Trading Venues Archive

The Vienna Stock Exchange has played down rumours that it is in discussions with the Warsaw Stock Exchange about a possible merger. read more>

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing CEO Charles Li Xiaojia downplayed modest volumes in the first after-hours futures trading session Monday, comparing its new session to a small child learning to walk. read more>

The New York Stock Exchange on Monday complied with an SEC requirement that it partly decommission volatility-dampening liquidity refreshment points after claiming their removal threatened to force markets into a single mould. read more>

Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX will launch an incentive programme this quarter for exchange-traded funds listed on its US market that will rebate market makers for providing liquidity. read more>

The creation of the Japan Exchange Group from the merger of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange is a move in the right direction, but does not itself bring about the kind of "disruptive innovation" required to reform Japanese markets, according to Celent's Eiichiro Yanagawa, author of a report on the impact of the new exchange. read more>

The second phase of the initiative that intends to connect seven stock markets across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will kick off with the accession of the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, it emerged this week. read more>

Chi-X Canada's new CX2 alternative trading system has revealed its taker-maker pricing structure a month ahead of the venue's launch. read more>

Poland's Warsaw Stock Exchange will operate new shorter trading times when it migrates to a new trading system on 15 April. read more>

The London Stock Exchange Group has announced plans to launch a swaps trade repository and taken another step towards its acquisition of LCH.Clearnet as plans to bolster its derivatives business progress. read more>

The Singapore Exchange is consulting the market on the potential launch of four new foreign exchange futures contracts, ahead of a prospective Q3 launch. read more>