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Deutsche Börse to expand product offering on Xetra International Market Pan
European trading platform offers additional securities from markets already connected - additional ten countries to also be covered
10 March 2010
New York Stock Exchange’s next-generation trading floor goes live
The first phase of New York Stock Exchange’s next-generation trading floor went live today, with traders working for the first time from a workspace custom redesigned for the NYSE’s blend of high-tech, high-touch trading.
9 March 2010
CBOE grants license for volatility indexes to CME Group
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it has entered into a license agreement with CME Group that extends the reach of CBOE's volatility franchise. CBOE will apply its proprietary CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) methodology to price data of, initially, up to five products that will be listed on one of CME Group's exchanges and create new volatility benchmark indexes that it will license for use to CME Group. CBOE also will disseminate real-time data on the new benchmark indexes to CME Group and industry data providers.
9 March 2010
Clearstream offers direct access to Bulgaria and Romania
Clearstream, the international central securities depository (ICSD) within Deutsche Börse Group, has opened two new direct links with Bulgaria and Romania helping foreign investors to access these markets.
9 March 2010
Turquoise attracts 3 new investors - London Stock Exchange Group sells 9% stake taking its holding to 51%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has sold nine per cent of its stake in the holding company for the merged Turquoise and Baikal businesses, to three global banking clients. Barclays Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Nomura have each bought three per cent stakes for £1 million in cash each.
9 March 2010
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Expansion of TRACE in the U.S. fixed-income OTC market
Trade reporting and market transparency in the U.S. fixed income OTC market will expand substantially this year as trade reporting encompasses entire new classes of debt. Two initiatives by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) would ...
by N. Ola Persson, Director, TRACE and Fixed Income Strategy, FINRA
17 February 2010
Retail bond market for UK investors
On 1 February, the London Stock Exchange launched its order book for retail bonds. Opened in response to increasing demand from private investors in the UK, the initiative aims to make trading in bonds as straightforward as trading in shares by ...
by Pietro Poletto, Head of Fixed Income, LSEG
16 February 2010
European fixed-income: the MTS story
Fixed-income markets across Europe have undergone significant evolution in the past twenty years. When Mercato dei Titoli di Stato (MTS) was founded in 1988, it represented the first step in a large scale transformation of the secondary market for ...
by Jack Jeffery, CEO, MTS Group
16 February 2010