After last month's troubled Facebook IPO, representatives from leading US equity exchange operators called for market-wide reforms to restore investor confidence at the SIFMA Tech Leadership Forum in New York.
Nasdaq OMX has delayed its plan to compensate members that lost money during a technical glitch that affected the IPO of Facebook.
Groupe Eurotunnel will delist from the London Stock Exchange to become the first listing on NYSE Euronext's London-based market, with the Channel Tunnel infrastructure provider citing easier access to liquidity as a factor behind its decision.
Block trading is proving more and more popular in Australia, a market characterised by large compulsory pension funds, as venue operator Liquidnet in May set another record, trading over AU$1 billion (US$1.02 billion) in member trades.
Experts will tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission tomorrow that interdealer brokers are best placed to handle the aggregation of swaps liquidity following the arrival of new OTC derivatives rules.
US equity trading volumes reached their highest volumes so far this year, although the market share of trading venues remained relatively unchanged month-to-month.
Trading volumes in Asia experienced a considerable increase in May, after a substantial drop between March and April.
Nasdaq OMX Nordic is expanding its Norwegian offering by letting its members trade all shares listed on Oslo Børs on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm.
European equity trading volumes experienced a slight increase in May, with most major markets growing turnover last month.
Last Friday’s endorsement of new circuit breaker mechanisms by the Securities and Exchange Commission – more than two years after the flash crash that prompted a wholesale review of US equity market structure – promises greater safety for investors but some risks remain.