Equities Archive

As a cash equities liquidity drought across the region continues unabated, Asian investors appear to be favouring global companies with secondary listings in Asia, research from BNY Mellon Depository Receipts indicates. read more>

Financial technology provider SunGard has updated its Protegent market surveillance solution to help regulators, trading venues and brokers meet European Securities and Markets Authority guidelines on market abuse. read more>

FIX Protocol Limited, the organisation responsible for the FIX messaging standard, has published recommended trade reporting practices to give buy-side firms more clarity on how brokers execute their orders. read more>

BATS Chi-X Europe intends to set a new benchmark for market data pricing in Europe, after unveiling plans to become the first multilateral trading facility to charge for its data. read more>

Equity trading volumes in Australia sank last month as the four-day Easter weekend and national Anzac day holiday break impacted the number of trading days in the month. read more>

As market participants hunt beyond large-cap equities for alpha generation, accessing small caps is becoming easier in some markets but harder in others. read more>

Trading volumes in Europe showed a slight rise in February, increasing from €727.97 billion in January to €740.55 billion, but remained €100 billion down versus €840.23 billion this time last year, according to data provided by Thomson Reuters. read more>

As the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) prepares to open up to direct foreign investment for the first time, Japanese investment bank Nomura has been authorised by the country’s Capital Markets Authority to offer indirect access to Saudi equities via p-notes. read more>

US investment bank Rodman & Renshaw is launching an electronic transaction platform that bypasses brokers, connecting issuers straight to investors seeking access to initial public offerings. read more>

In a year which saw dramatic losses at major Wall Street banks and falls in the equities markets, Citi was worst hit yet Morgan Stanley seemed to pull through relatively unscathed. read more>