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Nyse seat prices at lowest level for ten years

New York Stock Exchange seat prices have fallen to their lowest level in almost ten years, raising fears about the long-term future of the 212-year old open outcry market.

07 January 2005

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Swift proposes common clearing protocol

Financial messaging network Swift has outlined proposals for a standardised communication protocol for European clearing and settlement.

05 January 2005

News/Finexpo CTS

Top speakers and vendors lined up for Finexpo

Finextra has once again secured a top drawer line-up of speakers and exhibitors for its third annual City Technology Strategies show, Finexpo CTS, at Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf on Thursday 27 January, 2005.

21 December 2004

News/Finexpo CTS

SunGard appoints Aloni chief architect for reference data business

Ariel Aloni, former chief architect at FX dealing systems outfit EBS, has been recruited to head up systems design and overall technology direction for SunGard's budding reference data business.

14 December 2004

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SEC probes stock surveillance companies - WSJ

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has subpoenaed a number of firms that provide share purchase and sale data to discover whether their employees have tried to bribe back office staff at banks for confidential stockholder data.

08 December 2004

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BT launches securities back office IT outsourcing service

BT has partnered with financial application vendor SAM Systems to launch a managed back office outsourcing service for City securities houses.

20 September 2004

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Finexpo: Sun launches Java Payments Network

Sun Microsystems is using the Finexpo Retail Financial Technology conference to promote the launch of the Java Payments Network, a collaborative forum for banks and vendors to share information, explore new technology developments and promote new standards initiatives in the payments business.

14 September 2004

News/Finexpo CTS

Strong start for Grid computing in Europe - Oracle

The uptake of Grid technologies by European firms is following a similar pattern to that of early corporate Internet adoption, according to a survey from database vendor Oracle.

07 September 2004

News/Finexpo CTS

Web Services and Grid technology take centre stage at Finexpo

Speakers at this year's Finexpo City Technology Strategies conference in London are reporting positive returns from early small-scale implementations of Web Services and Grid computing, raising expectations for wider uptake in new application areas across the enterprise.

29 January 2004