Credit Suisse

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Period: 01 Nov 2005 - 05 Jul 2024

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European stock exchanges facing 'perfect storm'

European stock exchanges facing 'perfect storm'

Lee Hogkinson, CEO of virt-x says Europe's incumbent exchanges are about to enter a 'perfect storm' of new competition driven by powerful forces of deregulation and tremendous advances in the speed and intelligence of trading technology.

Markit buys Boat

Markit buys Boat

UK market data vendor Markit has confirmed that it has acquired the Boat MiFID-compliant trade reporting platform from the consortium of nine investment banks that launched the system in September 2006. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Santayana replaces Balarkas at Credit Suisse

Santayana replaces Balarkas at Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse has appointed Manny Santayana as head of sales at its advanced execution services (AES) unit, replacing industry veteran Richard Balarkas who announced a surprise move to Instinet Europe last month.

RiskMetrics prices shares at $17-$19 for IPO

RiskMetrics prices shares at $17-$19 for IPO

New York financial analytics outfit RiskMetrics Group says it will sell a total of 14 million shares at an estimated price of $17-$19 apiece in its forthcoming initial public offering (IPO).

Banks, trading firms take minority stake in Chi-X

Banks, trading firms take minority stake in Chi-X

A group of 13 banks and trading firms has taken a minority equity stake in Instinet's MiFID-compliant alternative trading facility, Chi-X Europe.

Financial firms to launch futures trading venture

Financial firms to launch futures trading venture

News that a consortium of banks and trading firms are teaming up to establish an all-electronic futures trading exchange sent shares in CME Group tumbling over the holiday season.

Wall Street firms to share Nasdaq 144A securities platform

Wall Street firms to share Nasdaq 144A securities platform

A consortium of Wall Street banks have opted to ditch their competing electronic trading system for unregistered securities in order to cooperate on a single platform operated by Nasdaq.

Nyse Euronext teams with Bids for block trading JV

Nyse Euronext teams with Bids for block trading JV

Exchange operator Nyse Euronext is establishing a block trading joint venture with Bids Holdings, the Wall Street consortium that is setting up its own alternative platform for equity block stock trading.

Wall Street firms pay $180 million to buy back into TradeWeb

Wall Street firms pay $180 million to buy back into TradeWeb

Nine Wall Street firms are to pay Thomson Financial $180 million to purchase a minority stake in electronic fixed income platform TradeWeb.

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS join Opus-5 144A securities platform

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS join Opus-5 144A securities platform

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS have joined Opus-5, a bank-backed electronic trading platform for unregistered securities.

Boston Stock Exchange shuts down equities e-trading venture

Boston Stock Exchange shuts down equities e-trading venture

The Boston Stock Exchange (BSE) has shut down the Boston Equities Exchange - the all-electronic equities trading platform it set up with five Wall Street banks - less than a year after the market opened for trading.

Boat gears up for November launch; Turquoise board appointed

Boat gears up for November launch; Turquoise board appointed

Project Boat, the European trade reporting platform that is being established by nine City investment banks, will start reporting two-thirds of the EU's off-exchange share trades when it launches in November.

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