MTFs & ECNs Archive

New pan-European trading platform Aquis Exchange has teamed up with FIX certification firm FixSpec to let potential customers test FIX messaging as the venue eyes an October launch. read more>

The first week of limited trading on alternative venue operator Chi-X Canada's second venue attracted liquidity in the ten stocks traded, while new electronic trading rules will have minimal impact on the market, according to Chi-X Canada CEO Dan Kessous. read more>

An injection of fresh capital into retail-focused European trading platform Equiduct shows the value of alternative venues, its interim CEO has declared. read more>

Tokyo-based Japannext will next month launch a platform that allows orders to be crossed before the primary exchange market opens and settled at the volume-weighted average price after it closes. read more>

European trading veteran Mark Spanbroek has been appointed non-executive director of new European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange. 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>

Aquis Exchange, a pan-European multilateral trading facility led by former Chi-X Europe CEO Alasdair Haynes has unveiled details of its subscription-based pricing model, eschewing the popular maker-taker model favoured by alternative platforms. read more>

The pricing model for a new Chi-X Canada alternative trading system will attract an under-served portion of the market, while it's launch was delayed until Q2. read more>

Competition to domestic exchanges in Asia has risen in the last year, with SBI Japannext the latest alternative venue to surpass a significant market share milestone. read more>

Chilean alternative venue Bolsa Electrónica de Chile today upgraded its exchange infrastructure to Nasdaq OMX’s X-stream platform. read more>