Traiana, a post-trade solutions supplier owned by interdealer broker ICAP, has extended its Harmony network's contract-for-difference equity swap service for use by long-only buy-side firms and hedge funds.
Bulge-bracket broker Goldman Sachs has received approval from UK regulator the Financial Services Authority to launch its dark multilateral trading facility, SIGMA X MTF.
The European Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee has agreed new measures that will severely restrict naked short selling activity in Europe, however it has dropped proposed public disclosure of short positions.
The launch of clearing for flexible equity derivatives contracts on a segment of domestic Spanish exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles is expected to increase trading efficiency and reduce costs for market participants.
Derivatives trading technology provider FFastFill, has launched a new service, FFastFill Horizon, that enables sell-side firms without direct membership to access over 60 trading venues, covering equity, fixed income, futures, FX and options, via other member firms.
Liquidnet, the buy-side focused block trading venue, has been integrated directly into technology vendor Fidessa's Execution Management System Workstation trading platform for equities, in a link that will simplify buy-side access to the dark pool.
Worldwide trading of listed derivatives soared by 25% in 2010, reaching its highest level since 2003, as market participants prepare for new rules governing over-the-counter swaps.
IPC Systems, a provider of trading communications solutions, has unveiled a new unified platform that is built on open, service-oriented architecture with the aim of streamlining the trading workflow of financial markets participants of all sizes.
The Transaction Auditing Group, a US-based performance and market quality assessment service provider, has appointed Walter Ferstand as senior vice president of its compliance and regulatory consulting services.