Equities

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 »

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 »

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 »

European trading venues enjoyed another strong month of trading activity in February, with the second-highest turnover since the mass sell-off that hit the market in autumn 2008. read more »

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has sold stakes in its recently acquired multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise to three major banks. read more »

Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, has introduced a new short position disclosure regime following recommendations from the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). read more »

Pan-European multilateral trading facility Nasdaq OMX Europe (NEURO) has announced that investment bank Barclays Capital has been approved as a sponsoring participant on its platform. read more »