The deal creates a leading pan-European exchange innovator with an aggregated 15% market share and access to 16 capital markets across Europe. By combining Aquis’ innovative technology with the multi-asset class service…
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ATHENS, Greece and LONDON, April 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- METLEN Energy & Metals PLC (LSE Listing: MTLN, RIC: MTLN.L, Bloomberg: MTLN.LN | Athens Listing: MTLN, RIC: MTLNr.AT, Bloomberg: MTLN.GA, ADR: MYTHY US) today ann…
FTX was one of the world’s largest and most trusted cryptocurrency exchanges, valued at over $32 billion at its peak. Its rapid collapse shocked the financial world after massive mismanagement and misuse of customer fun…
How could the macroeconomic realities in 2026 impact the banking and capital markets industry’s revenues and profitability?
HERE’S a surprising new fact about the world’s largest and most-liquid public equity market: Most of the activity on it is not public anymore.
Optiver, IMC Trading, Jump Trading Group, XTX Markets and ABN AMRO Clearing Bank have invested in A5X, a new Brazilian derivatives exchange which is set to begin operations by 2026.
█ Diving Into Dark Pools In recent years, dark pools have become a significant part of the financial markets, offering an alternative trading venue for institutional traders. But what exactly are dark pools, and how do …
For the better part of a century, gold price discovery has been London’s domain. A handful of banks. Mostly paper contracts. A time zone already deep into its afternoon when Asia’s trading day begins.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delivered a landmark decision on September 30, 2025, formally approving the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE). This pivotal move greenlights the creation of a new national sec…
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) of Sri Lanka has announced its decision to shorten its current settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 for all equity transactions, a move aimed at aligning with international standards.
Finance, at its heart, is the movement of capital. It is the art of channeling idle assets to where they can generate the most value. From this perspective, the history of financial markets is, in essence, a history of …
Nowhere are the markets changing so rapidly as in fixed income, the asset class that sits at the foundation of the financial system. And nowhere do asset owners and investors need more help to come out ahead.
Legislative amendments to MIFIR (Updated MiFIR) and MIFID (Updated MiFID) have been published in the Official Journal. The texts were introduced by the European Commission in November 2021 (see our briefing here). The m…
The First-tier Tribunal’s (FTT) decision in HMRC v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd [2026] UKFTT 654 (TC) (PGMOL) sits within a long line of employment status cases.
JPMorgan JPM is expected to pay $100 million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to settle claims related to trade reporting lapses. The news was reported by Reuters, citing a source with direct kn…
Aquis Exchange is set to begin charging its trading members for non-displayed market data feeds for the first time since its inception almost 11 years ago.
Reforms to the UK’s capital markets over the past five years have achieved an incredible amount, from simplifying the rules for stock market listings to reducing costs for firms trading bonds and derivatives.
Eugene Kim, Director of Client Solutions, and Anant Singh, Principal Software Architect, are co-authors of this article.
Emerging Technology: Prediction markets are evolving into “world truth engines” that use financial incentives to reveal collective knowledge about future events, turning specialized insights into monetizable foresight.
In other news, the FCA takes on greenwashing via innovation, STT helps clients with FINRA compliance, and the CFTC & BoE focus on CCP concerns.
IEX Exchange has announced a new version of The Signal, also knows as the Crumbling Quote Indicator, a predictive model that targets adverse price changes and powers IEX Exchange’s signature protective order types.
When FXSpotstream (FSS) launched over 11 years ago as a bank-backed spot foreign exchange price aggregation service, it set its sights on disrupting the public trading venues.
Shannon Kurtas, Product Director, Pro & Institutional Trading Max Kaplan, Sr. Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure & Data Engineering Suketu Gandhi, Sr. Engineering Director, Trading Technology Steve Hunt, VP Engin…
