UK block trading continues to rise after record trading week
Turquoise Plato and Liquidnet led major block trading venues in record week of activity in the UK.
Tag: Block trading
Trading Venues
The Big Interview: Jonathan Clark
Former head of equity trading for the Americas at BlackRock and CEO at Luminex Trading & Analytics, Jonathan Clark, discusses block trading trends, his time on the buy-side and the decision to add conditional orders to Luminex’s platform.
Moving towards the light
Have trading volumes moved onto lit venues following MiFID II’s restrictions on dark trading and the rise of systematic internalisers? Hayley McDowell examines.
Fidessa develops block trading tool for placing multiple orders
BlockShadow service provides users with the chance to interact with multiple block trading venues.
Cryptocurrency exchange targets block trading with launch of OTC desk
OTC desk providing block trading services will soon be launched by Australian cryptocurrency exchange.
Luminex adds conditional order types to block trading platform
Block trading platform acknowledges user demand to add conditional order types to facilitate greater workflow integration.
Cboe Periodic Auctions, LIS trading volumes soar to $11 billion
Cboe Periodic Auctions book saw average daily notional value traded surge 885% in January this year.
ITG POSIT hits block trading record
POSIT Alert block crossing network set new record as MiFID II continues to see greater large-in-scale activity.
Turquoise Plato sets new record as MiFID II sees LIS activity surge
Block trading volumes have seen considerable growth since MiFID II came into force on 3 January.
Battle of the blocks
As recently established block trading venues battle for market share ahead of MiFID II, Hayley McDowell investigates if this is exacerbating market fragmentation and which venues are coming out on top.