Regions Archive

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 20, 2010

UBS connects to Chi-Tech trading network

UBS Investment Bank plans to connect to MarketPrizm, a pan-European trading infrastructure offered by Chi-X Global Technology (Chi-Tech), the commercial technology services unit of global trading venue operator Chi-X Global. 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 16, 2010

Russian exchange seeks more members with new UK office

Russian exchange seeks more members with new UK office

Russian bourse RTS Stock Exchange has opened a representative office in the UK in a bid to attract more international members to its exchange. 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>

April 15, 2010

Invest in Russia or risk being left out in the cold – TABB

The race is on for international institutions to take advantage of Russia’s burgeoning equities market, but the nuances of the country’s infrastructure could pose a number of difficulties, according to new research from consultancy TABB Group. read more>