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Unbundled EU Data Yet to Deliver Transparency

Austrian exchange Wiener Börse became one of the last members of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) to unbundle trade data from its Level 1 quote and trade information two weeks ago, making good on a commitment by FESE members designed...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 02 May 2011

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Celebrating Five Years with Inside Reference Data

Inside Reference Data was launched in 2006, when the concept of enterprise data management really started to take off. The publication has since followed the industry through five years of turmoil, with increased pressure from regulators and a growing...

Inside Reference Data | Feature | Data Management | 07 Apr 2011

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US Markets Wary of Europe's MiFID II Plans

The US capital markets are watching deliberations in Europe over the European Commission’s review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid)—dubbed MiFID II—with concern about the influence the regulatory proposals will have on high-frequency...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Regulation & Standards | 06 Apr 2011

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Opening Cross: Acquistions or Analytics: Who’s the April Fool?

After much industry speculation, as Inside Market Data went to press last week, Nasdaq and the Intercontinental­Exchange teamed up to bid for NYSE Euronext, offering a 19 percent premium over Deutsche Börse’s proposed deal, leaving NYSE shareholders...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 04 Apr 2011

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Consolidate to Accumulate: Exchanges Make Their Move

Spring is in the air and so too is love­—at least among global exchanges. Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext announced their coupling, creating the world’s largest exchange, one day after the London Stock Exchange (LSE) declared it was in talks to...

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 31 Mar 2011

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Forums: Build Bridges to Overcome European Consolidated Tape Impasse

The debate over a consolidated tape of pan-European equities data was prominent in discussions at two industry events in London last week, with concerns that commercial differences between the buy- and sell-sides, venues and market data providers could...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 07 Mar 2011

Equiduct Moves to Interxion’s London Data Center

Interxion, a European provider of carrier-neutral co-location data center services, has announced that Equiduct, the pan-European trading platform, has moved its matching engines into its City of London data center to take advantage of Interxion's connectivity...

Buy-Side Technology | News | Regulation & Standards | 03 Mar 2011

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Mifid: Legislation in Limbo

In April 2010, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) issued a new set of consultation papers intended to re-shape 2007’s pan-European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), and incorporate lessons learned from the financial...

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 28 Feb 2011

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Industry Weighs in on EC’s MiFID Review

The European Commission has extended the comment period for market participants to respond to its two-month consultation on its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), after requests from unnamed market participants—though...

Inside Market Data | News | Regulation & Standards | 28 Feb 2011

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Open Platform: Getting an Edge

For even a modest-sized order, the current volatility in European sovereign bond markets represents a major trading challenge. With major news events such as the Irish bailout hitting the headlines on a frequent basis and ongoing uncertainty about other...

Waters | Opinion | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 31 Jan 2011

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