Equities Archive

Chi-X Australia must strengthen conflicts of interest and technology protections but has satisfied its regulatory demands, the Australian market watchdog concluded in a report. read more>

Increased pressure to establish clarity in dark trading, both on and off exchanges, is needed to restore confidence in US lit markets, a report has warned. read more>

Buy-side firms in Europe and the US will continue to split research and execution services, through the increased use of commission sharing agreements, a new study has revealed. read more>

US venue operator BATS Global Markets has increased its risk management provisions by extending member-operated tools across its equities and options venues. read more>

The UK government has backed increased cost transparency for buy-side firms called for in the Kay Review, following a push toward unbundling of broker services from the market regulator. read more>

Large international brokers are in for a war of attrition in the battle for global capital markets survival, according to leading analysts. read more>

The battle for Scandinavian market share is set to intensify with a new initiative from domestic exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Nordic to attract overseas flow and the implementation of the London Stock Exchange's Millennium Exchange platform at Oslo Børs. read more>

The Japanese equity markets are either home to some undervalued bargains or some disasters waiting to happen, depending on who you ask, but the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch fund manager survey labels Japan the most unloved of all major markets. read more>

Equities trading volumes for Turquoise, the London Stock Exchange’s multilateral trading facility, are down nearly 30% year-on-year, according to the exchange operator's six-monthly results, giving its new CEO a host of issues to deal with. read more>

A Europe-wide financial transaction tax came a step closer to fruition Thursday as the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee agreed to move forward on a report outlining cooperation in the single market. read more>