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Institutional investors may gain easy access to a bonanza of equities execution data as the Americas buy-side execution working group of standards body FIX Protocol Limited examined whether to adapt its messaging protocol and execution venue reporting guidelines to support data on where orders were routed, but not filled. read more>

Market confidence has been dwindling since the 'flash crash,' but a new report shows the recent Twitter fiasco that sent markets on a free fall last month had relatively little impact on participants' outlook. read more>

Progress on derivatives rules under Dodd-Frank has been dragged down further with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission facing a second lawsuit and accusations of being anti-competitive. read more>

Major execution venues active in electronic bond trading are committing to adopting open standardised protocols, said Sassan Danesh, managing partner, Etrading Software, and co-chair of message standards body FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) global fixed income committee. read more>

Research firm Aite Group has issued a report that concludes electronic institutional trading models are set to increase their participation in the US corporate bond trading markets. read more>

The InterContinental Exchange (ICE) will launch its first US credit futures contracts next month, which will offer an alternative to credit default swaps that are due to migrate to new electronic trading facilities, subject to rules being finalised. read more>

ASX, the owner of the Australian Securities Exchange, has announced plans to launch by the end of 2013 both a clearing service for OTC derivatives and a collateral management service. read more>

Demand among Asian customers for sophisticated derivatives products is building steadily, as reflected by growing membership of NYSE Liffe. read more>

US exchange operator Direct Edge has released its latest incentive for high-frequency trading by offering active market participants a reduced fee to remove and route shares. read more>

Institutional investors risk higher margin requirements if they cannot eliminate errors when communicating swap transaction data to clearing houses, according to a new report from TABB Group. read more>