Crossing Networks & Dark Pools Archive

March 16, 2011

Asia's brokers remain cautious on dark pool connectivity

Asia's brokers remain cautious on dark pool connectivity

Although liquidity aggregation is rapidly moving up the buy-side agenda in Asia, brokers continue to take a cautious and selective approach towards the sharing of dark pool liquidity with other providers. read more>

March 16, 2011

ITG, Liquidnet reach agreement after patent dispute ends

Three months after a New York judge ruled on their five-year patent dispute, ITG and Liquidnet have decided to withdraw from further legal action and reach a compromise on the use of the 'blotter scraping' technology deployed in both firms' crossing networks. read more>

March 14, 2011

Liquidnet Australia co-head departs

Liquidnet Australia co-head departs

Liquidnet Australia, the operator of a buy-side focused block-crossing platform, has confirmed the resignation of one of its co-heads. read more>

March 10, 2011

Goldman Sachs to launch dark pool in Canada

Bulge-bracket broker Goldman Sachs is planning to launch a non-displayed alternative trading system in Canada, SIGMA X Canada, designed to reduce market impact for users. read more>

March 09, 2011

Record January for European dark pools reflects crossing network growth

European dark pools reached a record proportion of pan-European value traded in January 2011, with total dark pool activity estimated at between 3.5-4.5% of consolidated turnover. read more>

March 09, 2011

Liquidnet hires Geissler for equity capital markets unit

Liquidnet, an agency broker and block-trading venue operator, has announced the appointment of Andrew Geissler to its equity capital markets team, to facilitate issuer access to institutional investors. read more>

March 08, 2011

Liquidnet hooks up to Fidessa EMS

Liquidnet hooks up to Fidessa EMS

Liquidnet, the buy-side focused block trading venue, has been integrated directly into technology vendor Fidessa's Execution Management System Workstation trading platform for equities, in a link that will simplify buy-side access to the dark pool. read more>

March 02, 2011

European dark pools sustain strong trading volumes in February

European dark pools sustain strong trading volumes in February

European dark multilateral trading facilities sustained their strong start to the year, trading €22.32 billion of equities in February, over double the €11.02 billion traded in the same month last year, according to data provider Thomson Reuters. read more>

February 28, 2011

Instinet Europe joins Nordic dark pool

Instinet Europe, an agency broker, has connected to exchange group Nasdaq OMX's non-displayed trading facility Nordic@Mid, which offers dark trading on stocks listed on cash equity markets in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Reykjavik and Stockholm. read more>

February 16, 2011

ITG announces record POSIT volumes for January

ITG, an agency research broker and financial technology firm, has announced that average daily volume in its POSIT crossing network was 96 million shares in January 2011, a 26% increase over the fourth quarter of 2010 and a new monthly volume record. read more>