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Pan-European multilateral trading facility Turquoise attained its highest ever monthly market share figure in February, as overall equity volumes dipped slightly following a strong start to the year. read more>

Compliance teams are buckling under the weight of global regulation and need the support of their board and supervisory authorities, according to a new survey by Thomson Reuters. read more>

Trading volumes in interest rate swap futures will grow as investors seek more cost-effective ways to hedge risks, but the new contract type is unlikely to overshadow the growth of cleared OTC derivatives. read more>

Newedge has cleared its first OTC US dollar interest rate swap contract through CME Clearing, as the multi-asset broker accelerates its preparation for the new swaps trading era. read more>

International buy-side trade body ICI Global has targeted closer ties to Chinese asset managers by opening a Hong Kong office led by an Asian regulatory veteran. read more>

While electronic trading and settlement have been eagerly adopted by market participants with positive impacts on cost and efficiency, automation of the intermediate post-trade processes of confirmation and affirmation continues to lag. read more>

Fixed-income markets provider Tradeweb Markets will enable buy- and sell-side clients to access the same bids and offers from liquidity-providing dealers on its electronic credit default swap index market iTraxx. read more>

Technology provider ConvergEx has released an algo designed for pre-market trading on US venues, a new strategy that it says will help buy-side traders execute large-sized trades before markets open. read more>

Data visualisation techniques are having a growing influence on how buy-side traders interpret trading analytics, according to John Comerford, global head of execution trading research at Instinet. read more>

A shift in the competitive environment for options market making could lead to a drop in liquidity for lesser traded instruments, as technology continues to influence trading in the asset class. read more>