Europe

ACTIV joins Atrium’s low-latency network

Market data vendor ACTIV Financial has joined connectivity provider Atrium Network’s extranet community and has become one of the first clients to use Exchange Ring, Atrium’s ultra-low-latency network connecting European exchanges and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs).

SEC explores new US short-selling restrictions

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking public comment on whether it should impose price or so-called circuit-breaker restrictions on short-selling US equities.

Chi-X unveils commodity trading plans

Chi-X Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by agency brokerage Instinet, has announced its intention to start trading exchange traded commodities (ETCs) later this month.

French broker to use Chi-Tech trading platform

Oddo & Cie, a Paris-based independent agency brokerage, has implemented MarketPrizm, a trading infrastructure platform provided by Chi-X Global Technology (Chi-Tech), the technology services unit of trading venue operator Chi-X Global.

MTFs detail schedules for single stock code migration

Chi-X Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by agency brokerage Instinet, has revealed its timeline for migrating to the uniform stock symbology agreed on by a group of European trading platforms.

European buy-side cuts dependence on sales traders – TABB

Twelve percent of European buy-side traders have shifted equities order flow away from brokers’ sales-traders to more self-directed, low-touch execution methods such as direct market access, algorithms and non-displayed multilateral trading facilities, according to a new study from research and consulting firm TABB Group.

Cheuvreux to complete crossing engine roll-out in Q2

French broking house CA Cheuvreux is planning to finalise the roll-out of its Blink internal crossing engine for European equities by the end of Q2, following its launch at the beginning of this year.

UK unbundling regime moving market in right direction – FSA

The UK regime governing dealing commissions has helped cut commission rates, limited use of commissions to the purchase of execution and research services and encouraged greater separation in how these services are bought, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) said.

EMCF cuts fees for UK stocks

European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), a pan-European central counterparty (CCP), owned by Fortis Bank Nederland and exchange group Nasdaq OMX, has reduced its fees by 40% for clearing UK securities.