US buy-side traders have welcomed the impending launch of Nasdaq OMX's new PSX trading venue, with some expecting trade sizes on the platform to be at least double the current average.
Bursa Malaysia has migrated its derivatives products onto CME Globex, the electronic trading platform operated by CME Group, enabling global traders to access Malaysian derivatives products electronically.
Agency broker and transaction cost analysis provider ITG has appointed former Nomura executive Bahar Brown as head of analytical sales for Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Global trading platform operator BATS Exchange will offer new routing services on its BATS Options trading system from 1 October 2010, including access to multiple market centres.
US-based agency broker Lime Brokerage has launched high-speed options execution capabilities, with 'through-box' latency in the low double-digit microseconds.
A reduction in trading volumes is likely to slim broker lists among buy-side institutions, but could this be accompanied by consolidation and rationalisation on the sell-side?
The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to rebuild its Japanese futures trading market to pre-crisis levels with a new futures trading platform from NYSE Technologies, the IT arm of exchange group NYSE Euronext.
The admission of the first remote trading participant on the Tokyo Financial Exchange is expected to open the door for similar agreements on Japanese exchanges.