From EXCHANGES CONSOLIDATION 9:50pm

LSE to boost derivatives business

Reporting of trades to lead to full trading options in blue-chips

From DEVELOPING MARKETS & ASIA May 23, 2013

Broadway eyes Asia with Westpac deal

US software group to provide platform to automate more trades

From DEVELOPING MARKETS & ASIA May 23, 2013

ITG launches dark pool in Singapore

Sign of growing interest in the off-exchange facilities

The 'Gherkin' and Canary Wharf at sunrise in the City of London From WORLD May 22, 2013

Eurozone seeks ‘Tobin tax’ incentives

Officials look to ease levy collection so it is harder to sidestep

May 21, 2013

Instant Bloomberg not fading away yet

Chat system used by financial community is too popular to topple

May 21, 2013

Temasek takes stake in Markit

$500m investment to allow data company to expand into Asia

From DEVELOPING MARKETS & ASIA May 21, 2013

Hong Kong probes HKMEx allegations

SFC has ‘referred certain matters to the Commercial Crime Bureau’

Quick View May 20, 2013

Quick View: NYSE’s prophetic objection

Anadarko Flash crash calls into question new SEC circuit breaker

A Bloomberg screen is seen in the FT Newsroom. ©Charlie Bibby From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

Pressure on Bloomberg as its scope widens

Expansion has taken group into territory that is often regulated

May 15, 2013

Nasdaq eyes European derivatives push

Deal to connect with software company to heighten competition

May 13, 2013

Wildenberg to leave Citi for Neonet

Bank’s head of electronic trading set to be named chief of broker

From CLEARING & SETTLEMENT May 13, 2013

DTCC and Euroclear to share collateral pool

Bid to ease banks’ search for scarce assets to back trading

May 12, 2013

Regulators expand market fraud net

Financial watchdogs seek ‘sentiment analysis’ software

From HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING May 10, 2013

HFT is not driving investors from market

Market-structure issues are probably not on participants’ minds, writes Justin Schack of Rosenblatt Securities

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Trading volumes aid Tullett Prebon

Interdealer broker’s shares up almost 5%

From MARKETS REGULATION May 9, 2013

BATS Europe given UK exchange status

Full exchange status from UK regulators from May 20

From CLEARING & SETTLEMENT May 9, 2013

Clearing plan for OTC equity trades

Proposal would match trades in real-time

From EXCHANGES CONSOLIDATION May 8, 2013

GFI snaps up brokers from Phoenix Partners

Move further consolidates the interdealer broking industry

From DEVELOPING MARKETS & ASIA May 8, 2013

China brokers ramp up prop trading

Profits rising despite the practice being outlawed in the US

May 6, 2013

Cornwall beach buoys London’s status

Transatlantic submarine cables help give advantage to the City