Neonet, a trading systems provider, is to offer its buy- and sell-side clients trading access to Turquoise, a pan-European multilateral trading facility, when it launches in September.
Fidessa, a trading systems, market data and global connectivity provider, has added Knight Link, a financial servces firm, as a new trading venue for Fidessa users seeking off-exchange liquidity.
German broker Baader Wertpapierhandelsbank has started offering connectivity to all German equity exchanges through the Reuters Trading for Exchanges (RTEx) order routing system.
Accessing liquidity was a central theme of TradeTech 2008, both on the podium and in the exhibition hall. But there is a marked difference between what is said in public – in a panel discussion or presentation – and the whispered exchanges taking place among delegates and on the conference stands.
Chi-X Canada, an alternative trading system (ATS), has completed its symbol migration, allowing it to trade all Toronto Stock Exchange-listed securities, and is planning to introduce smart order routing capability to the platform in early April.