MTFs & ECNs Archive

April 16, 2012

Turquoise seeks to emulate Chi-X Europe Spanish success

Turquoise seeks to emulate Chi-X Europe Spanish success

Turquoise, the pan-European multilateral trading facility majority-owned by the London Stock Exchange, is introducing a pricing promotion for Spanish stocks that threatens to further erode the share of incumbent exchange group Bolsas y Mercados Españoles. read more>

April 11, 2012

Turquoise expands clearers with EMCF

Turquoise, the pan-European equities platform owned by the London Stock Exchange, has added EMCF as its fourth central counterparty. read more>

April 02, 2012

JSDA clarifies security suspension policy

The watchdog which oversees alternative venues in Japan has set out new guidelines for the circumstances in which it will halt the trading of securities on alternative venues. read more>

March 23, 2012

BATS IPO poised to encourage business growth

BATS Global Markets could raise up to US$100 million through its initial public offering today, helping to support the market operator's planned expansion into new asset classes and geographies. read more>

March 20, 2012

Turquoise adds third clearer

Turquoise, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by the London Stock Exchange, has added SIX x-clear to its list of central counterparties. read more>

March 15, 2012

Nomura’s ETF MTF expands into emerging markets

Nomura’s new venue for exchange-traded funds has increased its offerings to include a wide range of emerging markets instruments. read more>

March 14, 2012

Japanese alternate venues win right to keep trading

The Japanese regulator is soon to publish new guidelines which will ensure market participants are able to continue trading, should the country’s main exchange experience an outage. read more>

March 06, 2012

Spanish primary loses ground as Chi-X increases market share

Pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe reached 4.7% market share in Spain last month, making significant headway against incumbent exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles. read more>

February 20, 2012

MTF to provide NAV-based trading of ETFs

A new multilateral trading facility has been launched by Nomura and global interdealer broker Tradition, affording electronic trading of exchange traded funds, referencing net asset value. read more>

February 15, 2012

SBI Japannext breaks trading volume record

Alternate trading venue SBI Japannext has reported its highest daily volumes since opening for trading in November 2006. read more>