Operations & Technology Archive

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved a rule in CME Group's rulebook that compels market participants to report the trades cleared through the US derivatives bourse to its data repository. read more>

Anglo-French central counterparty LCH.Clearnet has reported increased buy-side clearing of interest rate swaps, ahead of new OTC derivatives rules due to take effect on 11 March. read more>

MarketPrizm, a provider of low-latency trading services, has expanded its Asian footprint after installing fully-managed network and data services at the Australian Securities Exchange's Australian Liquidity Centre. read more>

As the deadline approaches for new European settlement regime TARGET2-Securities, many financial intermediaries are still getting to grips with their operational preparations. read more>

Trading technology provider Orc has extended its low-latency infrastructure to the Indian arm of global broker PhillipCapital, as demand for faster market access grows in the country. read more>

The Korean government has approved new laws that pave the way for central counterparties to clear OTC derivatives transactions, starting with interest rate swaps. read more>

The creation of a consolidated tape for equities is the most important market structure change for the buy-side under MiFID II, according to results from the latest poll on theTRADEnews.com. read more>

Compliance teams are buckling under the weight of global regulation and need the support of their board and supervisory authorities, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters. read more>

Renaissance Capital, an emerging markets-focused investment bank, has partnered with GATElab to complete its trading offering for high-speed traders. read more>

While electronic trading and settlement have been eagerly adopted by market participants with positive impacts on cost and efficiency, automation of the intermediate post-trade processes of confirmation and affirmation continues to lag. read more>