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ASX to retain clearing monopoly

The Australian Securities Exchange has won government approval to maintain its monopoly on the clearing and settlement of cash equity trades, dashing the ambitions of LCH.Clearnet to invade the territory.

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New EU derivatives rules to come into force in mid-March

New rules on the processing of derivatives contracts over exchange platforms are set to come into force in mid-March after being passed by the European Parliament.

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Bloomberg onboards Swedbank as it launches managed reference data service

Bloomberg's acquisition of reference data firm PolarLake last year is beginning to bear fruit with Swedbank the first to deploy the platform on a managed service basis.

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Are you ready for the Common Reporting changes?

Stuart Clark, MD of Impendium discusses understanding the Common Reporting Framework or Corep.

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Repo settlement delays expose market fragility

Operational issues in the $1.87 trillion tri-party repurchase agreement market delayed settlement of some trades on Tuesday by several hours, Reuters reports.

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US Treasury official to oversee LEI project

An official of the US Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research (OFR) has been selected to be chair of an international committee overseeing the launch of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), a global standard for financial data.

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Nasdaq OMX merges data and index units

Nasdaq OMX is merging its data and index businesses as it continues to seek ways to reduce its reliance on stagnating stock market volumes.

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ConvergEx to sell Eze Castle Software and RealTick to TPG

ConvergEx is selling Eze Castle Software and RealTick to private equity firm TPG Capital. Financial terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed.

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What is Mifid?

Stuart Clark, MD and Will Cawthorne, head of sales, both of Impendium examine the impact of Mifid and the coming of Mifid II on the European market.

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DTCC ponders legal action over swaps trade data rules

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is threatening to sue a US regulator over how rival CME Group is being allowed to handle derivatives trading data.

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Euroclear Nederland consigns paper certificates to history

Euroclear Nederland has called time on a 400-year tradition of paper securities certificates as it closes its vaults in Amsterdam and moves all share ownership documentation to an electronic register.

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Liquidity Alliance formed to tackle global collateral crunch

A group of five central securities depositories (CSDs) from around the world have formed a liquidity alliance designed to help solve the global collateral shortage prompted by the 2007 financial crisis and subsequent regulatory changes.

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JPMorgan Chase slammed by regulators for control failings after botched derivatives bet

JPMorgan Chase has been sanctioned by US regulators for failures in its risk management operations after it lost more than $6.2 billion on a single credit derivatives trade.

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Icap sells Traiana stake to banks

Icap has sold a 12% stake in Traiana to a group of seven bank customers in a deal valuing the foreign exchange post-trade processing platform at $300 million.

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What is Emir?

Impendium examines the implications of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation on the industry. Originally published on Finextra.com on: 09 January 2013

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SunGard buys XSP

Fintech giant SunGard has acquired corporate actions automation specialist XcitekSolutionsPlus (XSP). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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JPMorgan debuts new electronic client platform

JPMorgan has begun the roll-out of a new electronic multi-asset client trading system, consolidating more than 30 individual platforms into a single user interface.

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That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2012, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, features and blogs over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2013.

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Clearstream to pass on EUR30 million T2S development costs to customers

European depository Clearstream plans to pass on to its customers an estimated EUR30 million in development costs for migrating to the European Central bank's Target2-Securities (T2S) system.

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European Commission approves revised RICs licensing from Thomson Reuters

The European Commission has approved new licensing proposals from Thomson Reuters for the use of Reuters Instrument Codes (RICs), ending a prolonged anti-trust investigation.