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The Dodd-Frank Act created the concept of the swap execution facility for trading OTC derivatives in the US, but more clarity is required on how this will impact buy-side trading.

Data vendor Thomson Reuters has claimed that it has finally created a consolidated source of post-trade data that meets the requirements of both market participants and regulators.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and Interactive Data have both invested in new latency management tools, aimed at increasing trading performance and transparency for trading firms.

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of exchange group NYSE Euronext, has upgraded its Risk Management Gateway service, which is now offered in NYSE Euronext's US data centre in New Jersey.

Technology vendor SunGard has linked its Valdi trading and risk management solution to derivatives markets in Spain and Italy.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a consultation prior to opening up the Australian capital markets to competition between trading venues.

The Singapore Stock Exchange has reported a 17-month high in its securities average daily value in October, while the FTSE Xinhua A50 futures and Nikkei 225 index options experienced renewed investor interest, breaching records for monthly volume.

Liquidnet, an equity block trading venue that covers 37 markets, has reported record growth in Asia-Pacific this year, already surpassing the annual total traded in 2009.

Mexican derivatives exchange MexDer has chosen trading technology firm RTS Realtime Systems Group to provide the technology solution for the venue's imminent 'south to north' order routing agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Canadian exchange group TMX is planning to open an office in London in early 2011, as part of a drive to build up its presence in the UK and European markets across financial services and exchanges in the equities, derivatives, data, energy and fixed-income markets.