Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking’s direct capital access offering now includes electronic order facilitation of exchange-traded funds.
European trading platform operators are now starting to define their MiFID II and Dodd-Frank-compliant venue offerings but gaps in the two rulebooks are causing uncertainty for those wanting to service both American and European markets.
A technical glitch at the Australian Securities Exchange yesterday, which prevented the proper reporting of trades by alternative venue Chi-X Australia, could help fuel further debate on market structure in the country.
The rise of passively-managed funds is changing the nature of liquidity in the US equities market and forcing trading tactics to evolve accordingly, says financial research firm TABB Group.
Two industry working groups attempting to harmonise data standards in Europe are seeking support from securities watchdog the European Securities and Markets Authority to ensure their projects are completed ahead of MiFID II implementation.
Anglo-French clearing house LCH.Clearnet has enhanced its US OTC interest rate swap clearing service, SwapClear, to accept a broader range of collateral for initial margin, offering increased connectivity and variable notional swaps.
Mexico has confirmed that it plans to join the Mercado Integrado Latino Americano, the trading alliance launched that links a group of Latin American exchanges.