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Traiana to help CCPs connect
22 October 2014 New York
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Traiana has launched Harmony CCP Connect for equities and successfully completed its first trade...

Turquoise launches Block Discovery
21 October 2014 London
Reporter: Stephen Durham

Turquoise has launched Block Discovery, a new service enhancing its existing Midpoint Dark Book, designed to bring together large block orders in a neutral environment...

Green light for Gibraltar stock exchange
13 October 2014 Gibraltar
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Gibraltar’s first ever regulated stock exchange has been given authorisation by the Financial Services Commission of Gibraltar (FSC) to start operations...

Regulation a concern for boutique AMs
13 October 2014 Wayne
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Regulation is the greatest threat to success for boutique asset management firms, according to research by TABB Group at SunGard’s request...

APAC firms not ready for T+2
29 September 2014 New York
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Fifty-eight percent of firms in Asia Pacific are not prepared for the change in Europe to T+2 on 6 October, according to a study by Celent and Omgeo...

Burns to leave SEC
19 September 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Stephen Durham

James Burns, deputy director of trading and markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will leave the agency in October...

First Names Group builds UK team
17 September 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Tariq Husain has been named UK managing director and global head of outsourced business services (OBS) for First Names Group...

BNP Paribas strengthens APAC management
16 September 2014 Singapore
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

BNP Paribas Securities Services is expanding its Asia Pacific (APAC) presence with two new appointments to its management team...

Krunic moves into green energy
10 September 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Alex Krunic has moved to Aliquantum Energy, where he will serve as CEO...

Partnership to aid German/APAC trade
27 August 2014 London
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

A trade processing partnership has been signed between BNY Mellon, Helaba (Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen) and the G25, which represents the 25 largest Sparkassen in Germany...

Citigroup fined for best execution failures
27 August 2014 Washington DC
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Citigroup Global has been fined $1.85 million by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for failing to provide best execution in approximately 22,000 customer transactions involving non-convertible preferred securities...

E2C goes to Latin America
20 August 2014 Miami
Reporter: Catherine Van de Stouwe

Citi’s Execution to Custody (E2C) solution is being launched in the Latin American market...