Equities Archive

April 22, 2010

High hopes for MiFID review

Xavier Rolet, CEO of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), is hoping that the European Commissions review of MiFID will both level the playing field across Europe’s trading venues and foster an environment of greater efficiency and lower costs for all. read more>

April 22, 2010

MF Global FXA Securities expands into Japanese equities

MF Global FXA Securities, the derivatives trading arm of financial institution MF Global, has gone live with trading technology firm Fidessa’s Japanese trading platform for its new Japanese equities business. read more>

April 21, 2010

Liquidnet chalks up Asia-Pac trading record

Liquidnet has set a quarterly record for principal traded in Asia-Pacific equities, the buy-side crossing network announced this week. read more>

April 20, 2010

Arca beats Turquoise to US stock trading

NYSE Arca Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by global exchange group NYSE Euronext, will start trading US-listed stocks from 21 April, two days ahead of rival MTF Turquoise. read more>

April 19, 2010

Turquoise to shift to Millennium Exchange before LSE

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise has revealed plans to switch trading platforms by early September, slightly earlier than the proposed migration of its parent, the London Stock Exchange (LSE). read more>

April 19, 2010

Nomura extends high-frequency strategies to Asian clients

Japan-based investment bank Nomura has added new equity execution strategies to its ModelEx algorithmic trading platform in Asia, claiming to be the first broker to offer high-frequency-style tactics to all its clients in the region. read more>

April 19, 2010

Chi-X leads European trading activity higher

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Chi-X Europe is among a number of trading venues that has reported substantial growth in Q1 2010, piling further pressure on domestic exchanges, which did not perform as strongly as some MTFs over the period. read more>

April 16, 2010

BarCap to start trading equities in Brazil

Global broker Barclays Capital has received all the relevant approvals to start trading equities on Brazilian stock exchange BM&F Bovespa through its local subsibidary, Barclays Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios, which has become a full member of BM&F Bovespa. read more>

April 16, 2010

Nasdaq OMX’s new data to help traders refine strategies

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX plans to launch two new historical data products –Velocity and Forces and Historical Market Pathfinders – on 3 May to give traders insight into pre-trade order activity and market sentiment. read more>

April 15, 2010

Nordic venues respond to electronic trading demand

Interxion, an operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has signed a deal with the Nordic Growth Market (NGM) to locate its matching engines at Interxion’s Stockholm data centre. read more>