The broker-dealer arm of Getco, the global electronic trading and market-making firm, is opening up its European dark pool to more market participants in what it says is a “unique opportunity”...

Market participants, ranging from exchanges to broker-dealers, are struggling to gain traction amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment...

As Europe stumbles from one crisis to another, market participants remain fearful that the region’s debt troubles have yet to fully play out...

Another high-profile dark pool has been forced to close down its alternative trading venue amid lower-than-expected trading activity...

Nine of Europe’s larger central securities depositories (CSDs), including Deutsche Börse’s Clearstream Banking, have now signed up to the European Central Bank’s (ECB) long-running Target2Securities (T2S) scheme, which is intended to streamline settlement across the region—but 22 have still to commit as the final deadline approaches...

Burgundy, the Nordic multilateral trading facility, has become the latest venue to open up to full interoperability as the ‘vertical silo’ clearing model comes under renewed attack in Europe...

Market participants in Canada remain hesitant about the implications of the combination of TMX-Maple as regulators continue to mull the deal...

With equity and options trading volume mostly languid this year, exchanges and broker-dealers that rely on order flow are doing what they can to boost their own businesses...

Two years on from the May 2010 ‘flash crash’ on Wall Street, in which high-frequency traders were blamed for exacerbating the situation, and politicians and regulators across the pond in Europe are continuing to grapple with ways to curtail the practice...

With trading volume lower compared with last year, the Options Industry Council is expanding its outreach to institutional investors...

Six Securities Services continues to expand its post-trade business in Europe as it looks to tap into the potential of one of the region’s fastest growing emerging markets...

The world’s second largest exchange operator by market value will look toward aggressive global expansion, starting with the potential acquisition of the London Metal Exchange...

The US options-exchange landscape, already plenty crowded, may expand by one-third by the end of the year...

The global exchange operator will continue focusing on growing its ancillary business operations, including its technology and services businesses...

High-frequency traders are making a push into one of the last bastion’s of traditional trading, the London Metal Exchange (LME), which maintains Europe’s last open outcry trading pit...

This is the fifth of a six-part series profiling ING Investment Management's bond business...

New equities and options trading venues are about to join the already fragmented U...

Nordic Growth Market (NGM), a Swedish exchange, is expanding its reach to a wider trading community after signing deals with both TMX Atrium and Neonet...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is facing an alphabet soup of new financial regulations to deal with and market participants are worried that the pan-European regulator will not be able to spend enough time on each one—bringing new dangers to the market...

With trading volumes continuing on their multi-year decline, market participants believe there are some measures that can be taken to bring real liquidity back to the markets...

Despite European markets being left slightly in the dark by the seemingly constant tinkering to upcoming financial regulations by politicians and regulators, it may have been wise all along to have been trying to second guess the moves...

The feel-good factor is slowly returning to Bats Global Markets with the announcement that it has successfully completed the transition of the recently merged Chi-X Europe’s order books on to a single Bats platform...

Despite the ups and downs seen in the broader equities markets, dark pool block trading remains stout...

Despite depressed volatility putting a damper on trading volumes, exchanges are still being able to show resolve...

Bats Chi-X Europe and Turquoise are piling the pressure on incumbent exchange Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) in a bid to finally crack the Spanish market...

The alliance of exchanges from several of the leading emerging markets is beginning to lay the groundwork for long-term partnerships...