Trading Venues Archive

May 02, 2013

ASX to launch client clearing service for OTC derivatives

ASX, the owner of the Australian Securities Exchange, has announced plans to launch by the end of 2013 both a clearing service for OTC derivatives and a collateral management service. read more>

May 02, 2013

Derivatives interest building across Asia, reckons NYSE Liffe

Demand among Asian customers for sophisticated derivatives products is building steadily, as reflected by growing membership of NYSE Liffe. read more>

May 02, 2013

Direct Edge offers new incentive to high-volume users

US exchange operator Direct Edge has released its latest incentive for high-frequency trading by offering active market participants a reduced fee to remove and route shares. read more>

May 02, 2013

Irish aim to tackle twin hurdles to MiFID consensus

Rules on dark pools and post-trade competition are the remaining barriers to agreement on MiFID II by members of the Council of the European Union ahead the EcoFin meeting scheduled by the Irish Presidency for 14 May. read more>

April 30, 2013

Mutualised Equiduct will ‘fine-tune’ model to boost flow

An injection of fresh capital into retail-focused European trading platform Equiduct shows the value of alternative venues, its interim CEO has declared. read more>

April 25, 2013

Aladdin deal shifts credit market towards open platform

MarketAxess has said its deal with BlackRock's Aladdin Trading Network to develop a platform for the US$14 trillion US credit market will increase the market's focus on a single set of open-platform solutions despite a likely increase in competing venues. read more>

April 18, 2013

Venues 'hijack' regulatory process

Some exchange operators petitioning regulators for their own “narrow interests”, instead of working towards a safe market structure, a senior venue executive has charged, speaking at TradeTech 2013 in London yesterday read more>

April 16, 2013

SBI Japannext launches crossing platform

Tokyo-based Japannext will next month launch a platform that allows orders to be crossed before the primary exchange market opens and settled at the volume-weighted average price after it closes. read more>

April 15, 2013

Aquis appoints Spanbroek as director

European trading veteran Mark Spanbroek has been appointed non-executive director of new European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange. read more>

April 10, 2013

India’s MCX-SX takes fight to incumbents

India’s MCX-SX takes fight to incumbents

India's newest exchange MCX-SX is working to raise low volumes in cash equities and derivatives, including a move to strengthen its Liquidity Enhancement Scheme to incentivise market making and help challenge the duopoly of the National Stock Exchange and the smaller Bombay Stock Exchange. read more>