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Turquoise, the pan-European multilateral facility (MTF) purchased by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in February, has set it sights on becoming the largest alternative trading venue in Europe by 2013. read more »

BM&F Bovespa, the multi-asset-class Brazilian exchange, has selected technology firm SunGard as its fourth provider of direct market access (DMA). read more »

ConvergEx, an agency broker and trading technology provider, has integrated access to the latest options execution and routing technologies from its LiquidPoint derivatives broking subsidiary into its Eze OMS order management system. read more »

SMARTS Group, a provider of market surveillance tools, has completed the rollout of its SMARTS Integrity platform at pan-European multilateral trading facility BATS Europe. read more »

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced two agreements that will enable it to expand the number of India-related products it can offer for trading. read more »

NYSE Liffe US, the North American futures exchange operated by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has sold minority stakes in its platform to six banks and market makers. read more »

Xetra International Market (XIM), the pan-European trading operation of Deutsche Börse, has announced plans to expand the number of instruments it trades from 86 to 1,000. read more »

New research from agency broker and technology provider ITG has shown that trading costs for Japanese equities dropped by 36% in January, following the introduction of the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s (TSE) new Arrowhead trading platform. read more »

Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has announced its second investment in a trading venue in the space of two days. read more »

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) BATS Europe has chosen technology firm QuantHouse to provide it with real-time market data feeds from other European trading venues. read more »