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LSE to Merge Turquoise, Baikal
LONDON—Operators of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) plan to integrate the exchange's Baikal multilateral trading facility (MTF) with fellow MTF Turquoise and run the resulting MTF using the LSE's technology stack, say officials.
SunGard Offers BM&F Back-Office Support
NEW YORK—U.S.-based futures commission merchants (FCMs) looking to better automate their processing and clearing of trades on the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F), which is owned by exchange operator BM&FBovespa, can now use SunGard GMI…
FPL Eyes Latency Standards
NEW YORK—After delivering standards for market data compression and algorithmic strategy distribution, messaging standards body FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) plans to launch the FIX Inter-party Latency (FIPL) Working Group, which will begin mid-month, FPL…
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One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Data Consumers Form Working Group to Prevent Intro of Bloomberg SPA Contracts for Fund Admin Clients
LONDON - Data professionals affected by Bloomberg's planned New Year introduction of service provider agreement (SPA) contracts for fund administration clients have joined forces to oppose the change, which now appears to be delayed, officials tell…
Issuer and Short Names Standards
Work Delayed by EC Proceedings against S&P
Industry Prepares
For February Options Symbology Change, OCC Announces New Test Date
State Street extends alternative investment capabilities through Mourant acquisition
State Street Corporation is to expand its global fund administration and alternative servicing capabilities with the acquisition of Mourant International Finance Administration (MIFA). Based in Jersey (Channel Islands) with approximately $170 billion…