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Suing the Lawmakers: Deutsche Börse Takes on Brussels

Deutsche Börse's threats of a legal challenge to the European Commission have raised eyebrows.

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Exchanges | 23 Mar 2012

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Joaquin Almunia is vice president of the EC

Thomson Reuters Responds to EU Comment on RICs

The data provider is reviewing the use of Reuters Instrument Codes after an EU official said a test by the company was insufficient to ease antitrust concerns

Inside Reference Data | News | Regulation & Standards | 08 Mar 2012

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New Settlement Rules Mandate T+2 in Europe

Europe publishes enhanced regulation for CSDs.

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Regulation & Standards | 08 Mar 2012

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A Black Day For Europe

The blocked merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse could have significant implications for exchange consolidation in the future.

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Exchanges | 03 Feb 2012

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Brussels Halts NYSE/Deutsche Börse Merger

Remedies fail to move Commission on monopoly concerns.

Sell-Side Technology | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 01 Feb 2012

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MiFID Forum Awaits ESMA Nod on Standards for Consolidated Tapes

The Real-Time Market Data Subject Group of the MiFID Forum—a working group comprising industry association FISD and standards bodies ISITC Europe, FIX Protocol and TWIST—is awaiting feedback from the European Securities and Markets Authority as to...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 05 Dec 2011

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Rob Daly: Where Mifid II Goes Wrong on HFT

A few weeks ago, the European Commission released its second draft of its Financial Instruments Directive, Mifid II, and, according to Rob, the proposed regulations look designed to fail. Have you ever known from the outset that a business plan wouldn’t...

Waters | Opinion | Regulation & Standards | 04 Nov 2011

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Opening Cross: Fixated on Fixed Income as MiFID Expands Reach

The European Commission last week released proposals for the second iteration of its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which shook up equities trading in Europe, prompted the creation of new  multilateral trading facilities, and caused trading...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Regulation & Standards | 24 Oct 2011

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MiFID 2 Mandates Industry-Led EU Tape

The European Commission has decided not to create an independent, utility-model consolidated tape of pan-European, post-trade data as part of its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, but will leave provision of a consolidated tape...

Inside Market Data | News | Regulation & Standards | 24 Oct 2011

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Would DB-NYSE Inhibit Technology 'Innovation' While Creating Efficiencies?

In the wake of recent high-profile failed exchange mergers, all eyes have turned to the granddaddy of them all: the proposed combination of the Deutsche Börse (DB) and NYSE Euronext. While the super merger has received shareholder approval on both...

Buy-Side Technology | News | Exchanges | 09 Aug 2011

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