Regions

The total value traded on the London Stock Exchange’s SETS equities trading platform fell 22% in the year to 31 March 2009, according to the exchange group’s preliminary annual results statement.

NYSE Technologies, the technology unit of exchange group NYSE Euronext, has struck a deal to host software provider 4th Story’s algorithmic trading solution on its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) Integrated Partner Solutions platform.

LCH.Clearnet Ltd and European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF) have become the latest clearing houses to sign a memorandum of understanding to interoperate with each other.

Burgundy, a multilateral trading facility for Nordic stocks, will continue its rollout on Friday with the addition of five Norwegian stocks to its platform.

Instinet Pacific Limited, a subsidiary of agency broker Instinet, has launched a transition management service for the Australian marketplace.

Pan-European multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) BATS Europe and Nasdaq OMX Europe have both expanded their connectivity.

NYSE Technologies, the technology division of exchange group NYSE Euronext, has announced that BIDS Trading, a block trading platform for US equities, has chosen its SuperFeed ticker plant as a source of global market data.

Exchange group NYSE Euronext will face more competitive pressure in Europe from next month when BATS Europe, the European trading platform backed by US exchange BATS, introduces ‘inverted’ pricing for stock in three Euronext indices.

The newly-launched European division of dark block trading platform Pipeline will offer clearing and settlement to both buy- and sell-side clients through BNP Paribas Securities Services and pan-European clearing house EuroCCP.

UK agency broker Execution has hired Ben Johnson as a member of Alternative Execution, its portfolio and electronic trading unit.