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Down Mexico Way: Will State-of-the-Art Tech Lure Liquidity?

Sensing an opportunity as the local economic picture continues to shine, the Mexican stock exchange last year installed a matching engine with significantly...

Waters | Feature | Exchange Technologies | 18 Apr 2013

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Fragmentation Down Under

Chi-X Australia’s launch in October 2011 posed the first challenge to the monopoly enjoyed by the Australian Securities Exchange since its inception in 1987. Steve Dew-Jones investigates whether the change in the trading landscape has been positive...

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 08 Jan 2013

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Eris Exchange Seeks to Futurize, Standardize, Capitalize

Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, inadvertently started the Trojan War by pitting the gods against each other. Neal Brady doesn’t want a war, or even discord. He wants Eris Exchange to grow through the unity of standardized contracts. An innovative...

Waters | Feature | People | 02 Aug 2012

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South Africa: Bigger, Better, Faster?

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is moving its trading engine from London to South Africa in July, with the aim of increasing its matching speeds, and by so doing, enhancing the overall trading experience it provides its clients. Steve Dew-Jones talks...

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 06 Jun 2012

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Radio Silence: Are Exchanges Trying to Curb HFT?

As several exchanges in Europe and the US prepare to implement efficiency programs for order messaging-to-trade ratios, some in the industry are seeing this as a self-regulatory move to curb high-frequency trading ahead of statutory rulings. But is this...

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 04 May 2012

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OTFs' Next Move

With G20 commitments obliging regulators to regiment the trading of over-the-counter derivatives, Mifid II proposes the integration of organized trading facilities, but what impact will this have? By Steve Dew-Jones

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 04 May 2012

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Dark Forces: Off-Exchange Trading on the Rise

A growing percentage of trade volumes is moving off-exchange every year, whether it’s through broker dark pools, internalized on a firm’s own desks, or elsewhere. Along with declining liquidity in equities markets and higher trading costs, the increasing...

Waters | Feature | Exchange Technologies | 03 May 2012

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London Stock Exchange CIO Antoine Shagoury: Man of the People

When Antoine Shagoury took on the role of CIO at the London Stock Exchange, he embarked on an ambitious program of reform at the venerable, but embattled, institution. Several years on, he reveals how technology is driving the growth of the entire business....

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 27 Mar 2012

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Call Auctions: Trading in a New Old-Fashioned Way

Call auctions are one of the oldest forms of stock trading. Plenty of people would like to have an auction option, yet no such system has existed for more than a decade. AX Trading is giving an electronic version another shot. By Jake Thomases

Waters | Feature | Exchange Technologies | 24 Feb 2012

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Feature: There Can Be Only One: David Downey and OneChicago Stand Alone

Anthony Malakian speaks to OneChicago Exchange's CEO David Downey about his return to the financial services industry after a lengthy hiatus precipitated by a tragedy close to home.

Waters | Feature | People | 05 Oct 2011

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