London, 3 January 2018 - LMAX Exchange Group, one of the UK’s fastest growing technology companies and the leading advocate of enhanced transparency and fairness in FX trading, welcomes MiFID II. To meet the regulatory changes under MiFID II, aimed at improving transparency in financial markets, the company has completed the transition of its MTF and Broker businesses into two distinct FCA regulated entities: LMAX Exchange and LMAX Global, both now part of the LMAX Exchange Group.
David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange Group commented: “MiFID II's underlying message is about fairness and transparency, which we wholeheartedly support. We have long been an advocate for complete transparency on trading costs and execution quality, and our exchange style execution model was designed specifically to treat all market participants equally regardless of status, size or activity levels. We welcome the introduction of MiFID II and we are pleased to assure customers that they will receive the same transparent, precise and consistent execution, with no ‘last look’ as standard.”
Under MiFID II, MTF and broker businesses must be operated as two distinct legal entities as an MTF operator is not allowed to execute client orders against proprietary capital or to engage in matched principal trading on its own MTF.
In accordance with the regulatory changes, LMAX Exchange Group has successfully transitioned the part of its business that serves brokers, money managers and non-institutional accounts to a new FCA regulated broker called LMAX Global, which offers clients global access to LMAX Exchange firm liquidity and unparalleled exchange quality execution. There are no changes to the customer experience, with account numbers, trading access and charges remaining exactly the same.
LMAX Exchange will continue to operate as an FCA regulated MTF serving institutional clients trading spot FX, precious metals and indices.
Clients of LMAX Global and LMAX Exchange will continue to have the same direct access to all LMAX Exchange markets globally, streaming no ‘last look’ liquidity and precise, consistent exchange quality execution within a regulated, rules-based trading environment.
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About LMAX Exchange
LMAX Exchange Group is a global, high-growth financial technology company that is leading the transformation of the global FX industry to transparent, fair, precise and consistent execution. Operating one global marketplace for trading FX, metals, indices and commodities, LMAX Exchange Group delivers open access, transparency and a level playing field to all market participants.
LMAX Exchange Group offers all clients the ability to trade on the LMAX Exchange central limit order book, driven by streaming no ‘last look’ limit-order liquidity from top tier banks and non-bank financial institutions. Servicing funds, banks, brokerages, asset managers and proprietary trading firms, LMAX Exchange Group offers an anonymous, regulated, rules-based trading environment, order execution in strict price/time priority, and access to real-time streaming market and trade data, enabling all market participants to control execution quality and total trading costs.
Offering a comprehensive range of instruments and ultra-low latency execution, LMAX Exchange Group operates a global FX exchange infrastructure with matching engines in London, New York and Tokyo.
LMAX Exchange - a unique vision for global FX.
Financial technology awards:
2017 Best FX Trading Venue - (ECN/MTF) – Fund Technology and WSL Awards more
LMAX Exchange has been awarded The Fund Technology and WSL Awards “Best FX Trading Venue - ECN/MTF”. The award honours excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry. close
2016 Best Trading & Execution Technology – HFM US Technology Awards more
The HFM US Technology awards recognise hedge fund technology providers that have demonstrated exceptional customer service and innovative product development in the past 12 months. close
2013 Best Overall Testing Project – The European Software Testing Awards more
The European Software Testing Awards (TESTA) recognise excellence and innovation in the software testing and quality assurance across a variety of industries. close
The FST Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the field of information technology within the UK and EMEA financial services sector. 
Oracle’s Duke's Choice Awards celebrate extreme innovation in the world of Java technology and are granted to the most innovative projects using the Java platform. FX industry awards:
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Best FX Trading Venue - (ECN/MTF) – WSL Awards more
LMAX Exchange has been awarded The WSL Awards “Best FX Trading Venue - ECN/MTF” for four consecutive years. The awards honour excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry. close
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Best Margin Sector Platform – Profit & Loss Readers' Choice Awards more
LMAX Exchange has been awarded The Profit & Loss Readers’ Choice Awards “Best Margin Sector Platform” for five consecutive years. These awards are voted on by the readers and recognise excellence within the foreign exchange industry throughout the previous year. close
2017, 2013 Best Execution Venue – Forex Magnates Awards more
LMAX Exchange has been awarded the Forex Magnates Awards “Best Execution Venue”. The awards are granted to the top firms in their categories and announced at the annual London summit. close
2014 Best Infrastructure/Technology Initiative – WSL Institutional Trading Awards more
LMAX Exchange has been awarded The Wall Street Letter Institutional Trading Awards “Best Infrastructure/Technology Initiative” in 2014. WSL awards honour excellence among providers to the institutional trading industry. close
Business growth awards:
2016, 2015 Winner – Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 more
Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 is a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK, based on percentage growth of fiscal year revenues over the last four years. close
2016, 2015 Winner – Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 500 more
The Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 500 pre-eminent technology awards program is a ranking of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa's fastest-growing technology companies based on percentage revenue growth over three years. close
2015, 2014, 2013 Fastest Growing Tech Company in the UK – The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 more
LMAX Exchange has been recognised amongst the UK’s fastest growing technology firms for three consecutive years. Tech Track 100, compiled by Fast Track annually and published by the Sunday Times each September, lists Britain’s 100 fastest-growing private tech companies based on sales growth over the last three years. close
LMAX Exchange is part of the Future Fifty programme, focused on accelerating the success of high-growth tech businesses. LMAX Exchange Group is the holding company of LMAX Limited and LMAX Broker Limited.
LMAX Exchange is a trading name of LMAX Limited, which operates a multilateral trading facility, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 509778) and is a company registered in England and Wales (number 6505809).
LMAX Global is a trading name of LMAX Broker Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 783200) and is a company registered in England and Wales (number 10819525).