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OFR's Reed Outlines Work on LEI Interim System and Foundation
The chair of the Regulatory Oversight Committee says the interim system will mean pre-legal entity identifiers from any pre-local operating unit will be accepted by regulators around the world and reveals that "all material decisions" about the LEI…
Wolters Kluwer to Acquire Svenson from SmartStream
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has announced that it will acquire SmartStream's regulatory reporting product suite Svenson, after signing an agreement with the vendor.
Levanon to Leave Tel Aviv Exchange by December
Ester Levanon, CEO at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), has announced her resignation from the Israeli bourse, with a departure date set for year-end.
Waters Rankings 2013 ─ All the Winners
At a cocktail reception held at rooftop event space 230 Fifth, this year's Waters Rankings winners were announced.
LSE Reveals Details of Pre-LOU to Be Launched on July 31
The London Stock Exchange is preparing to launch its pre-legal entity identifier (pre-LEI) utility which will include a flexible search engine and the ability to view the records of pre-LEIs issued by other organizations
LCH.Clearnet CEO Ian Axe to Step Down
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) has announced that LCH.Clearnet CEO Ian Axe is to leave his position, after leading the global clearing house group for more than two years.
Deutsche Börse, Liquidnet Collaborate on German Block Trading
Deutsche Börse and Liquidnet have announced a partnership aimed at easing block trading in German equities, facilitated by Xetra Midpoint.
Broadridge and Accenture Partner for Post-Trade Platform
Broadridge Financial Solutions and Accenture have announced the formation of a partnership to deliver post-trade processing solutions for investment banks, named Accenture Post-Trade Processing.
iLevel Unveils 6.0 of its Flagship Solution
iLevel Solutions has released version 6 of its cloud-based platform, which allows alternative asset managers to automate the functions of data collection, analysis and reporting.
REDI Now Independent of Goldman
Goldman Sachs has sold REDI, with its REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), to a consortium of investors, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citadel and Lightyear Capital. Even with the sale, Goldman will still…
CQG Integrates with KCG Hotspot for FX
Denver, Colorado-based CQG today announced the addition of foreign exchange (FX) trade execution to its services through integration with KCG Hotspot, the New Jersey-based electronic communication network (ECN) for foreign exchange.
Traiana CreditLink for Swaps Trade Certainty Picking Up
Traiana’s pre-trade clearing certainty initiative, delivered by Traiana CreditLink service, has received the support of leading futures commissions merchants and trading venues to manage swap clearing limits in compliance with the requirements of Dodd…
Latin Clear Panama to Use Clearstream’s Post-Trade Solution Vestima
Panama-based Latin Clear has signed to join Clearstream’s investment funds platform Vestima in order to bring operational efficiency and security benefits to the Latin American financial markets.
S&P Capital IQ Displays Gov, Corp Bond Data Beside Evaluations
The pricing and data vendor has enhanced the transparency of its evaluated prices by displaying input data, including 2,000 daily government bond quotes in 37 currencies, on its valuations platform
DI Investors Taps SunGard for WSE Trading Access
Dom Inwestycyjny Investors (DI Investors), a Polish securities broker, has selected SunGard’s Valdi trading solutions to connect to the Warsaw Stock Exchange’s (WSE) new platform.
LSE Announces Second European CSD
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) has announced that it will launch a central securities depository (CSD) in Europe, complementing its existing Monte Titoli CSD.
Tradition-ICAP Debuts VolCall for OTC FX Options
Foreign exchange (FX) broker and platform provider Tradition-ICAP has announced the upcoming release of VolCall, for the electronic trading of over-the-counter (OTC) FX options.