US agency brokerage Auerbach Grayson, a specialist in emerging markets research and trade execution services, has extended its network to enable institutional clients to take advantage of growing opportunities in Latin America’s smaller markets.
NYSE Euronext, the global exchanges group, and BIDS Holdings, a broker-dealer and alternative trading system operator, have received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a new block trading venue.
US equity trading venue Direct Edge’s pursuit of exchange status for its two trading platforms, EDGA and EDGX, will put it on the same regulatory footing as its three biggest rivals – the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nasdaq and BATS Exchange.
US Investment managers that are taking active measures to reduce expenses are targeting average cost cuts of 22% by the end of 2009 as falling portfolio values shrink revenues, according to a new survey by research and consulting firm Greenwich Associates.
Rival US equity trading venues are eroding exchange group Nasdaq’s trading market share of the stocks it lists, according to a new study by research consultancy Celent.
The Chilean Stock Exchange aims to benefit from faster transactions and better communication with other exchanges worldwide after signing a deal with IBM, the US technology and consulting firm, for a new securities trading platform.
US buy-side firms directed more order flow to sell-side brokers’ sales traders in response to recent equity market volatility, a new Tabb Group report claims.
Trading systems provider Flextrade has connected the smart order routing function of its FlexTRADER execution management system (EMS) to Alpha ATS, the Canadian alternative trading platform that went live on 7 November.