The European Commission has adopted draft legislation to create a new European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) to identify risks to the European financial system and act as an early warning system for risks that require a rapid response.
NYSE Arca Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading system operated by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has added a further 334 large and mid-cap stocks, bringing the total number of names in which it offers trading to 794.
Auerbach Grayson, a US agency brokerage that specialises in global trade execution and research services, has agreed a deal with DZ Bank aimed at offering institutional clients greater access to Germany’s capital markets.
The Polish Financial Supervision Authority has approved changes to the Warsaw Stock Exchange's (WSE) alternative trading system regulations that will allow the bourse to launch the unregulated trading portion of its new CATALYST corporate and municipal bond market on 6 October.
CM-CIC Securities, the investment arm of French banking group CM-CIC, has chosen a low-latency solution from trading technology provider QuantHouse to help it provide execution services to its buy- and sell-side clients across Europe.
Liquidnet, a buy-side-only block crossing network, has announced the launch schedule for its Supernatural service in Europe and has signed up 12 liquidity providers.
German exchange group Deutsche Börse has unveiled the pricing schedule for Xetra International Market (XIM), its pan-European trading segment, which is due to launch in November.
The London Stock Exchange Group has acquired MillenniumIT, a Sri Lankan technology services provider, as a first step to replacing its TradElect platform with a “highly scalable and very low latency” multi-asset trading system.
Barcelona-based broking house SeBroker has become a member of NYSE Arca Europe, the displayed pan-European multilateral trading facility operated by global exchange group NYSE Euronext.