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Squawker completes launch of Equity Finance platform with six banks onboard

Squawker, the platform for sophisticated trading communities to execute hedging and capital optimisation transactions on-exchange, today announced the successful completion of the launch phase of its Equity Finance platform, with 6 out of the top 10 global investment banks live, and announced Ian Axe and Derek Bandeen as two new members to its Advisory Board.

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Singapore Exchange extends HCL tech contract for five more years

HCL Technologies (HCL), a leading global IT services company, today announced the renewal of its transformational IT services engagement with Singapore Exchange for another five years.

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OCC appoints David Hoag COO

OCC, the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization, today announced that David Hoag, a technology executive with nearly 25 years of information systems and development experience, will join OCC as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, effective May 1st.

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Euroclear Bankchain service processes 100,000 gold settlements

Euroclear, a trusted provider of post-trade services, and Paxos®, a financial technology company delivering pioneering blockchain solutions, are pleased to announce the successful completion of their second pilot for Euroclear Bankchain, the new blockchain settlement service for London bullion due to go live this year.

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Saudi Stock Exchange updates its standards

Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) today provided an update of its progress across a range of far-reaching capital market reforms to enhance efficiency, corporate governance, and transparency.

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DLT still not mature enough says ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) has stated that blockchain technology lacks the necessary maturity to be part of its market infrastructure.

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Nasdaq scores HKEX market tech deal

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced a new agreement with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to upgrade the technological infrastructure of Hong Kong's main derivatives market, including trading, clearing and real-time risk management technologies.

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MainFirst migrates to Torstone Inferno

Torstone Technology, the leading provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announces that MainFirst, the independent German headquartered European financial services firm, specialising in equity brokerage, capital markets and asset management, has completed the migration to Torstone’s middle and back office platform, Inferno.

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Cognizant scores ABN Amro Clearing contract

Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced that it has been selected by ABN Amro Clearing (AACB), a leading global clearing firm, as its strategic partner to cloud-enable its global IT infrastructure and lay the foundation for digital transformation.

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LCH appoints Daniel Maguire COO

LCH, a leading global clearing house, is pleased to announce that Daniel Maguire as LCH Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately.

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange chief talks up blockchain

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Chief Executive, Rashed Al Blooshi, said that deploying the ‘Blockchain’ technology is part of the innovation culture adopted by ADX on a regional scale, in compliance with Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030.

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StatPro buys UBS Delta

UBS is selling its buyside risk and perfomance analytics toolbox UBS Delta and management and developer team to StatPro for £11 million.

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DTCC envisions single global ledger for transaction reporting

Larry Thompson, vice chairman of the US Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), has made a rallying call for the development of standards in propelling the uptake of distributed ledger technology in financial markets, arguing that a lack of co-ordination and collaboration may only further complicate existing market structures.

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TMX applies distributed ledger tech to proxy voting arena

Canada's TMX has developed an electronic shareholder voting system prototype based on distributed ledger technology.

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Cobalt DL secures LMRKTS as multi-lateral compression partner on BlueSky

Cobalt DL (Cobalt), the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, today announced a partnership with LMRKTS, who will be the first firm to offer services on its revolutionary BlueSky service, the shared ledger component of Cobalt’s platform.

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NRI automates post-trade operations

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.(NRI) today announced NRI’s Prime Settlement Service (PSS), Japan’s first utility service for investment banks, will incorporate Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate manual processes for post-trade operations starting April 2017.

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VidaCaixa selects SimCorp Dimension

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, today announced that VidaCaixa, part of the CaixaBank Group and the leading insurance company in Spain with more than 4.5 million customers, has selected SimCorp Dimension as its new front and middle office platform.

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SIX adopts DTCC LEI utility in preparation for MiFID II

SIX Securities Services is to offer Legal Entity Identifiers to Swiss companies in partnership with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.

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DTCC names Michael McClain GM, equity clearing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Michael McClain has joined the firm as a Managing Director and General Manager of Equity Clearing.

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Euronext and ICE sign derivatives clearing deal

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, announces it has signed a binding heads of terms with ICE Clear Netherlands, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) for the provision of clearing services for its financial derivatives and commodities markets.