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Exchanges Rally Against Anti-Fee Campaign
The issue of a petition by Internet interest group NetCoalition to block the imposition of fees for certain market data products by exchanges was raised during testimony of Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox before the House…
Project Boat Finalizes Data Interface
Project Boat, the nine-bank data consortium established to take advantage of the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements of the European Union’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, last week issued the final version of the application…
Interactive, Tullett Expand OTC Data
Interactive Data Corp. is rolling more data from interdealer broker Tullett Prebon onto its PlusFeed consolidated feed, covering new geographies and asset classes, expanding a longstanding deal between the vendor and Tullett Prebon Information, the…
Thomson Drops Dow Jones for Own News
Thomson Financial has ended a deal to distribute Dow Jones news as the default service within Thomson products, replacing it with its proprietary Thomson Financial News.
Acquire Media Buys NewsEdge as Thomson Continues Divestments
Acquire Media, a Roseland, NJ-based provider of news distribution and management systems, is hoping to expand its potential customer base as the result of buying the NewsEdge consolidated news service from Thomson Corp. for an undisclosed sum last week.
MicrocapTrade Re-brands, Expands
MicrocapTrade, a Montreal-based provider of data on micro and small-cap stocks, is expanding its coverage to include larger and international markets, and is changing its name to reflect the new, expanded focus.
Yes Bank Rolls Out RTFX for FX Pricing
MUMBAI—As part of a wider foreign-exchange (FX) initiative, Mumbai-based private sector bank Yes Bank has deployed bank-to-client FX trading service Reuters Trading for Foreign Exchange (RTFX) to distribute prices, bank officials tell DWT .
OMX Set to Win Turquoise Contract
LONDON—Nordic stock exchange operator and technology provider OMX Group is in advanced negotiations to become the sole technology provider to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid)-inspired multilateral trading facility (MTF) Project…
LSE, Borsa Italiana to Use TradElect
LONDON & MILAN—Officials from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Borsa Italiana announced last week that both bourses plan to standardize on the LSE’s TradElect trading platform after the two exchanges merge.
Euronext.liffe to Launch Stirs Algo
LONDON—European derivatives exchange Euronext.liffe plans to debut a new trade matching algorithm for its short-term interest rate (Stirs) futures contracts on Aug. 20, exchange officials say.
Swift to Revamp Global Network
NEW YORK—The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) is preparing a global upgrade of its network infrastructure, which will include a new redundant operations center located somewhere in Europe, Swift officials tell DWT .
3D Markets Preps Options ATS
NEW HOPE, PA.—A new equities options alternative trading system (ATS) from start-up vendor 3D Markets is preparing to take flight, vendor officials tell DWT .
Citi Poised for ATD Acquisition
NEW YORK—Global banking giant Citi is in advanced negotiations to purchase Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based electronic brokerage firm Automated Trading Desk (ATD), according to media reports.