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BATS Europe to clear UK and Swiss stocks through LCH

BATS Europe, the European trading platform owned by exchange group BATS Global Markets, has selected LCH.Clearnet Ltd, the UK division of European central counterparty (CCP) group LCH.Clearnet, to clear the UK and Swiss securities traded on its platform.

Tradebook provides real-time view of European liquidity

Agency broker and trading technology provider Bloomberg Tradebook has launched Global Tradebook Trade Analytics (GTTA), a tool that helps users find liquidity in fragmented markets, in Europe.

Closure of SWX Europe finalised

SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland’s national stock exchange, has completed the transfer of trading in Swiss blue-chip stocks to its main exchange in Zurich from SWX Europe, its London-based trading platform.

Buy-side signals substantial shift in order flow

Readers of theTRADEnews.com have voiced their dissatisfaction with bulge-bracket brokers in the results of our latest monthly poll. Only 7% indicated that they were planning to shift more orders to full-service houses, while the vast majority – 75% – said they would be directing more flow to agency brokers.

LCH.Clearnet to slash European equity clearing fees

LCH.Clearnet SA, the French arm of European clearing provider LCH.Clearnet, plans to cut fees for NYSE Euronext, Bourse de Luxembourg, Equiduct and NYSE Euronext’s SmartPool multilateral trading facility (MTF) by 30% from 1 July 2009.

BATS Exchange to pay liquidity takers

US equities trading venue BATS Exchange will pay a rebate to firms removing liquidity from its order book under certain conditions as part of its new routing and execution fee schedule, which takes effect today.

NYSE volumes highlight Europe/US trading divergence

Transatlantic exchange group NYSE Euronext yesterday reported increased trading volumes in its US cash equities business in the first quarter, but a slump in the corresponding activity in Europe over the same period, underscoring the structural differences between the two markets.

Burgundy chooses connectivity provider

Burgundy, a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for Nordic stocks backed by a consortium of the region’s banks and securities trading firms, has selected Transaction Network Services (TNS) for connectivity services.

Trading revives in European equity market

European equity trading activity showed signs of stabilising in March, with turnover increasing by 11% from February to just over €1.1 trillion, according to the latest market share report from Thomson Reuters, which includes delayed trades for the first time.