the wake of last month's flash crash was called in to action yesterday when a reporting error saw shares in Citi plunge 17%.

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Liquidnet says ITG drops patent counterclaim

A counterclaim lawsuit brought by Investment Technology Group (ITG) against Liquidnet after the latter sued for patent infringement has been dropped.

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Cantor to drop movie exchange in face of looming government ban

Despite receiving regulatory approval, Cantor Fitzgerald appears set to abandon plans to launch an exchange for trading movie box office receipt contracts after lawmakers moved to ban the practice.

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Edgar Online creates XBRL powerhouse with acquisition of UBmatrix

US data outfit Edgar Online is acquiring privately-held UBmatrix, one of the original inventors of the XBRL financial standard, which is being mandated worldwide by many regulators to improve the transparency and efficiency of business reporting.

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Finextra: the conversation started a decade ago

Finextra is celebrating a decade of innovation as the leading news service, information resource and community platform for financial technology professionals worldwide.

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Nyse Euronext launches latency transparency Web site

Nyse Euronext has partnered Corvil to launch a free Web site providing up-to-date latency performance stats for market data publishers and users.

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SGX inks IT infrastructure outsourcing deal with HCL

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has signed a five year, S$110 million IT infrastructure outsourcing contract with India's HCL Technologies.

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Barclays Capital to launch dark pool for European equities

Barclays Capital plans to launch a pan-European dark pool for equities trading in the third quarter, building on the US platform it inherited from its acquisition of Lehman Brothers in 2008.

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SunGard trades up for the World Cup; SocGen develops Football 2010 basket index

As the World Cup kicks off in South Africa, Sungard is inviting financial industry professionals to participate in a live auction, buying and selling teams as the competition progresses.

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BNY Mellon launches dark pool for debt

BNY Mellon has launched an auction marketplace where fixed income securities buyers and sellers can transact anonymously in real time.

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CFTC proposes co-location rule

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is calling for a new rule governing co-location in a bid to level the playing field for traders.

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Knight takes Equiduct stake

US broker Knight Capital is set to make a strategic investment in Equiduct, the pan-European equities trading platform majority-owned by Citadel. Terms of the deal, which remains subject to Equiduct shareholder approval, were not disclosed.

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Misys and SmartStream forge post-trade STP tie-up

Fintech vendors Misys and SmartStream Technologies have formed a partnership designed to tackle risk control problems and inefficiency across the trade transaction lifecycle.

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ASX cuts fees and overhauls tech ahead of Chi-X challenge

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has outlined plans to slash its trading fees and introduce a system aimed at high frequency traders as it prepares to face up to new competitor Chi-X.

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SGX invest $250m in 'world's fastest' trading engine

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has outlined plans to spend $250 million and tap technology from Nasdaq OMX to build what it claims will be the world's fastest trading engine.

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EU Parliament bids to stifle derivatives trading

The influential EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has called for an outright ban on speculative trading in certain derivatives contracts and the imposition of higher capital requirements for firms handling contracts that are not cleared centrally.

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Starbucks opens coffee booth on Nyse trading floor

Starbucks has opened a coffee booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (Nyse) to serve caffeine-deprived traders during lulls in trading.