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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.

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CFTC computers crashing under weight of new swaps data

New swaps data reporting rules have left the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) floundering in a sea of data, its computers crashing under the strain, claims one of the watchdog's own commissioners.

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ION Group agrees FFastFill acquisition

ION Group's acquisition spree shows no sign of ending, with the fintech firm's Pattington subsidiary agreeing to buy FFastFill in a cash deal which values the UK derivatives trading vendor at £106.1 million.

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CFTC charges former Goldman trader over $118m loss

A former Goldman Sachs trader has been charged by US regulators with bypassing internal systems to conceal an $8.3 billion position from the bank and defraud it of $118 million.

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CBOE to set up London derivatives hub

The CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) is to establish a London hub and expand trading of its popular VIX contract to 24-hours in 2013.

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CME to set up European derivatives exchange

CME Group, operator of the world's largest futures exchange, has applied to the Financial Services Authority to establish a European derivatives market based in London.

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ICE Futures US to close trading floor and go fully electronic

IntercontinentalExchange says it will bring open-outcry floor trading at its ICE Futures US unit to an end in October, going exclusively electronic.

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CME Group opens tech-focused Belfast office

Chicago-based exchange operator CME Group is opening a technology-focused office in Belfast, creating up to 90 jobs.

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SEC charges optionsXpress over naked short selling scheme

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged online brokerage optionsXpress, four of its employees and one customer in connection with a naked short selling scheme.

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Eurex to overhaul trading architecture

Swiss-German derivatives exchange Eurex is to move to an entirely new trading platform in a phased migration beginning in December 2012.

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Exchange spending cutbacks hit Patsystems

UK screen-dealing software house Patsystems has issued a profits warning as sales to emerging exchanges are hit by economic and financial turmoil.

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CFTC sets out new market manipulation rules

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is to push ahead with a tranche of new rules governing market manipulation and large trader reporting under the Dodd-Frank financial reform act.

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Deutsche Börse moves into FX derivatives with Digital Vega stake

Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in Digital Vega, a small London based company which provides electronic FX options trading technology to buy and sell-side firms.

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BOX sues CBOE, ISE and Nasdaq OMX for patent infringement

The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) has filed a lawsuit against three bigger rivals, accusing them of infringing its price improvement processor patent.

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CFTC to explore reference data repository for derivatives

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is contemplating the creation of a new 'Division of Market Data Collection and Analysis' to keep pace with computer-based trading and reduce its reliance on the exchanges it regulates for data dissemination.

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Nyse Euronext bids to buy US options market share with Amex stake sale

Nyse Euronext has finally submitted plans to the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell half of its interest in the Amex stock options market to a group of global dealers.

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Schwab agrees $1bn optionsXpress acquisition

Charles Schwab has struck a definitive agreement to buy online brokerage optionsXpress for $1 billion in stock.

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Rosenthal Collins fined $1m over TT patent case

A Chicago judge has fined Rosenthal Collins Group $1 million for misconduct in a patent infringement case involving Trading Technologies International.