Following the announcement earlier in the week that entity data vendor CounterpartyLink and SmartCo have integrated their offerings (see 
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Japanese FSA Produces Reform Blueprint, Bank of Japan’s Shirakawa Talks up Risk Management
The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has released its blueprint for an overhaul of the country’s financial services regulatory framework, including forcing more transparency in the OTC derivatives markets, new trade reporting requirements and risk management provisions. Last week, the governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki Shirakawa, also spoke about the importance of Japanese flavoured risk management and regulation at a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) summit in Kuala Lumpur.
FPL Launches Inter-Party Latency Working Group
FPL - FIX Protocol Ltd. - is launching the FIX Inter-party Latency (FIPL) Working Group, according to an email sent to its membership. The group’s mission is to “develop a standard that will allow the easy assembly of this information on a consistent basis across multiple organisations so that firms can develop a better understanding of where latency hot spots exist and how they can address them.”
Interactive Data Provides Real-time Market Data from NASDAQ Dubai, via XData FREE - A-Team Wire
Peter Randall New CEO of Equiduct FREE - A-Team Wire
UK FSA Slaps London Branch of Toronto Dominion Bank with £7m Fine for Pricing Failures
In the first of what could represent an avalanche of related fines for the financial services community, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has this week fined the London branch of Toronto Dominion Bank £7 million for repeated systems and controls failings around the pricing of sophisticated financial products. This is the bank’s second fine for systems and controls failings and the fourth largest levied by the FSA; a precedent may be being set…
Reference and Corporate Events Data Now Available in Flexible XML Format FREE - A-Team Wire
C Hoare & Co Chooses SimCorp Dimension FREE - A-Team Wire
Milne Departs Xtrakter, Replaced by Euroclear’s Weber as New CEO
Following its acquisition by Euroclear in April this year it was only a matter of time before a management shake up was conducted at Trax platform operator Xtrakter. The vendor, which was previously operated as a subsidiary of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), will now be headed by ex-Euroclear UK & Ireland CEO Yannic Weber, who is replacing current incumbent Kevin Milne.
Sifma Adds Four New Professional Societies to Broaden Industry Reach
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) has created four new professional societies to broaden its reach in the financial markets beyond its member firms. The four new societies are in fact the latest incarnation of the association’s previously semi-autonomous divisions, which are now focused around compliance and legal issues, internal auditors, financial management and operations and technology.
Interactive Data Enhances PrimeTerminal FREE - A-Team Wire
Operational Risk Could be Data’s Best Friend FREE - A-Team Wire
Apollo Opens New PoP in Equinix LD4 Data Centre FREE - A-Team Wire
Chi-Tech Selects 29West for MarketPrizm Feed Handler Messaging FREE - A-Team Wire
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