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Finexpo to focus on new execution landscape

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Finexpo to focus on new execution landscape

The Finexpo - Execution Management conference and exhibition has opened for registration. The event, on Thursday 16 October at The Brewery in London, will focus purely on trade execution, order routing, low-latency data provision and productivity tools for the front-office.

Eurex ventures into OTC derivatives clearing

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Eurex ventures into OTC derivatives clearing

Swiss German derivatives exchange Eurex is in talks with infrastructure providers about introducing a clearing platform for the over-the-counter (OTC) credit markets.

Markit and DTCC form derivatives trade processing JV

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Markit and DTCC form derivatives trade processing JV

The US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and UK-based Markit are teaming up to launch a London-based joint venture that will combine their respective OTC derivatives processing services.

Liffe eyes over-the-counter CDS market

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Liffe eyes over-the-counter CDS market

London's Liffe is looking to break into the market for credit default swaps with the launch of a new set of contracts and integrated OTC clearing through its Bclear operation.

Patsystems slumps on profit warning

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Patsystems slumps on profit warning

Shares in London-based Patsystems dived after the trading technology vendor warned of a profit shortfall in the first half of the year, which will not be recovered in H2.

ICE to buy Creditex

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ICE to buy Creditex

US market operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire electronic credit derivatives trading platform Creditex in a cash and stock deal worth around $625 million.

Private equity outfit takes stake in MarketAxess

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Private equity outfit takes stake in MarketAxess

Private equity firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) is acquiring a minority stake in US electronic bond trading network MarketAxess for an aggregate purchase price of $35 million.

Banks back TradeWeb STP network

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Banks back TradeWeb STP network

TradeWeb says its dealer-owners have committed to use its expanded straight-through processing (STP) platform for the voice and electronically-traded fixed income securities that they trade with customers.

Six bidding for European covered bond platform

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Six bidding for European covered bond platform

Six companies - Icap, TradeWeb, Eurex, MTS, BGC Partners and Bloomberg - are bidding to provide a new electronic trading platform for European covered bonds.

Oslo Børs re-thinks Genium upgrade

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Oslo Børs re-thinks Genium upgrade

Oslo Børs is on the verge of pulling out of a deal to replace its trading infrastructure with the new Genium Trading system from Nasdaq OMX after discovering that the transatlantic exchange has changed the content and structure of the platform.

Back offices buckle under OTC volume surge

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Back offices buckle under OTC volume surge

Despite concerted efforts since 2005 to improve operational efficiency in the credit derivatives markets, trading surges in the OTC markets since the credit crunch have resulted in corresponding spikes in unconfirmed trades clogging up back offices.

Citi acquires Tradeweb stake

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Citi acquires Tradeweb stake

Citi is acquiring an undisclosed minority equity stake in electronic fixed income platform TradeWeb.

Icap to buy equity derivatives broker Link

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Icap to buy equity derivatives broker Link

UK-based interdealer broker Icap has signed an agreement to acquire equity derivatives outfit Link Asset and Securities for a total consideration of £250 million.

Fed warns of persistent processing problems in OTC derivatives market

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Fed warns of persistent processing problems in OTC derivatives market

Despite moves by the largest credit derivatives dealers to clear settlement backlogs, the major volume surges in mid-2007 showed that "processing challenges" still persist in the over the counter derivatives (OTC) markets, says The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

LiquidityHub shuts down

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LiquidityHub shuts down

LiquidityHub, the central fixed income pricing aggregator for swaps trading backed by 16 dealers, has been shut down just five months after going live.

Icap launches bond trading platform in India

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Icap launches bond trading platform in India

Interdealer broker Icap has launched an electronic bond market for wholesale participants in the Indian corporate debt sector.

Spending on OTC derivatives automation to surge - Tabb

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Spending on OTC derivatives automation to surge - Tabb

Banks will spend $70 million on automating over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives processing in 2008, rising to $120 million in 2010 - a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30%, according to estimates from Tabb Group.

Carbon trading offers major opportunity for broker-dealers - TowerGroup

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Carbon trading offers major opportunity for broker-dealers - TowerGroup

Broker dealers seeking new, high margin products will increasingly look to carbon emissions trading but will need to invest in technology if they are to take advantage of this growing market, according to research from analyst house TowerGroup.

MarketAxess buys FIX outfit Greenline Financial Technologies

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MarketAxess buys FIX outfit Greenline Financial Technologies

US electronic bond trading network MarketAxess has acquired Chicago-based FIX specialist Greenline Financial Technologies in a cash and stock deal worth around $42 million.

Nasdaq OMX invests in OTC commodity mart Agora-X

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Nasdaq OMX invests in OTC commodity mart Agora-X

The newly merged Nasdaq OMX Group is acquiring a 20% equity stake in Agora-X - a new US marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) commodity contracts - for $7.5 million.

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