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Icap faces SEC scrutiny over Blackbird role
UK inter-dealer broker Icap could face a raft of regulatory probes due to accusations that it bought a minority stake in US electronic brokerage Blackbird to stifle potential competition to its own voice-brokered business.
Specialist managers see more shorting activity
Accounting anomalies and heavy debt mean shorting is on a roll
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Clearing the obstacles
Credit quality is essential to every energy firm’s success, as recent problems at Aquila and Dynegy attest. Couple this with the post-Enron threat of increased regulation for OTC energy derivatives and it is clear that the energy trading market needs…
Reech and Beauchamp launch integrated hedge fund solution
Reech Capital, the London-based supplier of risk management services, has teamed up with software provider Beauchamp Financial Technology (BFT) to offer its RiskHedge risk management engine through BFT's software platform.
FXall customises e-FX trading site for Nestlé
Multi-bank FX trading portal FXall has created a customised trading and information Web platform for the world’s biggest food company, Switzerland's Nestlé.
Reech Capital launches derivatives valuation product
Reech Capital, the London-based supplier of risk management services, has launched FastVal, an independent derivatives valuation service.
SwapsWire eyes October launch
SwapsWire, the inter-dealer interest rate derivatives trading system backed by a consortium of 23 banks, is to launch in October after extensive delays and an entire systems overhaul, according to its chief executive Chip Carver. The system has also…
Rolfe & Nolan secures £1 million from global banks
UK derivatives back-office vendor, Rolfe & Nolan, has secured funding of just over £1 million for its Merlin technology project from two sponsor banks, Deutsche Bank and UBS Warburg.
DrKW’s Piranha bites into online options services
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has added an options service to its Piranha online foreign exchange trading system.
WestLB to adopt Citigroup FX settlement service
Germany's WestLB has subscribed to Citigroup’s e-business CLS (continuous-linked settlement) settlement services for foreign exchange settlement. The deal will allow WestLB to offer CLS settlement services to its German savings bank and Landesbank…
Globex glitch grounds CME's Eagle platform
The maiden flight of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) Eagle (electronic arbitrage Globex liquidity enhancer) platform has been delayed until October due to problems with Globex, the CME's electronic trading platform, which supports Eagle.