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Thomson Reuters Changes FX Trading Rules
Thomson Reuters has announced it will tighten the rules around its Spot Matching platform, which is an anonymous electronic trade matching system, to try and discourage manipulations and market abuses in foreign exchange (FX).
FSN Capital Partners Selects iLevel for Portfolio Reporting
Nordic-based private equity firm FSN Capital Partners (FSN) has implemented iLevel's cloud-based Private Capital Data Platform to automate data collection and reporting.
CFTC Opens Discussions on Standard Structure for Global UTI
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun speaking to other regulators about the possibility of creating a standard structure for a global unique transaction identifier
Sapient and Kurtosys Team on Fund Marketing for Asset Managers
Sapient Global Markets has launched Client Connect, an asset manager solution for fund marketing and client service automation.
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
O'Malia Outlines How CFTC Can Tackle its Data Difficulties
Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Scott O'Malia says regulator must improve swaps data quality, and develop automated surveillance and risk analytics tools
Estimize Unveils Crowd-Sourced M&A Prediction Platform, Raises $1.2M Expansion Funding
New York-based startup crowd-sourced estimates provider Estimize will roll out a new platform today, Wednesday, March 26, dubbed Mergerize, which aggregates crowd-sourced predictions of potential mergers and acquisition activity so traders, M&A bankers…
GH Financials Takes Interxion's London Co-Lo
Futures commission merchant GH Financials will co-locate in datacenter provider Interxion's City of London Campus.
CenturyLink Plans 180,000 Square Foot Expansion
Network and datacenter hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the subsidiary of internet and telecoms service provider CenturyLink formerly known as Savvis, has announced plans to add 180,000 square feet of datacenter space in response to…
ISITC Honors Shay for Standards Work
Jamie Shay, a former head of standards at Swift, and 40-year veteran of the industry, received the organization's Standard of Excellence Award
Swann Glides into Xtrakter Data Role
European fixed-income trade matching and regulatory reporting service provider Xtrakter has appointed Kevin Swann as head of data, responsible for the development and commercial direction of the company's data products.
TrueEx Introduces Bunched Swap Orders
The designated contract maker (DCM) says it can now process bunched-order swap allocations in concert with Credit Suisse's futures commission merchant (FCM) arm and LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear service.
ALTX Partners Gmex for Ugandan Exchange Launch
ALT XChange (ALTX) has announced that it will proceed with plans to launch a securities and derivatives venue following approval from Ugandan authorities, partnering the Global Markets Exchange (Gmex) Group for technology and business consulting.
Rimes Adds Nasdaq Global Index Family to Data Service
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies is now publishing Nasdaq OMX's global index family on its Benchmark Data Service, to provide joint asset manager and custodian clients with access to Nasdaq's alternative benchmarks for tracking…
Nomura AM Expands Charles River Implementation
The asset management arm of the Japanese banking giant, with 33 trillion yen ($323.5 billion) under management, has successfully migrated its equity business onto Charles River's IMS, with domestic and international fixed income, foreign exchange, and…
Perseus Launches Hybrid Transatlantic NJ-Frankfurt Route
New York-based fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom has established a new hybrid transatlantic route between Secaucus, NJ and Frankfurt─which combines fiber and wireless hops─to meet demand from US and German-based market makers and…
Interactive Data Links With Microsoft
The data services provider will deliver its data through Office 365 and Excel. Interactive Data also plans to further distribute its data through Microsoft's software-as-a-service partners
Solace Signs Clarke… Again
Crispin Clarke has rejoined hardware messaging platform provider Solace Systems in Toronto as senior vice president of its global accounts team, responsible for ensuring the vendor's internal resources—from sales and support to professional services,…
Updata Drills IIR Energy for Analytic Tools
UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata has partnered with Houston, Texas-based supply-side energy market data provider IIR Energy to develop a new set of analytical tools for energy traders and analysts that leverage IIR Energy data covering…
Nasdaq OMX Launches Global Market Services Business
The Nasdaq OMX Group has announced the formation of a new entity, Global Market Services, to combine its US and European transactions, clearing and settlement businesses.
KVH Lowers Latency on CME-Asia Routes
Tokyo-based datacenter and hosting provider KVH has upgraded its network between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in Aurora, Illinois and the Japan (JPX) and Singapore (SGX) stock exchanges in Asia, to provide low latency access for Chicago- and…
Compliancy Services Selects Lombard Risk for EBA Common Reporting
Compliancy Services, the regulatory compliance consultancy, has selected Lombard Risk Management’s cloud-based version of Reporter to enhance its regulatory returns submission services.
Tera Group Launches Bitcoin Swap
The swap execution facility (SEF) says it will now offer a new bilateral contract for hedging the price of the virtual currency.
Japan Exchange Group Integrates TSE's Derivatives Market Operations in Osaka
The Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has integrated the Tokyo Stock Exchange‘s derivatives market into the Osaka Exchange, and consolidated all trading operations onto the Nasdaq OMX derivatives trading system, J-Gate.