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Mandell Joins MTS Markets International
MTS Markets International, a property of London Stock Exchange Group, has announced the appointment of Dan Mandell as a senior account executive.
Turquoise Launches Block Discovery
Turquoise has announced the debut of its new block-trading service, Block Discovery, and added seven brokers as launch participants.
CDO Advocacy and Influence
Chief data officers, now more established at their firms throughout the industry, are weighing in on how to pursue higher data quality by several means. Will they address the legal entity identifier next?
LEI Benefits Emerge As Implementation Progresses
The legal entity identifier (LEI) initiative is gaining strength with recognizable data quality benefits, greater awareness and participation, and more complete standards guidelines. Michael Shashoua reports on how all these developments are coming…
CME Clearing Europe Selects globeSettle
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group has chosen globeSettle as a collateral location venue for its central counterparty (CCP), CME Clearing Europe.
LSE Looks to Improve Liquidity in SETSqx
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced changes to SETSqx, a trading service for securities outside the FTSE 350 Index, in order to improve customer experience and boost liquidity.
Activ Adds EU Alternative Venues to ActivFeed
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial has added new content from four European alternative trading venues to its ActivFeed low-latency consolidated datafeed, in response to customer demand and to provide traders with complete coverage of…
CME Lifts LSE's Stuart for Sales
CME Group has hired former London Stock Exchange exec Ross Stuart as senior director of information products management.
Interactive Data Lures Vendor Vets Babarinde, Burtsal for EMEA Sales
Interactive Data has hired data industry veterans Olakunle Babarinde and Richard Burtsal as head of sales for real-time feeds and 7Ticks EMEA, and sales manager for trading solutions, respectively.
LSE Announces £938M Rights Issue to Fund Russell Acquisition
The London Stock Exchange has announced that it intends to raise £938 million ($1.561 billion) in a rights issue (an issue of rights to buy additional securities in a company made to the company's existing security holders) to fund part of the $2.7…
LCH.Clearnet Appoints Robinson to Head SwapClear Australia
LCH.Clearnet has announced the appointment of Marcus Robinson, who will fill the role of CEO for SwapClear Australia.
Bowles Joins LSEG Board
Sharon Bowles has been appointed as a non-executive director at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). With the new appointment, the LSEG hopes to further its understanding and experience of UK and European politics, economics, and regulations affecting…
MillenniumIT Preps Surveillance Algo Library
Market surveillance and compliance teams always have one perpetual challenge in modern markets: staying ahead of the curve.
Update: Q2 Exchange Data Revenues Rise, Despite Mixed Overall Financials
Major exchanges worldwide posted significant increases in market data sales in their latest round of their financial results, though they also recorded a mixed bag of total revenues as a consequence of low volumes and low interest rates.
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.
Opening Cross: Declare Your Independence from Traditional Data Uses
While the majority of Inside Market Data’s coverage has traditionally centered around the use of data to directly support trading activities—such as the transmission of prices via datafeeds or terminal displays to traders and trading applications—and…
Opening Cross: Forget ‘Keep it Simple, Stupid.’ Think KIDD—’Keep it Diversified, Dummy"
The market data business is increasingly governed by the need to diversify to respond to market and investment trends. Trading firms seeking exposure to new opportunities diversify the datasets they consume in search of the one that will give them an…
UPDATE: LSE Eyes FTSE-Russell Index Data Combo
The London Stock Exchange plans to consolidate the index calculation and data distribution platforms of its FTSE index subsidiary with those of US-based index provider Russell Indexes—and may migrate the index platforms to proprietary LSE technologies,…
LSE Lays Out Russell Acquisition Proposal
The London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company for $2.7 billion, in a move to diversify its revenue streams and expand into the US market.
EuroCCP to Clear LSE Trades
European central counterparty (CCP) EuroCCP will clear trades executed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) once regulatory approval is received.
London Stock Exchange Signs Partnership with Casablanca Bourse
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) has signed a partnership agreement with the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
Aequitas Taps LSE's MillenniumIT for Trading, Data
Startup Canadian exchange Aequitas Innovations has named the London Stock Exchange's MillenniumIT technology subsidiary to provide its exchange platforms, following a request-for-proposal process involving MillenniumIT and other vendors.
LSE's Russell Buy to Boost International Index Appeal; Analysts Wary of Data Cost Impact
The London Stock Exchange's proposed acquisition of US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company will allow the exchange to diversify its revenue streams and expand its outreach into the US…
LSE Confirms Russell Acquisition Talks
The London Stock Exchange confirmed reports today, Tuesday, May 20, that it has entered into exclusive talks with the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments.