Bats Europe Successfully Launches Buy-side Access To New European Equities Block IOI Platform - Buy-Side Firms Now Have Access To Bats Lis, Powered By BIDS Technology - Bats LIS Reports Record Weekly Volume Of â¬114.8 Million For Week Ending 17 March - Also Reports Record One-Day Volume Of â¬36.5 Million On 16 March

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, and BIDS Trading, L.P. (BIDS), the operator of the largest block trading alternative trading system (ATS) by volume in the U.S., announced today the successful buy-side focused launch of Bats LIS (Large in Scale), a new block trading service for the European equity market, on Friday, 17 March 2017. The platform, which rolled out to sell-side participants late last year also reported record volume of €36.5 million on 16 March and record weekly volume of €114.8 million for the week ending 17 March.