Dark Pools News
- Fidelity launches BLOX - dark pool for block trades
December 11th, 2012 - Fidelity extends CrossStream ATS with 'selective' Block Liquidity Opportunity Cross
- Citi introduces alternative trading facility - Citi Cross
October 01st, 2012 - Citi Cross real-time platform enables liquidity access via even allocation matching algorithm
Citi enhances Dagger algoSeptember 21st, 2012 - Dagger enables access to greater liquidity within Citi Match dark pool
Neonet expands offering with Nordic@Mid Dark PoolSeptember 20th, 2012 - Neonet announces new non-displayed, dark pool trading facility
ITG Expands POSIT to IndonesiaAugust 21st, 2012 - Brings block liquidity coverage to 27 markets
SunGard's Valdi connects to SLSJuly 19th, 2012 - SunGard's Valdi adds SaaS access to the SIX Swiss Exchange Liquidnet service
The dark side of dark pools: higher trading costs?June 27th, 2012 - A study by Professor Alex Frino suggests dark pools can make it costlier for buyers and sellers to find each other in certain markets.
- SGX announces closure of Chi-East Dark Pool
May 10th, 2012 - Singapore Exchange announces Chi-East will unwind its operations over the next two weeks
Instinet and J.P. Morgan sign reciprocal liquidity agreement in AsiaMarch 21st, 2012 - Instinet and J.P. Morgan partner to broaden Asian liquidity access opportunities
Instinet extends VWAP Cross to Europe, Hong KongMarch 01st, 2012 - Instinet extends VWAP Cross in Europe and Hong Kong, in addition to existing VWAP Crosses in the US, Canada, Japan and Korea
- LeveL ATS joins Linedata Liquidity Alliance Program
September 14th, 2011 - Partnership enables Linedata Lynx to access LeveL ATS liquidity
- ITG's POSIT Marketplace to include Japanese Equities
September 14th, 2011 - ITG expands POSIT Marketplace liquidity aggregation platform to include Japanese equities.
- GSET launches Sigma X Canada
August 19th, 2011 - Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) expands crossing capabilities with launch of Sigma X Canada
- Instinet BLX Australia liquidity pool launched
June 01st, 2011 - Instinet launches new liquidity pool for Australian equities
- Direct Edge adds seven dark pools via Connect Edge
May 03rd, 2011 - Direct Edge enhances connectivity services with addition of seven dark pools
BRV signs sponsor agreement with BIDS TradingApril 19th, 2011 - Blaylock Robert Van signs sponsor agreement with BIDS Trading
- Liquidnet Asia emerges as 'top trading venue for institutional investors'
April 13th, 2011 - In three years, Lquidnet Asia reaches key milestones including record volume, number of global firms trading, and number of local markets available to trade
- Citi Match volume rises 90%, claims to be Europe's largest dark pool
April 13th, 2011 - Citi Match continues European growth, executes €22.8 billion worth of trades during Q1 2011
- Knight Match Europe dark pool launched
April 13th, 2011 - Knight Capital introduces unique pool of liquidity to the European marketplace
- Deutsche Bank Autobahn Equity launches Stealth Algorithm
April 06th, 2011 - Deutsche Bank Autobahn Equity launches liquidity seeking algorithm Stealth
Instinet connects to Nordic@Mid Dark PoolFebruary 28th, 2011 - Instinet Europe connects to Nordic@Mid, NASDAQ OMX's non-displayed trading facility
Penson joins SmartPoolFebruary 09th, 2011 - Penson Financial Services joins SmartPool's European dark trading community
- Record day for Instinet BlockMatch
February 03rd, 2011 - According to BATS data, Instinet BlockMatch had a record day yesterday: the largest European dark pool after the 3 main MTFs
Goldman Sachs launches BlockStrike™February 02nd, 2011 - Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has announced the launch of BlockStrike™
Chi-East and TNS announce joint connectivity ventureDecember 13th, 2010 - Chi-East and TNS announce joint connectivity venture
Liquidnet Europe has largest single execution in its historyDecember 01st, 2010 - Liquidnet Europe executes single largest European trade since inception
- Neonet expands offering with Nordic@Mid Dark Pool
November 16th, 2010 - Transparency in price determination to help Neonet clients to reduce trading costs on Nordic cash equity markets
NASDAQ OMX Nordic launches new Dark Pool: Nordic@MidNovember 12th, 2010 - NASDAQ OMX Nordic launches Nordic@Mid - a non-displayed execution service
IOSCO proposes regulatory oversight principles for dark liquiditynot activeOctober 27th, 2010 - IOSCO publishes consultation report: 'Issues Raised by Dark Liquidity'
Chi-East to launch non-displayed trading venueOctober 04th, 2010 - Chi-East receives regulatory approval to launch independent, pan-Asian, non-displayed trading venue
