Regions Archive

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has become the first European bourse to offer currency-based exchange-traded commodities (ETCs). read more>

The Singapore Exchange has revised the date for implementing a new settlement process after a glitch forced it to delay the project. read more>

Nasdaq OMX Stockholm, the Swedish bourse operated by exchange group Nasdaq OMX Nordic, is to increase its Norwegian stock universe and introduce central counterparty (CCP) clearing for all Norwegian equities. read more>

Nasdaq OMX Europe, the multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by exchange group Nasdaq OMX, will increase tariffs next month for routing passive orders to primary exchanges in a bid to encourage more passive liquidity to remain on its platform. read more>

Importing into Europe established US crossing engine models that mix retail and institutional flow may prove a challenge, but two operators of such systems – Knight Capital and Citi – believe they can rise to it. read more>

Chi-X Global, the holding company for the Chi-X execution platforms and trading technology provider Chi-Tech, has expanded its Asia-Pacific sales team with a view to growing its business in the region. read more>

Chilean investment bank LarrainVial is to offer direct market access connectivity to the Santiago Stock Exchange using an electronic trading platform built by NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology arm of exchange group NYSE Euronext. read more>

SmartPool, the non-displayed trading facility operated by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has added two large brokers as members of its platform and is proposing to integrate with NYFIX’s Euro Millennium dark pool, according to sources familiar with the situation. read more>

Bursa Malaysia has launched direct market access (DMA) capabilities for equities, which will allow investors to trade equities directly on the exchange through member brokers’ systems. read more>

ConvergEx, a US agency brokerage and financial technology provider, has agreed to buy the US Transaction Services division of trading technology firm NYFIX, which includes the Millennium dark pool. read more>