Crossing networks Archive

November 14, 2012

Australia's VolumeMatch closes but replacement follows

Australia's VolumeMatch closes but replacement follows

Last Friday, the Australian Securities Exchange’s VolumeMatch service was officially discontinued, ending one of the bourse’s first forays into services intended to help it effectively compete in a multi-venue market. read more>

May 16, 2012

MEPs break ranks to back BCNs

MEPs break ranks to back BCNs

Fears that broker crossing networks may be forced out of the market could be alleviated following the most recent MiFID II amendments tabled by MEPs. read more>

May 15, 2012

MarketPrizm offers access to GETCO dark pool

Market participants will soon be able to access GETCO Execution Services Europe, the centrally-cleared broker crossing network run by electronic market making firm GETCO, via infrastructure and market data provider MarketPrizm. read more>

November 24, 2011

EC bids to clarify ban on prop flow in dark pools

The European Commission today sought to clarify MiFID II proposals on allowing banks’ proprietary trading flow into their dark trading venues and also asserted that contentious rules on electronic trading and market making could be re-assessed. read more>

November 16, 2011

Former Liquidnet head joins Pipeline

Pipeline Financial Group, a US-based block trading platform operator, has announced the appointment of Jay Biancamano as its executive chairman, replacing Alfred R. Berkeley, who has retired from the firm. read more>

November 02, 2011

US buy-side steps up dark pool due diligence

US buy-side steps up dark pool due diligence

Institutional investors are bolstering their due diligence on dark pools in response to a recent sanction of a block-crossing venue in the United States. read more>

November 01, 2011

Liquidnet bolsters board with former SEC commissioners

Buy-side-focused block-crossing network Liquidnet has added two former US watchdogs and a leading academic administrator to its board. read more>

October 24, 2011

SEC fines Pipeline for “misleading” institutions over use of prop desk

Pipeline Trading Systems, a US-based operator of block crossing systems, and two of its senior executives have been fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose that a high proportion of orders executed on behalf of buy-side customers in its US dark pool were filled by an affiliated trading firm. read more>

October 24, 2011

Liquidnet faces court action over private share venue

Wedbush Securities, a US-based broker dealer, has filed court proceedings against buy-side-focused block trading venue operator Liquidnet and two former Wedbush employees for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets related to a new private share platform. read more>

October 07, 2011

Oriel offers institutions access to aggregate retail liquidity

Oriel offers institutions access to aggregate retail liquidity

London-based corporate and institutional brokerage Oriel Securities has developed a new tool that allows institutional investors to interact with aggregated retail liquidity. read more>