Americas Archive

INDATA, a provider of buy-side trading technology, has added Pulse Trading’s BlockCross dark pool to the venues that clients can access via its broker-neutral Precision Trading order management system. read more>

Market data and analytics provider Interactive Data has signed an agreement to acquire 7ticks, a provider of electronic trading networks and managed services. read more>

Alex Zinny has been appointed head of sales at ESP Technologies, a US-based post-trade aggregation technology provider for active asset managers. read more>

US-based exchange group Nasdaq OMX has extended its cooperation with telecoms provider Verizon Business to include co-location services and trading and market data access. read more>

The US arm of agency brokerage Instinet has added three new research providers to Instinet Access, a programme designed to increase sales, marketing and account coverage for companies providing research to the broker’s institutional client base. read more>

Global trading technology provider and agency broker ITG plans to slash its workforce in the US as it embarks on a restructuring plan aimed at achieving long-term profitable growth. read more>

Portware, a trading technology provider, has connected to Chi-X Canada, an alternative trading system for stocks listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. read more>

The International Securities Exchange (ISE), a US equity options exchange, has announced plans to enhance its FX options product suite at the beginning of next year. read more>

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has enhanced its algorithmic trading platform for Canadian equities, adding several algorithms that are well-known in other markets and making changes to improve execution performance. read more>

BATS Exchange, the US equity trading venue owned by BATS Global Markets, has promoted Joe Bracco to head of US sales and vice president. read more>