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OTC dealers win reprieve as EU Parliament delays reforms; banks lobby for US/EU convergence

The European Parliament has postponed implementation of new rules designed to improve transparency in over-the-counter trading, mirroring a similar slowdown in US financial market reforms under the Dodd-Frank Act.

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CFTC appoints data standardisation sub-committee members

Representatives from the ISO, Goldman Sachs, Google and Swift are among the members of a new technology advisory sub-committee on data standardisation set up by the CFTC.

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XBRL US launches corporate actions taxonomy

XBRL US has finalised its corporate actions taxonomy and made it available for use.

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Banks push FIX for fixed income trading

The world's biggest sell-side banks have formed a working group to push the adoption of FIX connectivity for fixed income trading.

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Derivatives legislation moves nearer in Europe; could face delays in US

A European Parliament committee has given its backing to legislation that will see more derivative trades settled through clearing houses. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic, US lawmakers have moved to delay the implementation of their own new derivatives rules.

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Finextra to create Post-Trade Forum

Finextra has partnered with analyst house Biss Research to develop an industry forum hosted by the London Stock Exchange and aimed exclusively at practitioners in the post trade operational space.

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LCH.Clearnet and X-Clear get FSA approval for interoperability

European clearing house interoperability has moved a step nearer after the UK's FSA approved new arrangements between LCH.Clearnet and Switzerland's X-Clear.

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'Electronification' of FX pushing up IT spending - Celent

Technology spending in the foreign exchange market is on the rise thanks to the growth of algorithmic trading and 'electronification' of the business, according to a report from Celent.

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OTC derivatives market reform stalling - FSB

Central bankers have expressed fears that reform of the over-the-counter derivatives markets is being hampered by delays and inconsistencies in approaches across national jurisdictions.

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DTCC kicks off corporate actions pilot; legacy formats to be switched off by 2015

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation says it will shut off corporate actions processing for all legacy file formats in 2015, as it begins testing of new ISO 20022 announcement messages with five user firms.

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Machine-readable OTC derivatives contracts move a step closer

Regulatory efforts to introduce more automation in manually-driven over-the-counter derivatives trading have been advanced by the publication of new research into the feasibility of rendering OTC documentation in machine-readable format.

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Bolero and Swift agree trade services pact

Internet-based trade finance utility Bolero has brokered an agreement with financial co-operative Swift to use the FileAct network for corporate-to-bank messaging.

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CFTC panel recommends HFT curbs

A CFTC technology advisory committee has set out a range of proposals, including the introduction of price collars and a "kill button", to help check high-frequency trading.

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FPL launches FIXwiki

FIX Protocol Ltd (FPL) has launched FIXwiki, an interactive Web tool to help the trading community share knowledge and information about the front office protocol.

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Finextra signs off for Christmas and New Year break

The Finextra office will be closed after Wednesday 22 December, re-opening Tuesday 4 January.

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Swift seeks pilots for collaborative standards management platform

Financial messaging network Swift is assembling a group of pilot users to help define a new collaborative Web-based platform for more efficient standards management.

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ECB settles on T2S pricing

The European Central Bank has settled on a delivery-versus-payment price of 15 cents per instruction for the Target 2 Securities system.

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Deutsche Börse to buy minority stake in ID's RFQ-hub

Deutsche Börse is buying a minority stake in Investors Derivatives solutions (ID's), a Paris-based technology provider that has developed a request for quotes (RFQ) hub.

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Acquisition marks major shift for Swift

Hans Cobben, CEO of new Swift subsidiary Arkelis, says the co-operative's foray into solution vendor ownership is about controlling more than just the network and interface layers.

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Deutsche Bank puts TSU to the test with first live corporate

Almost five years since it was among 19 banks to begin testing Swift's Trade Services Utility, Deutsche Bank has conducted its first live transactions with a corporate customer using the utility.