SmartPool, the non-displayed multilateral trading facility run by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has signed up Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) as its newest member and reported a number of market share records in key Nordic indices.
US-based investment bank Jefferies has launched a suite of algorithms for the US, Canadian and European equity markets designed for the current volatile and fragmented market landscape.
European clearing house LCH.Clearnet and multilateral trading facility (MTF) Chi-X Europe have joined forces to offer a clearing service for equity contracts for difference (CFD) trades.
Investment bank J.P. Morgan has added two new algorithmic strategies to its MorganDirect AlgoX algorithmic order execution service for foreign exchange (FX) and made the suite available from Bloomberg terminals.
Connectivity provider Atrium Network and Visual Trader, a technology company owned by Spanish exchange group Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) are offering connectivity to BME by linking their respective networks.
Agency broker and technology provider ITG has launched a dark liquidity aggregation tool for the Asian market to counter buy-side concerns about fragmentation.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of equities trading venue Direct Edge’s application to become an exchange will allow the company to launch new products, according to William O’Brien, the platform’s CEO.
SmartPool, the pan-European dark pool operated by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has unveiled plans to launch MatchView, a post-trade analytics and data consolidation service for non-displayed trading venues.
Turquoise, the pan-European multilateral facility (MTF) purchased by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in February, has set its sights on becoming the largest alternative trading venue in Europe by 2013.