UBI Banca joins MTS Cash as market maker in LSEG technology deal
MTS Cash adds UBI Banca as a market maker for Italian government securities after the bank deployed LSEG’s IT platform.
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Shorter market hours bid hits wall as Euronext rejects proposal
Euronext confirms it has no intentions to change its market hours due to lack of consensus from market participants and little evidence on the benefits.
Cboe completes acquisition of dark pool MATCHNow from Virtu Financial
MATCHNow is one of Canada’s largest dark pools, providing Cboe with a path to build out an equities platform for Canadian markets.
TRADE Calls: Nasdaq – Building platforms in a pandemic
Global head of execution and risk management solutions at Nasdaq, Carl Slesser, joins The TRADE to give an overview of the buy- and sell-side technology landscape in the current pandemic, and discusses the exchange group's recent market technology agreement with Stifel Financial.
HKEX expands derivatives offering with eight new MSCI index futures contracts
Eight US dollar-denominated index futures have been listed on the HKEX derivatives market as the exchange rolls out MSCI-based derivatives.
Tradeweb to install Nasdaq market surveillance technology
Tradeweb will use the market surveillance platform from Nasdaq to monitor trading in US treasuries, mortgage-backed securities and swaps via Dealerweb.
LSEG considers sale of MTS or Borsa Italiana amid scrutiny of Refinitiv takeover
The European Commission had raised concerns that the combined LSEG and Refinitiv group could hold too much market share in bond trading once the deal closes.
Cboe to launch periodic auction in US after European success
After emerging as an alternative trading venue under MiFID II in Europe, Cboe will now bring its periodic auction to the US equity market.
JP Morgan Asset Management joins ICE ETF Hub committee as development partner
As it becomes a member of the ICE ETF Hub advisory committee, JP Morgan Asset Management will be a key development partner for the platform.
TRADE Calls: Aquis Exchange – Best execution and NEX takeover
Alasdair Haynes, chief executive and founder of Aquis Exchange, joins The TRADE to discuss why he believes best execution should be at the heart of the MiFID II review, and how the acquisition of NEX Exchange will be transformational for Aquis.