Trading Venues Archive

The Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) latest Australian share ownership study shows fewer Australian citizens actively invested in the stock market in 2012. read more>

Brokerage and trading services provider ConvergEx has upgraded the infrastructure behind its US alternative trading system Millennium ATS, claiming to have reduced latency by 75%. read more>

The impending MiFID II regulation will effectively cease broker crossing networks in Europe, causing unprecedented upheaval to trading processes and the technology that underpins them, an expert has warned. read more>

Alternative trading venue Chi-X Australia today traded in excess of AU$1 billion for the first time, as it maintains a consistent share of local equities trading. read more>

Execution and research broker ITG has extended the reach of its POSIT suite of crossing and aggregation tools to Singapore. read more>

Changes to rules governing dark pools in Australia on 26 May may prompt a shift of equity market liquidity back onto lit trading venues, but mid-point crossing services are expected to thrive. read more>

Barclays has confirmed it will continue reporting monthly aggregate data from its US dark pool LX citing the industry benefits of greater transparency, a month after rival dark pool operator Credit Suisse ceased relaying similar data. read more>

New pan-European trading platform Aquis Exchange has teamed up with FIX certification firm FixSpec to let potential customers test FIX messaging as the venue eyes an October launch. read more>

The Japan Exchange Group is moving ahead gradually with its concept of introducing a listed infrastructure market in Japan, according to updated plans published this week. read more>

Song Liping, president and CEO of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, has admitted the Chinese securities industry still has a long way to go to meet the demands of the real economy through its gradual transitioning phase. read more>