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NYSE Arca Europe Joins A Crowded Field Fighting For Less Volume
March 10, 2009
NYSE Euronext launches new Europe trading platform | www.dealingwithtechnology.com
NYSE Arca Europe may have gallopped into the market at just the wrong moment to see a major breakthrough as volumes decline in European equities.
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Sprecher's ICE opens the way to A "Closed" Clearing of CDS
March 9, 2009
Bloomberg.com: ICE Starts Credit-Default Swap Clearing in Bid for $400 Million | www.bloomberg.com
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has muscled its way to the forefront of the CDS clearing issue as a result of their classic opportunistic streak. Their solution may have the dge over other competitors not just as a result of early regulatory permission but also thanks to its more exclusive business model.
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TMX: Bertrand Departs - another Shock departure of a Successful Manager
March 5, 2009
Luc Bertrand To Step Down From His Position With Montreal Exchange And TMX Group On June 30, 2009 - Alain Miquelon Named As MX President And Chief Executive Officer Effective July 1, 2009 | www.mondovisione.com
Luc Bertrand standing down as the head of M-X and deputy at Toronto SE is a shock move given that it was Bertrand's success at M-X that helped rejuvenate the Canadian exchanges in the first place!
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TMX: Bertrand Departs - another Shock departure of a Successful Manager
March 5, 2009
European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy Welcomes Industry Commitment To EU Central Counterparty For CDS | europa.eu
Luc Bertrand standing down as the head of M-X and deputy at Toronto SE is a shock move given that it was Bertrand's success at M-X that helped rejuvenate the Canadian exchanges in the first place!
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UBS: Villiger and Grubel To Sweep Away the Kurer/Rohner/Ospel Legacy
March 4, 2009
UBS Chairman to Step Down | online.wsj.com
The appointment of Kaspar Villiger as Chairman of UBS marks a clear intention of "Switzerland Inc" to assert control over the bank & future banking regulatory changes.
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Chi-X Chief In Shock Departure
February 26, 2009
Financial Times FT.com | www.ft.com
Successful MTF Chi-X has been largely shaped by its CEO Peter Randall. His departure is a remarkable move given his success in making CHi-X a leading ATS not only in Europe but various other jurisdictions too.
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Ossie Grubel - A Man For All Seasons & All Swiss Banks?
February 26, 2009
Financial Times FT.com | www.ft.com
Oswald Grubel is a fascinating pair of safe hands for UBS at a time of turmoil. Yet the move represents a risk to Grubel whose reputation upon retirement as Credit Suisse CEO was simply outstanding.
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Eastern Europe: A Mecca for Retail Property Investment?
February 25, 2009
Central and Eastern Europe is target for cross border retailer movement | www.europe-re.com
The Central and Eastern European property market remains unsophisticated compared to the west with ample opportunities for eager investors. However, current economic events provide both high risks and potentially high rewards...
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February 19, 2009
European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy Welcomes Industry Commitment To EU Central Counterparty For CDS | europa.eu
The industry looks to have "blinked" under pressure from their governments (or sponsors depending on how one views the situation) amidst a threat of EU legislation.
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Sorting The Wheat From the Chaff
February 19, 2009
Failure to save East Europe will lead to worldwide meltdown | www.telegraph.co.uk
The marketplace is sufficiently spooked that we are at the point where facts are routinely mistaken or misrepresented to demonstrate just how desperate problems are...
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Live and Happening All Around Me - A Genuine Panic Exodus
February 18, 2009
Downgrades Loom for Hungary, Poland, Bond Yields Show | www.bloomberg.com
The Market has taken fright of the Eastern European marketplace and all assets, with little regard to their fundamentals, are collapsing... In other words, ladies and gentlemen, it's a genuine triple A panic exodus.
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February 18, 2009
Bloomberg TV Tries To Become A Player | www.cbsnews.com
Bloomberg TV is a studious but dull product suffering from a certain lack of focus on just whether it wants to be in mass market financial television or a specialist digital arm of the news and data vendor.
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February 18, 2009
ICE plans European CDS clearer | www.ft.com
The greatest misunderstanding in markets currently is that CDS will suddenly be traded on an open CCP platform.
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Deals Look Unlikely But There 's Value In Exchanges...
February 9, 2009
Financial Times FT.com | www.ft.com
The exchange industry is enduring a post bubble malaise but the prospects for investment remain considerable.
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African Exchange Competition Is Emerging Rapidly...
February 9, 2009
Financial Times FT.com | www.ft.com
From a curious amalgam of exchanges which have not made the world sit up and take notice, suddenly Africa is about to be fought over by various new entrants and the only longstanding viable entity, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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Lessons in Selling Thanksgiving (or Christmas!) to Turkeys
February 6, 2009
Exchanges are already muscling into the unruly over-the-counter market | www.economist.com
Exchanges are indeed trying to get more access to OTC markets but the markets they can realistically take business in are only likely to be the more commoditised ones...
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Towards A More Pragmatic Fee Regime
February 6, 2009
Hedge fund fees are being squeezed | www.economist.com
Hedge fund fees overall are probably going down although Funds of Funds and less successful funds will be hurt more than most.
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CDS Drink At The Last Chance Saloon!
February 4, 2009
EU pushes for more control of risky trades - International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com
Commissioner McCreevy is clearly signalling a get tough policy in the absence of any genuinely credible industry attempt to reform the CDS business.
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February 3, 2009
Future Clearing for Freight Traders | online.wsj.com
Central Counter Party (CCP) Clearing is now a step closer to ubiquity in global freight trading...
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Is that Open OTC, Closed CCP or Neither?
February 2, 2009
ICAP says part of group mulling LCH.Clearnet offer | www.iht.com
A consortium deal for LCH.Clearnet threatens the DTCC takeover. Moreover, the purchasers have a fascinating ability to reshape current market infrastructure...and it may not be in the way that government/regulators are hoping to see it reshaped!
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