Dark Pools News
May 10th, 2012 - Singapore Exchange announces Chi-East will unwind its operations over the next two weeks
SGX announces closure of Chi-East Dark Pool
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 1st, 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 EquitiesSeptember 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 1st, 2011 - Instinet launches new liquidity pool for Australian equities
- Direct Edge adds seven dark pools via Connect Edge
May 3rd, 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 6th, 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 SmartPool February 9th, 2011 - Penson Financial Services joins SmartPool's European dark trading community
- Record day for Instinet BlockMatch
February 3rd, 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 2nd, 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 1st, 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
Chi-East to launch non-displayed trading venueOctober 4th, 2010 - Chi-East receives regulatory approval to launch independent, pan-Asian, non-displayed trading venue
SmartPool reports record gains, adds SocGen to trading communitySeptember 30th, 2010 - SmartPool welcomes Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking to trading community, reports record market share gains in France
Bank of America Merrill Lynch connects to TORA CrosspointSeptember 29th, 2010 - Tora’s off-exchange liquidity pool offers central point of access to five other venues
- TMX Group announces new non-displayed order types
September 22nd, 2010 - TMX Group Inc. to introduce new on-book non-displayed order types on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange
Instinet adds new dark order types to CBX Asia in JapanSeptember 22nd, 2010 - Instinet launches new dark order types on CBX ASIA platform in Japan
- Instinet & Tora sign reciprocal liquidity deal in Japan
September 14th, 2010 - Instinet and Tora clients to have access to Instinet’s CBX ASIA and TORA Crosspoint
BATS European market share display adds dark pool data
September 8th, 2010 - BATS Europe adds dark pool execution venues to European market share display
Bloomberg Tradebook forges dark pool transparency agreements31st August, 2010 - B-Dark algorithm to offer real-time venue transparency in dark pools
- Deutsche Bank Automated Trading System (DBATS) launched in Hong Kong
August 23rd, 2010 - Deutsche Bank launches automated equity trading system and liquidity algorithm in Hong Kong
FTEN wins patent for system to manage marketwide risksAugust 18th, 2010 - FTEN awarded patent for real-time risk management data cloud
Instinet Launches Dark Liquidity Pool for U.S. Listed Options
August 3rd, 2010 - Instinet Options CBX to complement agency-only broker’s existing electronic options trading suite
- Korea Exchange introduces new Auction-based Block Trading Service
July 22nd, 2010 - KRX introduces new auction-based Block Trading Service: ‘A-Blox’
Instinet JapanCrossing records largest volumes since 2008July 13th, 2010 - Instinet JapanCrossing™ sees return to pre-financial crisis volume levels, readies new products for Asian release
Turquoise tops monthly dark tradingJuly 8th, 2010 - Cinnober delivered trading platform leads European dark pool race for June
- Liquidnet to launch trading in New Zealand equities
June 16th, 2010 - Believed to be the first alternative trading venue to offer trading in New Zealand Equities - Liquidnet expands its equity market coverage in Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America during June
Charles River connects to BlocSec platformJune 9th, 2010 - Charles River Development connects to CLSA's BlocSec platform
BIDS Trading reports record trading volumesJune 4th, 2010 - BIDS Trading reports record trading volumes for May 2010, 49 million shares traded per day
NYSE SmartPool becomes 3rd largest dark poolJune 3rd, 2010 - SmartPool announces record growth during May and its best monthly performance to date
TORA expands Crosspoint to HK, Singapore & AustraliaJune 2nd, 2010 - Tora targets expansion of TORA Crosspoint after successful Japan launch
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