Trading Venues Archive

May 28, 2008

MTFs, dark pools to "transform" Japan's equity markets

“Project Turquoise is undoubtedly going to come to Japan,” announced Neil Katkov, group head of research at Celent Japan, the research and consulting firm, speaking at TradeTech Japan 2008 conference in Tokyo today. read more>

May 28, 2008

Turquoise plans early opening

Turquoise plans early opening

Turquoise, a pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) scheduled for launch in September, is to begin its daily trading at 07.45, compared with 08.00 at rival trading venues such as the London Stock Exchange. read more>

May 27, 2008

MF Global connects to Indian exchanges

Futures and options broker MF Global now offers connectivity to the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) through its existing infrastructure, provided by derivatives trading solutions firm Patsystems. read more>

May 27, 2008

Fidessa announces KoreaCross link

Fidessa Group, a provider of trading systems, market data and global connectivity solutions, is to connect to Instinet's Korean crossing network, KoreaCross. read more>

May 23, 2008

Deutsche Börse and Shenzen Stock Exchange to share information

German stock exchange group Deutsche Börse has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. read more>

May 23, 2008

Credit Suisse continues dark pool connectivity drive

Investment bank Credit Suisse has linked to US dark pool RiverCross ATS, and has announced that AES CrossFinder, the bank’s dark pool, will become the first alternative trading system available on SFTI, NYSE Euronext’s low-latency communications network. read more>

May 23, 2008

LSE puts advanced trading at centre of growth strategy

LSE puts advanced trading at centre of growth strategy

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) revealed its plans to support low-latency and algorithmic trade execution at the announcement of its preliminary results for the year ending 31st March 2008 on Thursday. read more>

May 21, 2008

PLUS warns MTFs of over-crowded UK equities market

MTFs (multilateral trading facilities) entering the UK to compete against the London Stock Exchange are exposing themselves to an extremely tight and competitive market, according to Simon Brickles, CEO of UK stock exchange PLUS Markets. read more>

May 21, 2008

UPDATE: Further dark pool links expected in US, Europe

UPDATE:  Further dark pool links expected in US, Europe

The news that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS have struck bilateral agreements to grant each other’s clients access to their dark pools could prompt more dark pool links in the US and Europe. read more>

May 20, 2008

Goldman, Morgan Stanley and UBS link US dark pools

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS have struck a series of bilateral agreements that will allow their respective clients to access the banks' non-displayed liquidity pools. read more>