Disruption? Bank on it. Register Today There is still time to register for the annual Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Summit in New York, May 3, 2017.   This event brings together thought leaders and practitioners from our financial markets and risk and compliance communities for a full-day series of interactive discussions. The topics that your peers and industry leaders will...

As demand for market data increases, the willingness of industry participants in Asia Pacific (APAC) to spend on market data solutions versus building in-house is notably on the rise. What are the key drivers behind this change and just how much growth should we expect in the coming year for market data services in the region? Vela's Rob Lane, Global Head of Sales and Marketing, shares his views on how firms in this region are increasingly turning to direct connectivity to access market data from source. 

BATS Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, announced it has expanded its trade reporting facility, BXTR, to offer a new service that enables buy-side firms to meet their trade reporting obligations under MiFID II. The new service, an assisted reporting model, allows buy-side firms to enable their brokers to submit trade reports on their behalf using the broker’s existing connectivity to BATS Europe. Recognizing the new MiFID II reporting obligations will present buy-side firms with a range of operational, technical, financial...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation announced that Michael McClain has joined the firm as a Managing Director and General Manager of Equity Clearing. In this role, Mr. McClain will be responsible for leading the day-to-day equity clearing business operations and strategic initiatives. He will report to Murray Pozmanter, Managing Director and Head of Clearing Agency Services. Mr. McClain joins DTCC from the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) where he served as Chief Operating Officer and was part of the Office of the Executive Chairman. In this capacity, Mr. McClain oversaw OCC's...

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CBOE Holdings, Inc. announced that the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will be the first of the CBOE Holdings exchanges to migrate onto the BATS technology platform, with an expected switch-over on Sunday, February 25, 2018. The migration of the C2 and CBOE Options Exchanges will follow, with those dates to be announced later. All CBOE and BATS exchanges will continue to operate normally throughout the migration process, and the CBOE trading floor will remain open to serve CBOE's options market. Beginning in July, CFE trading privilege holders (TPHs) may begin requesting new connectivity, and...

FIF has formed a Mark-Up/Mark-Down working group to address the implementation of recent enhancement to Mark-Up/Mark-Down Disclosure Rules (MSRB Rule G-15/G-30 and FINRA Rule 2232).  If you would like to be added to the working group, please contact the Program Office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Thomson Reuters has completed its acquisitions of Clarient Global LLC and Avox Limited, expanding its risk-management footprint and its ability to provide customer solutions by integrating both businesses into its portfolio of risk management, compliance and data offerings. The Clarient and Avox acquisitions represent the next step of Thomson Reuters plan to be a provider of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Legal Entity Information. Clarient is a leading global KYC platform formerly owned by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs,...

Deutsche Bank has opened an innovation lab in New York City, its fourth globally. The lab, in Lower Manhattan's Fulton Center, will enable the bank to access an innovation ecosystem in one of the world's largest financial hubs. It will explore new technologies focused on several areas, including: artificial intelligence, cloud technology and cyber security. The Deutsche Bank Labs in New York, Silicon Valley, Berlin and London have three principal goals: to help the bank evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, to develop a culture of innovation and contribute to the bank's digital...