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European Commission confirms MiFID II delay

The European Commission has confirmed a one-year delay to the introduction of new trading rules for capital markets firms under the MiFID II regime.

10 February 2016

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It may take ten years, but blockchain tech will totally transform capital markets

European clearing and settlement agency Euroclear has called on financial market participants to collaborate and embrace the long-term potential of blockchain technologies for cutting IT costs and driving down post-trade and securities servicing fees.

03 February 2016

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Goldman and IBM join Digital Asset Holdings funding round

Goldman Sachs and IBM have jumped aboard Digital Asset Holdings' recent investment round, taking the blockchain startup's haul to more than $60 million.

02 February 2016

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JC Flowers snaps up Chi-X Asia Pacific units

Private equity group JC Flowers is to buy the Australian and Japanese trading platforms of Chi-X Global and its Hong Kong IT unit Chi-Tec. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

25 January 2016

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Electronic trading could affect fixed income liquidity during stress - BIS

The rise of electronic trading in fixed income markets could lead to liquidity issues in times of stress, according to new research from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

22 January 2016

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round

Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and Santander InnoVentures. One of the investors, the ASX, has also handed Digital Asset a contract to design a post-trade settlement system using distributed ledger technology.

21 January 2016

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Saxo Bank takes robo-advisor route with Blackrock

Saxo Bank has moved into the fast-expanding robo-advisory market with a full-scale digital investment platform for retail investors in partnership with BlackRock.

20 January 2016

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First Derivatives buys in Kx skills with QuantumKDB acquisition

First Derivatives has acquired specialist Kx consultancy QuantumKDB for £2.2 million as it looks to support the growth of its database software business following a management shakeup in November last year.

12 January 2016

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Crazy fintech predictions for 2016

Pascal Bouvier, newly installed as a venture partner with Santander Innoventures fintech venture fund, dusts off his crystal ball and peers into the not-too-distant fintech future.

04 January 2016

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Nasdaq sees in the New Year with first blockchain transaction

Nasdaq is claiming a major step forward in the use of blockchain technology in capital markets after documenting a successful private securities transaction via its distributed ledger-based Linq platform.

04 January 2016

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2015: That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2015, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, and community engagement activities over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 4 January 2016.

23 December 2015

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London Stock Exchange advances on ETF market with XTF acquisition

The London Stock Exchange has acquired XTF, a US-based provider of analytics and ratings data for the fast-growing exchange traded funds (ETF) asset class.

21 December 2015

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Bats files for IPO, again

Nearly four years after being forced to pull its IPO because of a technical meltdown, US exchange operator Bats Global Markets has filed for a second crack at going public.

17 December 2015

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Nasdaq buys Chi-X Canada

Nasdaq is preparing to take on the Toronto Stock Exchange after striking a deal to buy alternative trading platform Chi-X Canada. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

08 December 2015

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Cyber risks pose the single biggest threat to modern financial markets - CFTC

Cyber risks are the "number one threat to 21st century financial markets", far outstripping the disruptive potential of advances in automated trading and emerging technologies like the blockchain, a senior official at the Commodity Futurues Trading Commission has warned.

04 December 2015

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Goldman Sachs compliance staffer charged with insider trading

A former Goldman Sachs staffer has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with making nearly half a million dollars by stealing non-public information from the bank's email system and using it to make illegal trades ahead of client mergers.

26 November 2015

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FIX taps third party developer community for standards building

The FIX Trading Community is opening its technical standards process to software developers throughout the financial industry using GitHub, with several high performance projects already published to the repository.

23 November 2015

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Barclays fined $150m for electronic FX trading misconduct

Barclays has been slapped with a $150 million fine by New York state's financial regulator and told to fire an employee over an automated system used to reject unprofitable client orders on its electronic foreign exchange trading platform.

18 November 2015

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Bank of Canada ponders bitcoin's effect on monetary policy

The rise of bitcoin could leave central banks struggling to implement monetary policy and unable to act as lenders of last resort, the Bank of Canada's senior deputy governor has warned.

17 November 2015

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Nasdaq in talks over $100m Chi-X Canada acquisition - Bloomberg

US exchange operator Nasdaq could be heading north through the $100 million acquisition of Chi-X Canada, according to Bloomberg.

16 November 2015