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NYSE Euronext completes migration to Universal Trading Platform

NYSE Euronext has migrated trading of all European equities, including exchange-traded fund (ETF) products, listed on the company's Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris markets to its next-generation Universal Trading Platform from the pervious Nouveau Système de Cotation (NSC) platform.

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Finextra launches Innovation Showcase

Finextra has launched the Innovation Showcase, a new feature on Finextra.com highlighting the most innovative financial technology developments over the past 12 months. Across a broad range of categories it showcases technologies that demonstrate uniqueness and impact, clever ways of solving a problem and projects at the leading edge of new industry trends.

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Korea Exchange doubles capacity, cuts latency on Unix platform upgrade

The Korea Exchange (KRX), the world's second largest derivatives exchange, has commenced member testing of a modern, faster version of its trading platform, in anticipation of a rise in business stemming from the introduction of the country's Capital Market Consolidation Act.

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HSBC and JPMorgan join SwapClear; DTCC hits back at LCH.Clearnet critics

HSBC and JPMorgan have become shareholders of OTCDerivNet, the company which provides strategic direction to LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear service.

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JPMorgan sacrifices CDS engine to open source in bid to stave off legislation

JPMorgan is to hand over its inhouse-developed CDS analytical engine to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association to run as an open platform in an effort to increase transparency in credit default swaps pricing and stave off legislation.

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JSE wins support for revised Bond Exchange tender

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has reached agreement to buy the Bond Exchange of South Africa after raising its initial offer price by 39% from R173 million to R240.58 million.

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Nasdaq OMX selected to establish UK power market

Nasdaq OMX has been chosen by the Futures & Options Association (FOA) to set up a UK spot and cash-settled derivatives power exchange.

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Euroclear to acquire Xtrackter

European depository Euroclear is to acquire Xtrakter, the capital markets services division of trade association ICMA.

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GL Trade revenue up, despite fall in OTC system sales and slower front-office growth

GL Trade has reported Q3 revenue up 10.5% to EUR162.8m despite its front-office sales being hit in Europe and sales of its Tradix and Sierra solutions falling worldwide.

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Tradeweb enters inter-dealer broker business

Automated fixed income network Tradeweb is to become a full-service inter-dealer broker after acquiring US voice brokerage Hilliard Farber. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Eurex outlines CDS clearing proposal

Derivatives exchange Eurex has unveiled its proposal for establishing a central clearing system for the over-the-counter (OTC) credit markets which it says has "received support from European authorities".

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CCorp unveils ICE alliance as Fed mulls CDS clearing proposals

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.

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CME and Citadel invite industry to take stakes in CDS counterparty JV

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.

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SocGen automates equity derivative confirmations with Thunderhead

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has deployed Thunderhead's document generation technology to automate the creation of equity derivative trade confirmations.

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CCorp says CDS clearing counterparty will launch by year-end

Chicago-based CCorp (the Clearing Corporation) has moved to quell rumours that its plans for developing a central counterparty for credit risk has faltered, and has pledged to launch the new facility by the end of the year.

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TriOptima claims credit as CDS backlogs recede

OTC post-trade processor TriOptima is claiming much of the credit for a 12% industry-wide decline in outstanding credit default swaps transactions, as dealers move to tear up offsetting deals and reduce the backlogs clogging up back offices.

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LCH.Clearnet turns to Tata for derivatives clearing platform; unwinds Lehman positions

The largest clearing house in Europe, LCH.Clearnet, has selected Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Financial Solutions Bancs product as the underlying system for its multi-asset derivatives clearing platform.

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Omgeo moves into derivatives with Allustra acquisition

Omgeo has acquired London-based collateral management house Allustra, for an undisclosed sum. In addition, the post-trade processor has acquired a derivatives portfolio reconciliation platform designed by Global Electronic Markets (GEM), after piloting the technology with a large broker/dealer and global hedge fund.

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Nasdaq OMX bags derivatives contracts in South Africa and Columbia

Nasdaq OMX is celebrating two significant contracts in the international derivatives markets, specifying the provision of a Central Clearing Counterparty in South Africa, and a trading engine for a new exchange in Columbia.

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Wall Street group issues recommendations for market reform

A year on from the start of the credit crisis, an industry group comprising of senior executives from Wall Street's biggest banks has published a wide-ranging set of recommendations for improving risk management and preventing another financial meltdown.