Europe

Steven Maijoor says EMIR clearing obligation is working as data shows derivatives clearing rates are increasing significantly.

Value traded of block trading in Europe saw record highs last week, led by Liquidnet, ITG POSIT, Cboe LIS and Turquoise Plato.

Deutsche Börse Xetra and Eurex trading systems suffered technical glitch this morning, forcing the exchange group to delay start of trading.

Euronext Dublin will now migrate to the exchange group’s new trading platform Optiq in February rather than November as initially planned.

Trading in Polish, Hungarian and Czech stocks will be available on Cboe Europe from 5 November pending regulatory approval.

BTIG chooses Tony Nilsson, a senior equity sales trader in London, to lead the new business and office in Stockholm Sweden.

Aquis Exchange saw its market share surge to 3.17% in August following its initial public offering in June.

Kyte Broking is moving forward with plans to establish an incorporated French entity before the Brexit deadline in March next year.  

The new appointments follow the promotion of Liz Nolan to chief executive officer for State Street’s EMEA business in November.

US investment bank has entered into an agreement for the sale and leaseback of its London HQ Plumtree Court.