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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has made a R173 million bid for the Bond Exchange of South Africa (Besa)
27 October 2008
Thomson Reuters has launched a hosted, low latency direct market data feed to the US Options Agency (Opra).
The New York Stock Exchange is to banish the privileged position of specialist firms on the trading floor as it bids to keep pace with competitors operating on faster automated platforms.
The London Stock Exchange has hired a headhunter to find a replacement for chief executive Clara Furse, who has fended off a string of hostile takeovers during her eight year tenure at the LSE helm.
TransAtlantic exchange operator Nyse Euronext has launched TradeCheck, an online service designed to measure best execution performance across 18 European exchanges and markets.
23 October 2008
BATS European Markets Division, Chi-X Europe and Nasdaq OMX Europe have formed an open, industry working group to develop a uniform symbology framework for trading European stocks.
22 October 2008
Nasdaq OMX is to launch a new energy and carbon trading unit after completing the acquisition of Nordic power exchange Nord Pool's clearing, international derivatives and consulting subsidiaries.
The US-based Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is to buy London's LCH.Clearnet for a total consideration of €739 million in an effort to create the world's leading clearing house.
Chi-X, the multilateral trading facility that is seeking to break the hegemony of incumbent European exchanges, moved into profitability for the first time in September, just 17 months after launch.
16 October 2008
Anglo French group LCH.Clearnet is looking into ways of providing clearing services for the lucrative foreign exchange markets, according to a Financial Times report.
North American hedge funds and asset managers will spend $253 million on low-latency options infrastructures in 2008 and this is set to rise to $305 million in 2011, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of six per cent, according to Tabb Group.
Transatlantic exchange Nasdaq OMX is acquiring a 22% equity stake in European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), the Fortis Bank subsidiary that was taken over by the Dutch government.
Market operator Nasdaq OMX is gearing up to launch a clearing and settlement system for US cash equities that will compete directly with industry-owned Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC).
14 October 2008
European securities industry leaders will gather at The Brewery in London this week for a 'state of the nation' debate about the future of trading in European markets.
13 October 2008
The Chicago-based Clearing Corporation (CCorp) has recruited IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) to join its initiative to create a central clearing counterparty for the credit default swaps (CDS) market.
10 October 2008
CME Group and Thomson Reuters are closing FXMarketSpace, the centrally-cleared foreign exchange marketplace established last year, after the venture failed to attract the liquidity levels expected.
Transatlantic exchange Nyse Euronext has selected EuroCCP to provide clearing and settlement services for its new European multilateral trading facility (MTF) when it launches in November, but it will open up the platform to competing clearing houses next year.
08 October 2008
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is teaming up with Citadel to launch a credit default swaps trading platform and central counterparty facility. News of the move comes as the Federal Reserve meets with industry leaders to push for new risk mitigation techniques in the over-the-counter markets.
07 October 2008
Multi-lateral trading facility Chi-X Europe says its trading participants can now provide their clients with a "sponsored access" direct connection to its matching engine after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) approved the move.
Ownership of EMCF, the Fortis Bank subsidiary that provides clearing services to Instinet Chi-X and Nasdaq OMX, has been passed to the Dutch government as part of a EUR16.8 billion rescue package.
06 October 2008
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