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European court upholds Clearstream monopoly abuse charge

Europe's second-highest court has upheld a monopoly abuse charge brought by the European Commission against Deutsche Börse's settlement arm Clearstream five years ago.

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Dealers to accelerate central clearing of OTC trades

Under pressure from regulators, 15 of Wall Street's biggest banks have committed to significantly increase the use of central counterparties to clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives.

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Swift rolls out workers' remittances platform

Banking co-operative Swift is to showcase a new service for streamlining bank-to-bank remittance payments at its annual user conference in Hong Kong next week.

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Derivatives market players warn Commission on dangers of over-regulation

Banks and brokers active in the derivatives markets have warned the European Commission to tread carefully in regulating the over-the-counter markets for fear of stifling innovation and increasing instability.

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Top banks count the cost of PSD compliance

Tier one banks in Europe have set aside as much as EUR20 million each to attain compliance with the EU's Payment Services Directive (PSD) by November, with about 30% of the budget earmarked for technology changes.

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OTC derivatives gain standards based on FpML

The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC) has released a new market practice for over-the-counter derivatives based around the Financial products Mark-up Language (FpML).

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Three more banks join CLS/Icap FX joint venture

Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley have joined four other founder banks in supporting the CLS/Icap joint venture to provide trade aggregation services in the over-the-counter FX market.

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Algo revival powers surge in electronic trading volumes

A surge in algorithmic trading helped drive a significant increase in the share of US equity trading volumes executed via electronic platforms last year, according to the results of Greenwich Associates' 2009 US Equity Investors Study.

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Corporates crying out for remittance data - AFP

US corporations are overwhelmingly supportive of bank moves to incorporate remittance information in wire transfers, according to a study by the Association for Financial Professionals.

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European Commission sets out tech-driven action plan for derivatives trading

The European Commission is calling for a technology-driven overhaul of the derivatives markets in a sweeping set of proposals aimed at strengthening the safety of the financial system.

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European exchanges and clearers lay down interoperability guidelines

Trading and clearing venues across Europe have agreed a set of standards to cover the electronic exchange of trade information between competing market infrastructures.

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Citi to ditch LavaX in favour of TradingScreen EMS

Citi is to switch from its inhouse LavaX execution management system (EMS) to a third party platform supplied by TradingScreen.

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SunGard launches dark pool ATS

Fintech giant SunGard has moved into the crowded dark pool market with the launch of its own alternative trading system, a crossing network for US equity order flow.

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Turkish banks upgrade payments infrastructure with Logica

The 48-strong Banks' Association of Turkey (TBB) has migrated to a new high-value payments platform supplied by incumbent provider Logica.

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Avox sets up wiki for business entity identifiers

Deutsche Börse reference data subsidiary Avox is to set up a wiki for business entity identifiers in an effort to create a common data standard.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking live with Calypso in London

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) has completed the first stage of a global roll out of Calypso Technology's trading and risk management platform, going live with the system in London.

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EuroCCP calls for 'Convention on Interoperability' for clearing counterparties

UK-registered clearing house EuroCCP has called for the adoption of a single standard 'Convention on Interoperability' that all central counterparties should sign, as the European clearing community struggles to implement a raft of bilateral agreements.

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DTCC to add cash settlement facility to automated syndicated loans platform

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is to add cash settlement, including delivery-versus-payment, to its Loan/Serv suite for the syndicated loans market.

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DTCC to overhaul aging accounts transfer system

The US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation is to undertake a multi-year programme to overhaul and modernise its 24-year old Automated Customer Account Transfer Service (Acats), which is used by banks and brokers to transfer retail accounts across the investment industry.

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Swift switches on central matching for brokers and hedge funds

Banking co-operative Swift has adapted its Accord matching system to handle the pre-settlement processing of securities trade flows between prime and executing brokers and hedge funds.