OneChronos has launched its new European trading venues, in a bid to boost institutional access to pan-European equities and equity-like instruments.
Scott Bradley
The news sees both OneChronos Markets UK and OneChronos Markets NL going live, providing fully authorised UK and EU multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) for investors.
Specifically, full production trading goes live today, 29 July 2026, offering institutional investors, brokers and liquidity providers with an additional destination for equities-based securities trading.
“With the launch of our UK and EU regulated MTFs, OneChronos takes another step forward as a multi-asset, multi-geography exchange operator,” said Adam Sherlock, chief executive of OneChronos Markets NL.
“We’re excited to bring market participants in the region greater choice in where and how they trade, and we look forward to working closely with the industry as liquidity continues to grow.”
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Various subscribers are already connected to the platforms, from firms spanning global investment banks, agency brokers and institutional trading firms, with additional participants expected to onboard over the next few months.
The European business will leverage a periodic auction trading mechanism, alongside a matching model, prioritising quality rather than speed to achieve optimal outcome across eligible order submitted to each auction.
Specifically, the MTFs evaluate the set of eligible orders using advanced mathematical optimisation techniques, to all trading opportunities to be identified and boost price improvement, larger executable size and enhanced liquidity interaction.
Scott Bradley, chief executive of OneChronos Markets UK, added: “We believe market structure should focus on delivering the highest quality execution outcomes rather than simply rewarding the fastest participant.
“By combining the familiarity of periodic auctions with mathematical optimisation and expressive trading techniques, we are introducing a genuinely differentiated execution venue that is designed around investor outcomes, fairness and efficient liquidity formation.”