Equities

Nasdaq OMX Europe, the multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by exchange group Nasdaq OMX, is planning to launch a pan-European dark pool, called NEURO Dark, on 27 April.

Fixnetix, a market data, trading and exchange hosting services provider, will provide a direct market data feed from NYSE Arca Europe, NYSE Euronext’s new pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF), to its clients.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has delayed the introduction of non-displayed order types to its SETS electronic order book.

ITG, an agency brokerage and financial software firm, has adapted its single-stock arrival price benchmark algorithm, Active, for the Asia-Pacific region.

Lee Hodgkinson, head of London-based stock exchange SWX Europe, will become CEO of SmartPool, the non-displayed multilateral trading facility set up by exchange group NYSE Euronext, on 1 May.

US equities trading platform Direct Edge achieved a matched market share of 10.10% on 11 March, pushing it above the 10% mark for the first time. The firm’s previous one-day matched market share record, achieved on 2 March, was 9.18%.

John Lowrey, former European head of electronic trading at investment bank Lehman Brothers, has been appointed CEO of Chi-X Global, succeeding Tony Mackay.

Nasdaq OMX Europe, a pan-European multilateral trading facility, is planning to launch Market Replay Europe, a historical market analysis tool for the European market, in the second quarter of this year.

Instinet Europe, the European subsidiary of global agency brokerage Instinet, has connected to NYSE Arca Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) launched by exchange group NYSE Euronext on Monday.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Oslo Børs have revealed details about how they will cooperate, following the strategic partnership the two exchanges announced last December.