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Thomson Reuters Acquires French OTC Pricing Provider
Thomson Reuters says its acquisition of Pricing Partners, a French vendor of OTC derivatives pricing analytics software and services, will help satisfy a growing demand for full-service vendors
Natixis Joins CLS as Settlement Member
CLS Group has announced that Natixis has upgraded its membership of the service from a third-party participant to a full settlement member.
Kx Unveils Higher-Performance Kdb+ Tick DB
Improvements to underlying tick database technology allows users to run analyses on more data, faster.
Nice Systems Releases New Trading Floor Communications Oversight Tool
The Israeli software provider says its Proactive Compliance Solution will help firms monitor and investigate trade interactions, capacity requirements for which have increased under the Dodd-Frank Act and other new regulations globally.
US Trade Bodies Request Cross-Border Swaps Relief
A consortium of US industry representative groups has written to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), requesting a six-month extension to relief from cross-border implementations of swaps trading rules.
S&P Capital IQ Launches Data Cross-Reference
The Business Entity Cross Reference Service, already live in production, covers more than two million entities, and is available through the S&P Capital IQ Xpressfeed platform
CounterpartyLink Launches Client Off-Boarding Service
The service helps firms identify clients and counterparties it no longer does business with so efficiency can be improved and costs reduced by removing their files
Avaloq Launches Singapore BPO Center
The Avaloq Group has announced that it will open a business process outsourcing (BPO) center in Singapore, targeting Asian wealth managers based in the city state.
Three FCMs Join MarkitSERV Credit Centre
Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Goldman Sachs have signed up to MarkitSERV Credit Centre, Markit's pre-trade credit-checking facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
Quartet FS Partnership Helps Markit Aggregate Analytics in Real time
An in-memory analytical database has been integrated into the Markit Analytics platform to enable the front office to aggregate its calculations on a real-time basis
Euronext Exchanges Delay Opening After Glitch
Trading was delayed for about an hour at exchanges in Paris, Lisbon, Brussels, and Amsterdam after an as-of-yet unidentified technology malfunction.
IDC Bows Hosted Consolidated Feed API
The API is aimed at third-party software developers and financial institutions that want to display data on desktops
Aquis Exchange Selects Equinix London Data Center
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities trading venue, has selected Equinix's LD4 International Business Exchange in Slough, UK, to establish its primary data center presence.
Otkritie Appoints CEO, Senior Team Ahead of Global Push
Moscow-headquartered brokerage Otkritie Capital has announced the appointment of Nikolay Katorzhnov as its new CEO, along with several other senior-level hires and promotions.
Markit-Quartet Alliance to Yield Increased Risk Performance
Markit and Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, have announced an alliance that, according to Markit, will enhance the way its Markit Analytics’ clients visualize stochastic risk calculations such as Risk Weighted…