NYSE Euronext, a global exchange group, has agreed in principle to sell a stake in NYSE Amex Options, one of its two US options exchanges, to a group of market makers and banks in a bid to enhance liquidity on the platform.
Chi-X Canada, the alternative trading system for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)-listed shares operated by Chi-X Global, has increased its platform’s capacity by almost 500% to help it deal with an expected rise in message traffic in the Canadian market.
PLUS Markets Group, a UK exchange specialising in small- and mid-cap stocks, is planning an incentive scheme for market makers in a bid to attract more equity trading volume.
As the European Commission (EC) gathers evidence for its MiFID review, a survey by The TRADE has found that 68% of European buy-side heads consider their clients to be worse off since its implementation, while only 16% think the directive has improved their ability to attain best execution.
Investment research provider Morningstar has launched a new tool that provides clients with faster and more flexible access to its Morningstar Quotes tick history database.
Agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has enhanced six of its low-touch algorithms to enable them to deal more effectively with volume spikes on so-called special quote (SQ) days in Japan.
NYSE Arca Europe, a pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has launched a joint marketing initiative with RTS Realtime Systems Group, a trading solutions provider, in an attempt to boost trading on its platform.
BATS Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by Kansas-based exchange group BATS Global Markets, hit a new market share record in FTSE 100 stocks on Tuesday.