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In recent months, dark pool operators could be excused for feeling they were being attacked on both flanks. But that was before Ronald Arculli came along and opened up another front.

Nasdaq OMX Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by exchange group Nasdaq OMX, will start trading Irish stocks in early 2010.

Deutsche Bank’s suite of global equity algorithms and futures execution capabilities are now available to buy-side traders via RealTick, the multi-broker, cross-asset execution management system from Townsend Analytics.

Fidessa, a trading technology provider for buy- and sell-side firms, has added Middle Eastern brokerage Mubasher Financial Services (MFS) to its global connectivity network.

Alex Zinny has been appointed head of sales at ESP Technologies, a US-based post-trade aggregation technology provider for active asset managers.

The Turkish Derivatives Exchange (TurkDEX) has agreed a $6m licence-and-support contract with specialist derivatives technology provider Patsystems.

US-based exchange group Nasdaq OMX has extended its cooperation with telecoms provider Verizon Business to include co-location services and trading and market data access.

SmartPool, the non-displayed liquidity multilateral trading facility owned by global exchange group NYSE Euronext, is adding four new European mid-cap indices to its stock universe.

The US arm of agency brokerage Instinet has added three new research providers to Instinet Access, a programme designed to increase sales, marketing and account coverage for companies providing research to the broker’s institutional client base.

Japanese broker Daiwa Securities SMBC will launch an electronic trading platform for cash and listed derivatives in Asia next year.