Regions Archive

Trading in dark pools has continued to grow in the US according to the latest report from boutique brokerage Rosenblatt Securities, despite imminent intervention from regulators. read more>

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has left the door open for late responses to its MiFID consultation papers, but still expects to send advice to the European Commission within two months. read more>

BATS Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility operated by BATS Global Markets, has released a new onward routing strategy that will initially target liquidity on the London Stock Exchange. read more>

The ‘flash crash’ that temporarily floored US share prices on 6 May has dented investor confidence in market structure, but market participants broadly support the regulatory response, responses to a survey from consultancy TABB Group suggest. read more>

Electronic trading solutions and platform provider Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading can now route equity orders electronically to Brazil’s BM&F Bovespa stock exchange via its local subsidiary, Goldman Sachs do Brasil CTVM. read more>

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new rule that would require stock exchanges in the US to create a consolidated audit trail of trading information. read more>

BATS Options, the US equity options exchange owned by BATS Global Markets, has completed the rollout of securities on its platform. read more>

The dark mid-point book operated by multilateral trading facility Turquoise has overtaken Chi-Delta as the biggest MTF-owned dark pool in Europe this week after fears of information leakage gripped investors last Thursday. read more>

European buy-side traders have questioned the usefulness of the dark pool trading data being made available by six leading equities brokers from this week. read more>

Caerus Trading, an Amsterdam-based market making firm specialising in listed equity and index options trading, has chosen an Orc Trading solution to support its market making operations. read more>