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NYSE clearing JV moves closer to launch with senior appointments

New York Portfolio Clearing, the US futures clearing joint venture between the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the US post-trade services utility, and exchange group NYSE Euronext, has added to its management ahead of its Q3 launch.

US buy-side confidence in market structure low

The ‘flash crash’ that temporarily floored US share prices on 6 May has dented investor confidence in market structure, but market participants broadly support the regulatory response, responses to a survey from consultancy TABB Group suggest.

BATS moves to stem hidden order leakage concerns

BATS Exchange, a US equity trading venue, will make changes to its post-trade data feed to enable customers to choose how their order IDs are handled, in response to fears over information leakage that surfaced in the US and European markets recently.

End of the road for free broker trading systems

The availability of free trading platforms from brokers will diminish in the US over the next three to five years, a new report from research consultancy TABB Group warns.