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

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The failure of the DB-NYSE merger could put industry manoeuvring back on the table See the original post here: Quick View: Let the games begin, again

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Commission moves to protect swap traders’ collateral in the wake of the collapse of MF Global and the disappearance of $1.2bn in customer cash Continued here: Investors hail partial victory on CFTC rules

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Japanese and Canadian regulators have warned the US government that the Volcker rule could harm world markets by deterring banks from trading View original here: Japan and Canada warn on Volcker rule impact

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Market infrastructures are becoming concerned that they are being sucked in as political footballs in a highly charged game of tax collection Read more: Exchanges in fear of eurozone transaction tax

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Walter Lukken, CEO of New York Portfolio Clearing, is set to be chosen as the next president of the US Futures Industry Association More here: Lukken front-runner for FIA top job

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Sudden drop and recovery in MLP prices remains unexplained, although the move did not trigger internal trading curbs Read more from the original source: Energy security sell-off worries traders

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US-based exchange operator adds more market capitalisation by poaching listings from its rival, NYSE Euronext, than by taking companies public last year Read the original here: Transfers outweigh IPOs at Nasdaq OMX

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Widening the investor base has been welcomed but few analysts expect to see immediate results View original post here: India woos foreign capital to regain lost sheen

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Move unlikely to have a significant effect on the next stages of reform since the text has already been finalised See more here: Key Brussels Mifid regulator to move jobs

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