Regions Archive

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) will add hidden order functionality to its SETS and international order books on 1 December – almost nine months after the original planned launch date. read more>

While lit and dark multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) have successfully taken market share from Europe’s incumbent exchanges, equity trading order flow could reconsolidate in a handful of venues as quickly as it fragmented, according to the latest report from consultancy Aite Group. read more>

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has rescheduled the implementation of new settlement processes, originally planned for 6 November, because of an “isolated incident” in its pre-settlement matching system. read more>

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS) is to provide proximity hosting and its RTD Tango algorithmic trading solution to German securities broker equinet. read more>

Multilateral trading facility BATS Europe’s retention in October of the FTSE 100 market share it won with its September price promotion may indicate that inverting fees can generate liquidity on a sustained basis, but it also suggests the continued growth of high-frequency trading in London. read more>

European investment institutions will increase their use of equity derivatives products in 2010 following solid growth this year, according to new research by Greenwich Associates. read more>

A consortium of independent US broker-dealers, Mahogany Partners, has asked agency broker and technology provider ConvergEx to build a suite of electronic trading products to enhance its members’ block trading capabilities. read more>

BATS Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by US exchange group BATS Global Markets, boosted its market share of trading in UK FTSE 100 stocks to 8.05% in October from 7.21% in September, indicating that the platform has retained market share won during its September price promotion for UK stocks. read more>

Patsystems, a derivatives trading solutions provider, has connected to the Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX). read more>

Fidessa, a trading technology provider, has continued its expansion into Latin America with the addition of nine brokerage firms from Mexico and Brazil to its global connectivity network. read more>