Trading Venues Archive

US equities exchange operator Direct Edge has hired former Instinet executive Bill Cody as a sales director. read more>

Chilean alternative venue Bolsa Electrónica de Chile today upgraded its exchange infrastructure to Nasdaq OMX’s X-stream platform. read more>

Fidelity Capital Markets, the institutional trading and execution division of Fidelity Investments, has launched a new US dark pool incorporating retail liquidity. read more>

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the launch of the Miami Options Exchange (MIAX), which from tomorrow will offer the electronic trading of US options. Technology for the new market was developed in-house, which the firm says will help meet the functional and performance demands of derivativ read more>

BATS Global Markets has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a retail trading segment on its market from next month. read more>

The trading of new mini options contracts on US venue the International Securities Exchange will commence in March, following recent regulatory go-ahead. read more>

US venue operator BATS Global Markets has increased its risk management provisions by extending member-operated tools across its equities and options venues. read more>

Retail trading practices in the US are undermining displayed market quality, with a new study suggesting brokers who serve retail flow should offer a greater degree of price improvement. read more>

New swaps reporting requirements released for public comment Wednesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission could stop large-scale harmful trading activity, according to one leading industry commentator. read more>

Yet another interruption to trading at a major US exchange Monday has added more impetus to regulators to review market structure rules and assess the viability of continuing self-regulation of bourses. read more>