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European trading venues enjoyed another strong month of trading activity in February, with the second-highest turnover since the mass sell-off that hit the market in autumn 2008.

UBS Investment Bank intends to launch a dark-liquidity multilateral trading facility (MTF) for crossing orders in European stocks, pending regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Services Authority.

Can you afford to ignore a quarter of all trading in European blue chips? According to index providers in Europe, you can.

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has sold stakes in its recently acquired multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise to three major banks.

Europe’s equities market is not large enough to sustain the current number of trading venues, which will lead to consolidation in the medium term, according to research from investment bank UBS.

Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, has introduced a new short position disclosure regime following recommendations from the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR).

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) has laid out a strategic plan for 2010-2012 that will help it adjust the developing competitive landscape and enable it capture more business in mainland China.

Pan-European multilateral trading facility Nasdaq OMX Europe (NEURO) has announced that investment bank Barclays Capital has been approved as a sponsoring participant on its platform.

Agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has launched a suite of US options algorithms, called PegTo, which allow users to trade based on their view of whether certain option price measurements – known as greeks – are cheap or expensive

The Obama administration has finalised the proposed legislative language for its controversial Volcker rule, which aims to prevent deposit-taking institutions from engaging in proprietary trading and owning or investing in private equity and hedge funds.