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My view by Ludovic Aigrot: MiFID pushes European markets to innovate

A land of new opportunity

Latin American exchanges adapt global practices to meet the needs of domestic and foreign investors



 

BVC jockeys for leadership in Latin America

Bolsa de Valores de Colombia wants to position itself as a major market in Latin America catering to both the domestic and international investment community.


 

An easy fix

In the fallout from the subprime crisis, exchanges have an opportunity to inject transparency into the fixed income market.




 

Asia Pacific gears up for algorithmic trading

Exchanges are upgrading their infrastructure to deliver speed, performance, capacity and fast market data dissemination.

»...we believe this is just a fraction of the amount of algo trading that could come to our marketplace.«
Chew Sutat, Executive Vice President and Head of Development at SGX.





 

Penny wise

All eyes are on the US equity options market as exchanges and market participants evaluate the Penny Pilot. Some view the program as a great success, but there are still significant issues to be worked out.





 

Initiative with benefits

The European Central Bank’s Target2-Securities initiative can deliver increased competition and price transparency. But there is still some way to go in this debate.