High-frequency trading in the foreign exchange (FX) markets will rocket to 40% by the end of 2012 from with 25% at the end of 2009, according to a new study by consulting firm Aite Group.
Nasdaq OMX Europe, the pan European multilateral trading facility (MTF), has entered into exclusive talks with Equiduct about the possibility of migrating its client flow to the Germany-based trading venue.
Trading turnover on pan-European multilateral trading facility Turquoise’s non-displayed, mid-point book exceeded €200 million for the first time on 28 April, making it the second-largest dark MTF on that day behind rival Chi-X Europe.
European buy-side firms are expanding their equity derivatives activity this year as an antidote to low volumes and fragmentation in the cash markets and the need for new sources of alpha, according to a new study from research and consulting firm TABB Group.
BATS Options, the US equity options exchange operated by exchange group BATS Global Markets, had continued ramping up the instruments available to trade on its platform.
Proposed new rules governing the operation of dark pools in Europe are too restrictive, according to market participants speaking at the TradeTech equity trading conference in London on April 22.
Prague-based investment bank Wood & Company has become a member of pan-European multilateral trading (MTF) facility Nasdaq OMX Europe to trade stocks listed in the Czech Republic and Hungary.