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Oslo Børs has agreed the acquisition of Nordic-focused market Burgundy, providing further evidence of an increasingly challenging environment for alternative venues in Europe. read more>
MEPs will vote on the European Parliament’s version of MiFID II on 26 October, with broad support expected on key issues including broker crossing networks and high-frequency trading. read more>
NYSE Euronext, the operator of stock exchanges in France, Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, has changed the way it plans to engage with customers in Europe, following a reorganisation of some of the exchange group’s key executives. read more>
The London Stock Exchange Group plans to introduce new connectivity services which will offer members a series of new options for directly accessing its markets. read more>
Spain’s Bolsas y Mercados Españoles will introduce co-location services on its market from next month as part of efforts to increase high-frequency trading at the national exchange. read more>
A European financial transaction tax on bonds, shares and derivatives trading agreed upon by 11 EU countries on Tuesday would hit end investors, not financial institutions, and could easily be sidestepped through trading in alternative instruments. read more>
A report released last week that recommends ring-fencing banks’ deposit taking activities from trading operations, may not go far enough in protecting investors, market participants have suggested. read more>
Proposed rules to curb high-frequency trading in European regulation will harm market making operations more than predatory price arbitrage strategies, new research has shown. read more>
The UK’s Financial Services Authority has proposed changing free float and corporate governance requirements in a bid to strengthen the country's listings regime. read more>
By removing derivatives market infrastructure open access provisions in MiFID II, MEPs risk turning back the clock on developing a competitive single market in Europe, warn market participants. read more>