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Lime Brokerage, the US-based high-speed connectivity specialist, has confirmed that CEO Jeff Wecker has left the firm “to pursue other interests”.

US-based trade venue Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has stated that its new all-electronic exchange, C2 Options Exchange, will open on Friday, 29 October 2010.

Asia-Pacific derivatives markets are growing in size and accessibility with the more open markets of Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore holding the greatest appeal for western traders, according to a new research report by TABB Group, 'Trading in Asian derivatives: opportunities near and far'.

In today's electronic trading market where products and services have become highly commoditised, every agency broker is aiming for the ultimate piece of cutting edge technology that will outshine the competition and make trading easier or faster.

French investment bank Société Générale has added algorithms and direct market access for Indonesia to its Quantitative Electronic Services product suite.

Two Japanese exchanges have teamed up with global market centre operators to offer trading of a Japanese futures product to European traders and listing of a European derivatives contract in Tokyo.

Dutch retail-focused trade platform The Order Machine has started trading Dutch equities on its multilateral trade facility, TOM MTF, which is now open to third parties in addition to founders BinckBank and Optiver.

North European investment bank SEB Enskilda has expanded its Baltic equities coverage, with four new hires from Swedish rival Swedbank.

US-based options venue the International Securities Exchange is attempting to attract traders to its proprietary front-end trading terminal, PrecISE Trade, by extending a fee waiver for new users by two months.

US futures and options regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is set to hold the second meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee, reestablished in direct response to the 'flash crash'on 6 May, which is charged with keeping the CFTC informed of technology-led changes in the derivatives market.