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Gibraltar regulator resigns; Englander platform appoints managing director...
The Gibraltar Financial Services commission’s director Marcus Killick to leave after 10 years in the post as Israel Englander’s managed accounts and prime services division makes strategic hire
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At the start of 2012, MarkitServ made a bet. Although the regulatory environment was still evolving, the firm – best known as a provider of middleware services that connect the varied participants in post-reform derivatives markets – decided to throw...
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Total return swaps on iBoxx touted as alternative to corporate bond...
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Awards 2012: Best data management service provider: Markit
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Despite extension, banks still fretting over CFTC's business conduct...
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Risk 25 firms of the future: Infrastructure
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Dealers worry about the impact on liquidity unless single-name and index trades can be margined together
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