Asset Classes

LSE extends high-volume promotion

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has extended the duration of a price promotion introduced to attract high-volume traders by four months.

Dark pool volume growth unsustainable – MTFs

Europe has seen considerable growth in trading volumes on dark pools in the first half of 2010, however this growth seems unlikely to continue at recent levels.

NYSE Euronext London to compete with LSE

Exchange group NYSE Euronext has received approval to launch a new trading venue for international companies that wish to list in London, designed to further unify its global trading offering.

Market makers take tough line on their own business

Three leading US market making firms have written to national regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposing stronger obligations for those providing two-sided markets.

Woodbine Associates names Owens director

Capital market research and advisory firm Woodbine Associates has appointed Sean Owens as its new director of fixed income and derivatives.

DFM outlines equity trading changes ahead of Nasdaq Dubai migration

The Dubai Financial Services Authority, regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre, has given approval for stock exchange Nasdaq Dubai to migrate its trading onto the trading platform of Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the emirate's principal stock exchange.

FESE members pledge to unbundle market data

Members of the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), the trade body that represents 52 stock exchanges, have made a series of commitments to improve the quality of their post-trade data.