US equities trading platform Direct Edge achieved a matched market share of 10.10% on 11 March, pushing it above the 10% mark for the first time. The firm’s previous one-day matched market share record, achieved on 2 March, was 9.18%.
Electronic Liquidity Exchange (ELX), a bank-backed alternative exchange for US Treasury futures, has set its launch date for June this year, subject to approval by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Nasdaq OMX Europe, a pan-European multilateral trading facility, is planning to launch Market Replay Europe, a historical market analysis tool for the European market, in the second quarter of this year.
Instinet Europe, the European subsidiary of global agency brokerage Instinet, has connected to NYSE Arca Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) launched by exchange group NYSE Euronext on Monday.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Oslo Børs have revealed details about how they will cooperate, following the strategic partnership the two exchanges announced last December.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has decided to replace its Nasdaq OMX derivatives trading system with Canadian exchange group TMX’s SOLA platform as part of a plan to develop its derivatives business.
Turquoise, a pan-European equity trading platform, has joined the MTF common symbology working group because of the operational and trading benefits it will provide to its members.
StreamBase Systems, a complex event processing (CEP) technology provider, has extended its software to connect to Alpha ATS, an alternative trading venue in Canada.
The equity markets division of banking group ING has extended its electronic desk access (EDA) and direct market access (DMA) services to its clients via the Marco Polo network, an independent platform for electronic trading of global emerging markets.
China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) is planning to launch an information system to facilitate trading in its block execution market, according to an interview with Geng Liang, governor of the SSE, in Shanghai Securities News, a Chinese financial newspaper.