Regions

There is not enough trading volume to sustain Europe’s new execution venues, according to Frederic Ponzo, managing director of financial technology consultancy NET2S.

Transaction Network Services (TNS), a market data and connectivity provider, has added Turquoise, the pan-European trading platform, to its expanding portfolio of trading venues and established a market data connection to the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).

The new CEO of Chi-X Asia-Pacific, Joe Marchal, hopes to establish trading platforms in four new markets in the region before the end of next year.

Global exchange group Nasdaq OMX is to extend its trading hours for all asset classes on its Baltic exchanges, in a bid to generate greater trading activity and attract more foreign investors.