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RealTick has upgraded its multi-broker trading platform’s options functionality.

Liquidnet has set a quarterly record for principal traded in Asia-Pacific equities, the buy-side crossing network announced this week.

NYSE Arca Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by global exchange group NYSE Euronext, will start trading US-listed stocks from 21 April, two days ahead of rival MTF Turquoise.

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise has revealed plans to switch trading platforms by early September, slightly earlier than the proposed migration of its parent, the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

Japan-based investment bank Nomura has added new equity execution strategies to its ModelEx algorithmic trading platform in Asia, claiming to be the first broker to offer high-frequency-style tactics to all its clients in the region.

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Chi-X Europe is among a number of trading venues that has reported substantial growth in Q1 2010, piling further pressure on domestic exchanges, which did not perform as strongly as some MTFs over the period.

Global broker Barclays Capital has received all the relevant approvals to start trading equities on Brazilian stock exchange BM&F Bovespa through its local subsibidary, Barclays Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios, which has become a full member of BM&F Bovespa.

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX plans to launch two new historical data products –Velocity and Forces and Historical Market Pathfinders – on 3 May to give traders insight into pre-trade order activity and market sentiment.

Interxion, an operator of carrier-neutral data centres, has signed a deal with the Nordic Growth Market (NGM) to locate its matching engines at Interxion’s Stockholm data centre.

The race is on for international institutions to take advantage of Russia’s burgeoning equities market, but the nuances of the country’s infrastructure could pose a number of difficulties, according to new research from consultancy TABB Group.