Americas Archive

May 01, 2012

SEC appoints New York office chief as new enforcement deputy

George Canellos has been appointed the Securities Exchange Commission’s deputy director of the Division of the Enforcement after serving as director of the agency’s New York regional office. read more>

April 27, 2012

Brazilian CSD and ICE to launch fixed income venue

Cetip, the Brazilian fixed income central securities depository, has signed an agreement with the IntercontinentalExchange to develop a new fixed income trading platform for Brazilian corporate and government bonds.

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April 25, 2012

Huck moves to key sales role at Citadel

Citadel Automated Trading Services, a division of Citadel Securities, has hired Tony Huck as a senior sales person focused on selling the firm’s suite of algorithms, including the Mercury and Mercury Dark algos. read more>

April 24, 2012

Every penny counts

Every penny counts

A commission recapture solution developed by agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook and technology vendor UAT aims to enhance trader productivity – and investment performance – by automating a process that has long been hindered by inefficiency. read more>

April 24, 2012

Buy-side avoids CFTC swap dealer definition

The costly swap dealer label has been avoided by all but the largest financial players – estimated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be around 125 firms – and the vast majority of buy-siders will avoid the branding due to a significantly raised bar and a number of extra exemptions for hedging. read more>

April 24, 2012

ICAP's BrokerTec gets a technology overhaul

Interdealer broker ICAP is revamping the technology platform which supports its BrokerTec trading system for US fixed income instruments as electronic trading of the asset class continues to grow. read more>

April 24, 2012

DTCC to appoint Bodson as CEO to replace retiring Donahue

The board of directors of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has elected Michael C. Bodson, currently COO, as president and CEO of the company effective 1 July. read more>

April 19, 2012

Dark October ahead as Canada introduces new rules

Canadian financial watchdogs have set out a new regulatory framework for dark trading, giving execution priority to lit orders, requiring meaningful price improvement and giving themselves the power to impose a minimum size for dark orders. read more>

April 18, 2012

Buy-side lobby groups sue CFTC over regs burden

 As mounting regulation continues to pile more pressure on institutional investors, unrest has broken out on Wall Street, with a number of buy-side-led lawsuits filed against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  read more>

April 16, 2012

Regulation to diminish banks' fixed income gains – Bernstein

Fixed income trading may have boosted US institutional broking revenues in Q1 2011, but new legislation impacting bond trading will cause banks to adapt their business models to maintain returns. read more>