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Chi-X Global poised to launch three Asian venues in 2010

2010 will be a busy year for Chi-X Global as the trading platform operator and technology provider prepares to launch its Chi-East pan-Asian dark pool and displayed alternative trading systems in Japan and Australia within a few months of one another.

Instinet combats analyst dearth with corporate access tool

Agency broker Instinet has launched Meet the Street, a corporate access offering for the US market that aims to match corporate management teams with interested buy-side investors though a web-based service.

Nomura names equities co-heads as reshuffle continues

Japan-based investment bank Nomura has promoted two of its senior executives, both former Lehman Brothers bankers, to lead its equities business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

BATS expands European after hours trading, adds US order type

BATS Europe, the multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by US exchange group BATS Global Markets, plans to extend its after hours trading service to include German and French stocks from the middle of next month.

Tough 2009 prompts strategic review at PLUS

UK exchange operator PLUS Markets has launched an “in-depth” strategic review of its business, which may include a shift to electronic trading, after making a loss of £8.3 million for the year ended 31 December 2009.

Nasdaq MTF makes later-than-expected CE Europe push

Nasdaq OMX Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by exchange group Nasdaq OMX, will start trading shares listed on the Budapest and Prague stock exchanges from 16 April.

Rolet hails LSE’s cut in total trading costs

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has reported that the amount of money it makes from UK cash equities trading has dropped since the introduction of a new tariff structure in September last year.