SmartPool launches pan-European mid cap service
19 August 2009
Smart Pool expansion into offering mid-caps across Europe will be of great value to customers who wish to trade less liquid securities in a non-displayed environment.
From September 2009 the SmartPool product universe will be expanded to include all constituents of the following five mid-capitalisation indices:
- FTSE 250 (UK)
- FTSE Italia Mid Cap (Italy)
- Mid cap constituents of the Dow Jones STOXX 600
- MDAX (Germany)
- SMIM (Switzerland)
Trades in these securities will be cleared via LCH.Clearnet for Euronext listed stocks and EuroCCP for all other European markets.
The existing blue chip range of securities will also be extended to reflect the leading indices of the 15 European equity markets traded on SmartPool, including securities listed on the 4 NYSE Euronext markets.
Lee Hodgkinson, CEO of SmartPool, commented: “The SmartPool value proposition is especially relevant for transactions in securities where liquidity is scarce and implicit execution costs tend to be higher. Our expansion into offering mid-caps across Europe will be of great value to customers who wish to trade less liquid securities in a non-displayed environment. With activity on the SmartPool platform in the second quarter of 2009 increasing by over 90%, today’s announcement further illustrates the depth and breadth of liquidity available on SmartPool.”
