Futures and options

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Nasdaq buys Canadian alternative data provider Quandl

Nasdaq has acquired Quandl, a Toronto-based provider of alternative and core financial data. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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ErisX preps cryptocurrency market

Chicago-based Eris Exchange has secured backing from the likes of TD Ameritrade and Virtu Financial for a cryptocurrency spot and futures trading platform.

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ICE, Microsoft and Starbucks form cryptocurrency venture

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is teaming up with Microsoft, Starbucks and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to launch a platform that lets people and firms buy, sell, store and spend digital assets such as Bitcoin on a seamless global network.

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Trainee trader sues UK broker for £10m over trading platform mix-up

A French day trader is suing UK broker Valbury Capital after it voided the €10m profit he had accrued using what he thought was a demo version of its trading software but which turned out be a live account.

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CME and NEX agree £3.9 billion deal to create trading powerhouse

CME Group has reached agreement on a £3.9 billion take over of the UK's NEX Group, in a deal that promises to transform the world's currency and sovereign debt markets.

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ESMA delays MiFID II rules on dark pool caps

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delayed the introduction of new rules on dark pool trading, a key part of its MiFID II initiative.

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SEC and exchanges in spat over surveillance system

A row has broken out between the US capital markets watchdog and a number of exchanges over the plan to impose a new market surveillance system on the US equities and options market.

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HKEx closes iconic trading floor as it goes all-electric

The iconic Trading Hall in the Hong Kong Exchange, which has stood through the 1997 Asia financial crash, SARS and countless boom and busts, has closed for the final time today as it became the latest stock exchange to adopt electronic trading throughout.

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FxPro shelves IPO amid FCA crackdown

Currency trading firm FxPro has abandoned plans for a London stock market flotation as a result of the UK regulator's plan to crackdown on the growing financial spread betting market, according to Sky News

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CFTC Commissioner hails potential of distributed ledger tech for regulators

Policymakers and regulators should adopt a 'do no harm' approach to the use of blockchain technology in financial services, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner J Christopher Giancarlo, who also argues that the distributed ledger could be a boon for watchdogs by improving transparency.

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Nasdaq to pay Deutsche Bourse $1.1bn for ISE

As it moves ahead with a planned LSE merger, Deutsche Bourse has agreed to offload International Securities Exchange (ISE) to Nasdaq for $1.1 billion in cash.

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UK trader arrested over 2010 'flash crash'

A British futures trader has been arrested after US authorities accused him of contributing to the 2010 "flash crash," which saw the S&P 500 index plummet 600 points in minutes, sending shockwaves through the global financial system.

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CME turns down the volume on open outcry trading

It's the end of an era in Chicago as the CME Group announces plans to close most of its open outcry futures trading pits in the summer.

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CME Group to buy Trayport and Fenics from GFI Group

Exchange operator CME Group has agreed a deal to buy the Trayport and Fenics trading technology units from GFI Group in a deal worth around $655 million.

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LME to spend £1m on tech facelift for open-outcry trading floor

The London Metal Exchange is to spend £1 million on new technology to reinvigorate trading on its 137-year old open-outcry dealing floor.

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Europe reaches agreement on MiFID reforms

A comprehensive rewrite of rules governing trading in financial markets has been agreed by the European Parliament and the bloc's Council of Ministers.

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Goldman faces losses over trading system glitch

A computer error at Goldman Sachs saw a wave of erroneous options orders sent out to American exchanges yesterday, and could cost the bank up to $100 million.

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CME Group told to improve surveillance

CME Group's procedures for monitoring Exchange for Related Position (EFRP) transactions are "inadequate" and should be beefed up quickly, says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,

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CME Group vows to tackle loophole being tapped by HFT firms

CME Group says that it is working to close the time gap that sometimes exists between customers receiving trade confirmations and the information appearing in public data feeds after the Wall Street Journal reported that high-speed traders are exploiting the lag.

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CBOE under pressure following software bungle

A badly bungled systems reconfiguration at the Chicago Board Options Exchange that shut down trading for three-and-a-half hours last week is set to increase pressure on the CBOE to let rival exchanges trade its proprietary options products.