European equity trading activity showed signs of stabilising in March, with turnover increasing by 11% from February to just over €1.1 trillion, according to the latest market share report from Thomson Reuters, which includes delayed trades for the first time.
International exchange group Deutsche Börse has opened a representative office in Tokyo to provide a local hub for Eurex, its derivatives exchange, and its Market Data & Analytics unit.
Trading software and analytics provider Tethys Technology has added a new module for options auto-quoting and centralised, risk-managed trading to its Execta execution management system (EMS).
Two US trading venues, equities platform Direct Edge and options exchange International Securities Exchange (ISE) – which owns 31.54% of Direct Edge – will introduce new fee schedules on 1 May that offer more attractive pricing.
Russian securities firm Maxwell Capital has implemented market connectivity and trade execution solutions from trading technology provider Orc Software.
Taking liquidity away from the public order book poses a threat to the buy-side’s ability to discover prices, say top investment managers at the TradeTech securities industry conference held in Paris this week.
Electronic trading revenues are anticipated to fall in the Asia-Pacific region, while the development of dark pools is expected to stall, according to new research from consultancy TABB Group.
Nordic financial institution Swedbank has implemented the new smart order routing (SOR) module of Front Arena, a cross-asset trading platform from technology provider Sungard.