Trading venue operator BATS Global Markets has reported volume numbers for May 2011, including 3.9% matched market share for BATS Options, the US derivatives venue launched just over a year ago.
Chi-X Australia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of alternative trading venue operator Chi-X Global, has released the names of brokers that intend to participate in its market launch, expected in Q4 2011.
Qatar's Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment has approved the establishment of a junior market for small and medium enterprises at Qatar Exchange.
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has launched a consultation on the pre-opening and closing mechanisms on its securities market with the aim of improving transparency and price discovery.
The expected introduction of dark pool trading rules in Australia as part of market-wide regulatory changes should not pose major obstacles to the future development of these off-exchange liquidity venues, market participants say.
The proposed introduction of after-hours futures trading by the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is aimed at attracting European and US investors, but may also support the exchange's key strategic goal of meeting latent international demand for renminbi-denominated products.
GETCO, a global electronic market maker, has unveiled a new high-frequency style execution algorithm that allows institutional investors to mimic the behaviour of low-latency market-making strategies.
Turquoise Derivatives, the pan-European derivatives market operated by the London Stock Exchange Group, will go live on 6 June, offering at first only FTSE futures contracts but expecting to move forward with other products before the end of the year.