Exchanges Archive

US-based market operator BATS Global Markets has revealed plans to enter at least two new markets by 2014 and is considering broadening the asset classes it offers. read more>

International institutional investors will be able to trade derivatives on the Korea Exchange, which is home to the Kospi 200 index. read more>

Borsa Italiana, the Italian subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group, has set out details of a new pricing regime designed to penalise high-frequency traders and other firms with a high order to cancel ratio. read more>

SIX Swiss Exchange has extended a new service that is designed to protect investors from the risks associated with structured products to cover British collateral providers. read more>

The London Stock Exchange is well positioned to secure a takeover of LCH.Clearnet, according to private German bank Berenberg, but the UK bourse should be wary of the potential for NYSE Euronext to frustrate its efforts. read more>

BM&F Bovespa has seen derivatives trading soar to record highs while cash equities remained flat in a year of dramatic technical change at the Brazilian bourse. read more>

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing rolled out VHSI Futures, the first tradable volatility futures in Asia, on 20 February. read more>

The Shenzhen Stock Exchange and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation have launched a testing phase to prepare for the listing of new exchange-traded funds. read more>

The Swedish financial watchdog is considering issuing new guidelines on market surveillance and monitoring – even after a national study found only limited negative effects of high-frequency trading – while Italy is soon to announce a penalty for the practice. read more>

Trading solutions provider QuantHouse is now providing co-location and DMA services within the recently opened CME Group colocation facility west of Chicago in Aurora, Illinois, allowing high-frequency trading firms to benefit from close proximity to the CME Globex matching engine, reduced latency and direct access to the exchange’s liquidity centre. read more>