Financial services, namely, financial trade execution and related post-trade confirmation services; converting non-standard financial positions having variable coupons into economically equivalent standardized positions having fixed coupons, namely, generating new fixed-coupon financial transactions to replace existing variable-coupon financial transactions; straight through processing of financial transactions and automated consummation of financial transactions between dealers, prime brokers, buy-side participants and/or financial service providers; providing post-trade affirmation for financial transactions involving financial instruments, credit default swaps, commodities, commodity derivatives, futures, options, securities, shares, and/or stocks; financial clearing house services, namely, novating financial transactions and novation-consent services; automation of credit derivative transaction processing; providing financial clearing services, namely, clearing and settlement of trading transactions in financial markets involving financial instruments, credit default swaps, commodities, commodity derivatives, futures, options, securities, shares, and/or stocks; disseminating real time and historic financial information relating to the clearing and settlement of trading transactions involving financial instruments, credit default swaps, commodities, commodity derivatives, futures, options, securities, shares, and/or stocks; offering, sponsoring, managing, administering, monitoring, evaluating and/or tracking global financial markets, indices, currencies, commodities, futures, derivatives, securities, shares, stocks, options, and financial instruments related thereto; providing financial information and analysis relating to financial products, financial markets, and financial investments in the nature of market data, market views, financial news, financial data, volume, weight, pricing, settlement, order, quantity, delivery, date, time, trade-type, status, indices, rate quotes, settlement rates, margin rates, currency exchange rates, historical financial data, market depth, financial weather maps, contract symbol, and/or transaction summary data relating to commodities, futures, derivatives, securities, shares, stocks, options, and/or financial instruments related thereto; disseminating real time and historic financial information relating to the purchasing, selling administering, managing, monitoring, evaluating, and/or tracking of currencies, commodities, futures, derivatives, securities, shares, stocks, options, and/or financial instruments related thereto; calculating, compiling, analyzing, charting, and/or reporting financial-related information; providing financial transaction confirmation services for financial transactions involving financial instruments, credit default swaps, commodities, commodity derivatives, futures, options, securities, shares, and/or stocks; financial advisory services; financial consultancy services relating to indices, currencies, commodities, futures, derivatives, securities, shares, stocks, options, and/or financial instruments related thereto; and providing any or all of the all the aforesaid services on-line from a global computer network via the Internet and/or other interactive electronic media