Europe

SMARTS Group, a provider of market surveillance tools, has completed the rollout of its SMARTS Integrity platform at pan-European multilateral trading facility BATS Europe. read more »

Drew Miyawaki has been appointed head of Liquidnet’s European trading desk, as part of an expansion of the firm’s services to institutional investors. read more »

Xetra International Market (XIM), the pan-European trading operation of Deutsche Börse, has announced plans to expand the number of instruments it trades from 86 to 1,000. read more »

Pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) BATS Europe has chosen technology firm QuantHouse to provide it with real-time market data feeds from other European trading venues. read more »

European trading venues enjoyed another strong month of trading activity in February, with the second-highest turnover since the mass sell-off that hit the market in autumn 2008. read more »

UBS Investment Bank intends to launch a dark-liquidity multilateral trading facility (MTF) for crossing orders in European stocks, pending regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Services Authority. read more »

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has sold stakes in its recently acquired multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise to three major banks. read more »

Europe’s equities market is not large enough to sustain the current number of trading venues, which will lead to consolidation in the medium term, according to research from investment bank UBS. read more »

Germany’s financial regulator, BaFin, has introduced a new short position disclosure regime following recommendations from the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). read more »

Pan-European multilateral trading facility Nasdaq OMX Europe (NEURO) has announced that investment bank Barclays Capital has been approved as a sponsoring participant on its platform. read more »