Regulation

Chi-X Europe Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) as an investment firm.

Chi-X Europe's authorisation includes the operation of a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for the trading of a wide range of European equities.

As an operator of an MTF, Chi-X Europe is committed to maintaining an efficient and well regulated market. It has to meet FSA requirements, including those set out in the Market Conduct Sourcebook, which incorporate the UK implementation of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). These require the maintenance of fair and orderly trading, including the monitoring of Chi-X Europe Trading Participants compliance with the Rules of the Chi-X Europe MTF and trades conducted on the MTF.

Chi-X Europe is recognised as a Foreign Exchange by the Regulatory Authorities in Switzerland.

Rules & Guidance

The following documents form the Chi-X Europe rules:

These documents can be found within the Document Library. Chi-X Europe's complaints procedure can also be found at this link.

Market Supervision

Chi-X Europe has a Market Supervision team to ensure that all trading conducted conforms to all applicable regulations and that the integrity of the trading on the Chi-X Europe platform is maintained.

The Market Supervision team should be contacted for any queries regarding activity on the platform, such as deletion of orders and requests for error trades to be busted. Please note, the Supervision team will only accept such instructions from authorised staff designated by each trading participant.

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