Trading Venues Archive

The Japan Exchange Group is moving ahead gradually with its concept of introducing a listed infrastructure market in Japan, according to updated plans published this week. read more>

Song Liping, president and CEO of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has admitted the Chinese securities industry still has a long way to go to meet the demands of the real economy through its gradual transitioning phase. read more>

Spanish regulator CNMV has taken steps to reform the registration, clearing and settlement system in the country's financial markets, with the publication of a set of key changes. read more>

The first week of limited trading on alternative venue operator Chi-X Canada's second venue attracted liquidity in the ten stocks traded, while new electronic trading rules will have minimal impact on the market, according to Chi-X Canada CEO Dan Kessous. read more>

Institutional block trading network Liquidnet has appointed two senior members to its EMEA team to build on positive early-year results as it grow its Continental Europe client base. read more>

The US market infrastructure is on the verge of managing a capacity of three million quotes a second, but the growing disparity between quotes and filled orders will weaken the market, believes one high-frequency trading expert. read more>

A new pre-trade risk management tool for listed derivatives trading will shift risk checking to the exchange level and reduce latency for market participants, according to Nasdaq OMX Nordic. read more>

Pan-European multilateral trading facility BATS Chi-X Europe has received its Recognised Investment Exchange licence from UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority, giving it greater power to challenge Europe's primary markets and potentially drive down listing costs. read more>

A closing auction has been absent from Hong Kong's stock exchange since 2009, but hopes of reinstatement have resurfaced. read more>

Two reports on dark trading levels suggest the European equity market was approaching a landmark in the first quarter of 2013. read more>