Clearing & Settlement

Supermarket chain succeeds in cutting initial OFT fine

• Lombard 100 per cent beef beef
• Tesco plans DNA testing of meat products

CME pushes for talks with Deutsche Börse

German group’s response said to be ‘lukewarm’

• Quick View Those betting on D Börse deal face a wait
• Lex Deutsche Börse

MSCI index futures to trade in Europe

NYSE Euronext and Eurex to list benchmark contracts

• LSE pays £450m to take control of FTSE
• LSE boosted by Italian clearing unit

Europe kicks off repository debate

Esma’s proposals on OTC derivatives markets reform face dispute

• ECB clearing house policy could stoke tensions
• LSE boosted by Italian clearing unit

Barnes to leave UBS ‘dark pool’

Leaves broker after 18 years

• Shadows fall over dark pool trading practices
• NYSE plans ‘dark orders’ for retail customers

RVS signals expansion with COO hire

Andrew Simpson joins benchmark provider that hopes to manage Libor

• D Börse to begin OTC swaps clearing
• Barclays clears $1tn of OTC derivatives

LCH.Clearnet triples annual profits

Anglo-French clearing house boosted by move to regulated trading

• LSE in cut-price clearing house deal
• LCH considers LSE’s reduced offer

Broker draws Tullett into Libor scandal

Individual implicated in conversations about rigging rate

• RBS pays £390m to settle Libor probe
• FSA probes ICAP over Libor fixing