Americas Archive

Changes to how retail flow is brought to exchange in the UK and US are currently being considered by regulators in the respective markets. read more>

Members of the BRICS emerging markets block have set out plans for an alliance that would allow market participants in Brazil, Russia, Hong Kong and South Africa to trade equity index derivatives on each other’s markets more easily. read more>

Exemptions for market making by US banks as outlined in proposals for the Volcker Rule officially released by regulators today are too restrictive and could create a two-tier regime for liquidity providers, market participants have warned. read more>

US-based stock exchange group Nasdaq OMX has revealed plans to introduce UltraFeed, a new normalised low-latency data feed covering multiple asset classes. read more>

OTC derivatives trading software provider Baymarkets has released a 'SEF in a box', designed to provide everything needed to set up an electronic trading venue. read more>

Citi has won a contract to implement securities lending services to Canadian investment manager AGF Management's retail mutual funds, expanding the company's existing long-term relationship with AGF. read more>

While equities volumes are in decline, options are up, says a new report by financial markets consultancy TABB Group, which claims that US investment institutions are increasingly attracted to the alpha generation potential of options. read more>

Market participants and clearing infrastructures will have to adapt to near real-time clearing of OTC derivatives within the next three to five years, according to a study by financial research consultancy TABB Group. read more>

The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing that shorter price falls trigger market-wide circuit breakers to address the risk of future flash crashes in US securities markets. read more>

Bloomberg Fixed Income Trading has launched ALLQ Derivatives as the first commingled trading platform for over-the-counter swap trading. read more>