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ICE, Cetip Bonds Platform Approved in Brazil
Brazilian securities regulator Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM) has approved Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) fixed income trading platform, developed in conjunction with Rio de Janeiro-based depository Cetip.
CQG Unveils ‘Labs-Grown' Charting, Analytics Prototypes
First prototype apps awaiting user feedback provide displays covering market statistics, correlation and open-high-low-close data.
SIX Creates European Evaluated Pricing Team
The Frankfurt-based team will help clients comply with new regulations by providing valuations of European OTC and fixed-income products that can be defended and justified
Cox Leaves BNY for Professional Services Role
Matthew Cox will be responsible for growing new business in Europe and managing existing clients at Denver Perry, a professional services vendor
Polish CCP Taps Nasdaq OMX for Clearing, Risk Management
KDPW_CCP, the Polish clearing house, has gone live with Nasdaq OMX's over-the-counter (OTC) clearing and risk management solution, Sentinel.
Indus Valley Rolls Out Cloud Form PF Platform
Buy-side tech vendor Indus Valley Partners has announced a "lite" edition of its cloud-based Form PF reporting platform.
ITG Releases Closing Auction Liquidity Algo
Execution and research broker ITG has announced the release of its Dynamic Close algorithm, which pursues market liquidity in NYSE and Nasdaq closing auctions.
Midwestern Exchange Ends Outcry Trading After 156 Years
The CME Group promised, upon completion of its purchase of the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) in December, to keep the exchange's trading floor open for at least six months. That promise will go no further, as CME has announced its intention to end…
FTN Financial Implements HelixRepo, HelixMBS
Part of First Tennessee National Bank based in Memphis, FTN Financial Capital Markets will use HelixRepo and HelixMBS to track fixed-income financing and automate allocation of its mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) pools, respectively.
Thomson Reuters Launches Data Product Aimed at OMS Costs
The DataScope Workflow License is designed to reduce the costs of running order management systems by giving users access to a combination of reference data, pricing data and technical indicators
Capco Introduces 'Living Wills' Platform
Known officially as resolution plans, living wills for financial institutions are mandated by Dodd-Frank to provide rapid and orderly deconstruction of institutions in event of distress or bankruptcy.
Swaps Exchange TrueEX to Receive Services From Interactive Data
Massachusetts-based Interactive Data will provide a suite of services to trueEX, the first interest rate swaps exchange approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a designated contract market (DCM).
Kollross Joins AIM Software in Business Development
Joe Kollross, a former consultant at GoldenSource, will lead the software vendor's professional services activities in the UK and Ireland
OpenLink Announces EMIR Compliance Software for Bilateral Derivatives
OpenLink Financial, a transaction lifecycle management (TLM) software provider based in Uniondale, New York, has launched a European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) business intelligence solution, an extension of OpenLink's CubeIntelligence…
O'Hanlon Appointed Numerix CEO
After serving as chief operating officer for more than a decade, Steven O'Hanlon has been named chief executive of the analytics software provider
RBS Fined $612 Million for Libor Manipulation
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined $612 by US and UK regulators over its role in the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), becoming the latest bank to be indicted in the ongoing scandal.