Move sets stage for potentially defining debate in Brussels that will test whether competition regulators can be overruled by political forces Read more from the original source: Barnier provides hope for DB-NYSE

Post-crisis reforms are provoking a backlash and causing confusion View original here: New rules are struggle for industry and regulators

The US Securities and Exchange Commission still needs to elaborate the case for its multibillion-dollar supercomputer database Read the rest here: Comment: SEC’s audit trail gamble

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing signals its ambition to take on CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange with a move into commodities Read the original here: HKEx targets commodities trading

Key regulator said he is not yet convinced by exchanges tie-up Continued here: German minister in doubts over DB-NYSE merger

Speeches from three senior officials and executives in 24 hours have exposed the intensity of lobbying in the Deutsche Börse-NYSE Euronext deal View original here: Quick View: The DB-NYSE dilemma

Aluminium co-head Blumgart to leave as part of a larger reshuffling of departments at the Swiss-based commodities trader Read more: First senior departure at Glencore since IPO

US exchange operator Direct Edge insists that access should be opened up to outsiders in the interests of competition and greater transparency View post: Bovespa clearing stranglehold faces challenge

Futures & Options Association and others sponsor study into ‘mutual recognition’ as banks fret over ‘third-country’ provisions Original post: New initiative emerges to tackle regulatory confusion

Dual role for chief executive Greifeld would stoke merger talk as he would be able to offer position as inducement to prospective partners Read the original post: Nasdaq looks at changing its structure