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UK SFO Launches Criminal Probe into FX Market
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has announced that it is opening a criminal investigation into purported fraud in the foreign-exchange (FX) market.
Rapid-Fire Appointment Sees O'Malia Take Isda Top Spot
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Scott O'Malia has been confirmed as the new CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda), less than 48 hours after his resignation from the US regulator was made public.
Bank J Van Breda & C° Selects ABN Amro for Clearing
Belgium-based Bank J.Van Breda & C° has selected ABN Amro Clearing as its general clearing counterparty for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
LSE, Omgeo Link Matching Platforms
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and post-trade specialist Omgeo have announced a partnership where the former's UnaVista platform will link with the latter's Central Trade Manager (CTM) for the matching of synthetic equity swaps.
Activ Names Collins Global Sales Head
Market data provider Activ Financial has promoted Ben Collins to global head of sales in London, where he continues to report to Frank Piasecki, president of Activ in New York.
CFTC's Commissioner O'Malia to Resign Next Month
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, Scott O'Malia, has announced in a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that he will resign next month.
O'Brien Departs BATS; CEO Ratterman Adds President Duties
BATS Global Markets has announced the immediate departure of president William O'Brien, who joined the company in January following its merger with Direct Edge, where he was chief executive.
BATS President O'Brien Abruptly Leaves
BATS Global Markets (BATS) today announced the departure of William O'Brien as president, effective immediately, with CEO Joe Ratterman reassuming the additional role of president.
HKEx Shuffles Senior Info Execs
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has named Roger Lee head of its new Market Operations group, which comprises cash and derivatives trading and market data.
EDI Adds African Central Bank Data to AFED Database
UK-based data provider Exchange Data International has added African Central Bank economic data to its African Financial and Economic Data (AFED) online database of macroeconomic data, which the vendor launched in May.
Citic Taps Fincad F3 for New Equity Derivatives Unit
Chinese investment bank Citic Securities has rolled out Canadian OTC derivatives pricing and risk software vendor Fincad's F3 analytics platform to support the bank's growing equity derivatives business in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Clearstream, Deutsche Bank Partner for Collateral Management
International central securities depository (ICSD) Clearstream and Deutsche Bank have announced a partnership that will see the two firms develop a triparty collateral management service.
CITIC Selects Fincad for Analytics
Pricing and risk provider Fincad has announced that CITIC Securities, one of China's largest investment banks, has selected its F3 analytics platform to support its Asian equity derivatives operation.
IDC Names Goldman Sachs' Black Infrastructure CIO
Interactive Data has appointed former Goldman Sachs executive James Black as chief information officer for infrastructure, a newly created role reporting to company CIO Alex Goor.
S&P DJI to Manage Mexican Exchange Indexes
S&P Dow Jones Indices has licensed all the indexes produced by Mexican stock exchange Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), and will assume responsibility for marketing and commercially licensing the indexes, while working with BMV on the development of new…
Bahrain Bourse Goes Live with Nasdaq Tech
Bahrain Bourse has implemented and gone live with a new trading engine built from Nasdaq OMX's X-stream technology, the two exchange groups have announced.
Interactive Data Adds Support for AIFMD Classifications
The pricing and data vendor has added coverage of the data that alternative investment fund managers will need to comply with new classifications mandated as part of the European Union directive
INTL FCStone Selects Duco
London-based INTL FCStone Ltd has chosen Duco Cube to handle reconciliations for its exchange-traded derivatives and London Metal Exchange businesses.
Autilla Outlines Data Plans Ahead of MiFID 2
London-based precious metals market Autilla, which announced last week that it has migrated to a new electronic trading platform from Swedish exchange trading and market technology provider Cinnober, is leveraging the platform to create a repository of…
Solace Adds to Sales in UK, Asia
Canadian messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems has expanded its sales teams in Europe and Asia with the hires of David Eden as regional account director in London and Danny Papadatos as regional vice president of sales for Asia and Australia in…
Market Prophit Preps Full Launch, Fees
Social media sentiment analysis provider Market Prophit is preparing to emerge from its beta testing phase and begin charging fees for its service in September, chief executive Igor Gonta tells Inside Market Data.
Ballintrae Unveils BMAP Data Compliance Tool
UK-based technology and market data consultancy Ballintrae has released a new compliance tool, dubbed Ballintrae Map (BMAP), which enables banks, asset managers and other institutional investment firms to map market data flows within their organization…
Kimsey: Developing Markets Driving Data Growth
Global spending on market data is poised to grow by just under 4 percent over the next two years to around $23.6 billion, driven by growing data consumption in new markets, according to an analysis of the trading technology sector carried out by UK-based…
Notenstein Takes SimCorp for Front and Middle Office
Notenstein Private Bank has selected SimCorp's dimension platform, the vendor has announced.