NYSE Technologies and ATG partnered to offer access to Latin American markets, BOX gained SEC approval as a national securities exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe completed its technology migration, and the Nigerian Stock Exchange is to upgrade to NASDAQ OMX X-stream technology.

Canadian Groups Maple and TMX reached an agreement to purchase CDS and Alpha, TMX Atrium added Nordic Growth Market, ISE launched historical tick database Premium Hosted Database, and HKEx issued an announcement on a possible LME interest.

Deutsche Börse announced AlphaFlash availability at CME, Gartner positioned BT in the Leaders Quadrant for three Magic Quadrants, Linux Foundation-hosted OpenMAMA project delivered its first release, Azul Systems entered an OEM agreement with OptionsCity, and Advent Software enhanced its asset and wealth management platform.

NASDAQ OMX is to supply Nordic connectivity to Europe with NODE, SIX Financial implemented Asset Control's AC Plus solution, and Fixnetix now offers low latency market data from the London Metal Exchange.

Redkite generated the first ESMA market surveillance alert, NICE Actimize announced its hedge fund trading compliance solution, and Numerix CrossAsset introduced model coverage to support VIX Futures Instruments.