Cboe announces leadership for new Markets Division
Firm also outlines plans to migrate Cboe Options Exchange onto Bats proprietary technology.
Trading Venues
SGX appoints bond veteran as head of fixed income
Mark Leahy has held senior roles in fixed income at major institutions including Deutsche Bank, UBS and Nomura.
CME and NEX Group agree £3.9 billion acquisition
CME and NEX Group reach agreement on acquisition which is expected to close in the second half of this year.
UK block trading continues to rise after record trading week
Turquoise Plato and Liquidnet led major block trading venues in record week of activity in the UK.
Euronext completes Irish Stock Exchange acquisition
Completed acquisition of The Irish Stock Exchange will see entity rebranded as Euronext Dublin.
ESMA moves forward with SI tick size regime amendment
ESMA to enforce SI tick size regime and intends to address escalating market data costs imposed by exchanges highlighted by market participants.
The Big Interview: Jonathan Clark
Former head of equity trading for the Americas at BlackRock and CEO at Luminex Trading & Analytics, Jonathan Clark, discusses block trading trends, his time on the buy-side and the decision to add conditional orders to Luminex’s platform.
Moving towards the light
Have trading volumes moved onto lit venues following MiFID II’s restrictions on dark trading and the rise of systematic internalisers? Hayley McDowell examines.
Dark pool trading halved, LIS activity stagnant as MiFID II DVCs take effect
Statistics from Thomson Reuters show early effect of MiFID II DVCs as dark pool trading plummets, periodic auctions surge but LIS activity declines.
Beyond MiFID II: LSEG focusing on the future
Brian Schwieger, global head of equities products at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), talks to The TRADE about the group’s impressions of the early days of MiFID II and its initiatives for the rest of 2018.