Buy-side owned block trading venue sets new monthly records
Luminex Trading & Analytics saw record month of activity in May in terms of shares traded and notional value traded.
Tag: Block trading
Cboe periodic auction broker priority allocations drops
Cboe says non-broker priority allocations within its periodic auction book has risen to 80%.
Sell side
The Big Interview: Richard Parsons
Instinet’s European CEO, Richard Parsons, discusses the firm’s liquidity agreements with Virtu and Sun Trading, the debate around SIs and periodic auctions, and potential consolidation on the sell-side over the next few years.
Block trades peak making up over half of dark trading volumes
Block trades accounted for a record 51.9% of dark trading last week, according to statistics from Fidessa.
Tradeweb hires Macquarie’s European execution services head for Plato venture
Richard Bateson will oversee the development of new cash equities block trading platform launched with Plato Partnership.
Tradeweb expands into equities with Plato Partnership block trading venture
Tradeweb and Plato Partnership to launch European cash equities block trading platform later this year.
Turquoise Plato trades €480 million for new block record
New daily value traded above LIS is set at Turquoise Plato as block trading trend continues in the wake of MiFID II.
Trading Venues
Market complexity growing alongside large-in-scale trading and periodic auctions
TradeTech keynote discussion panel finds that while large-in-scale trading and periodic auction activity is on the rise, so too is market complexity.
Hidden mid-point pegged order types at LSE hit new record
LSE sees new record for large-in-scale order type as block trading continues to gain momentum under the MiFID II regime in Europe.
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.