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1 day ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
As political uncertainty arises in the US, global asset managers are showing increased interest in European markets, however current industry sentiment is highlighting the need for further reform and innovation to bolster liquidity on the continent. Speaking at TradeTech 2025, experts highlighted challenges such as market decentralisation, post-trade fragmentation, and punitive taxes as obstacles to Europe’s liquidity and equity investment.
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2 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
Trade surveillance provider Trillium Surveyor has partnered with Blue Ocean Technologies to enable 24-hour, 5-day trade surveillance coverage, as part of an industry push for after-hours trading. The offering sees Trillium’s trade surveillance platform integrate Blue Ocean ATS’s pre and post-trade data to allow clients to monitor trading activity during Blue Ocean’s overnight trading sessions, from 8pm to 4amET, Sunday to Thursday.
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2 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
Digital assets trading venue GFO-X has launched its FCA-regulated trading venue for centrally cleared assets. The new trading venue is set to will provide clients with institutional-grade market infrastructure, central clearing and deep liquidity – working to bridge the gap between traditional finance and digital assets.
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3 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
Daniel Ciment has joined BNY as the new Americas head of equities trading and execution, effective 12 May 2025. The new role will see Ciment working out of New York, where he will help to drive forward BNY’s next phase of growth for its equities franchise and expand its execution capabilities. He will report to Rob Lynch, head of fixed income and equities at BNY. “We are delighted to welcome Daniel to BNY.
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3 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
MarketAxess has acquired a majority stake of RFQ-hub Holdings LLC, as part of the firm’s drive to globally support and expand the exchange-traded funds (ETF) and derivative request –for quote (RFQ) platform.
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3 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
Kepler Cheuvreux is collaborating with FlexTrade Systems to make KCx’s data source available onto FlexTrade Systems’ AI offering, in a bid to drive future agent-to-agent communication. The new solution will allow clients to access KCx’s analytical suite directly from FlexTrade’s AI assistant, FlxAI. The aim is to enhance workflow efficiency and transform analytics feedback in real-time.
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3 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
One Trading has expanded access to its new crypto-perpetual futures trading venue to retail investors in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. The expansion marks the first opportunity for retail investors to trade cash-settled BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR perpetual futures pairs through a fully regulated, onshore venue, with the option to go long or short with leverage.
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6 days ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
The Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) has suggested key principles and measures to be implemented across the industry as discussions around 24-hour trading in Europe become more prominent. In a statement, the association recommended preserving market-driven flexibility and operational readiness for extended hours, to ensure a pan-European measured and evidence-based approach to market structures against the evolving industry landscape.
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1 week ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
State Street has incorporated EMAlpha’s multilingual AI co-pilot offering into its ‘smart desktop’ platform, LINK, as part of a drive to expand the firm’s integration of third-party services and products. The offering will allow LINK users to access currency-related insights and stay on top of major market news which may influence currency values, through using EMAlpha’s multilingual AI-powered information flow scanning and summarisation tool available on the platform.
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1 week ago | 
thetradenews.com | Natasha Cocksedge
The London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) Post Trade Solutions has executed its first GBP/USD multilateral compression run at its service for non-cleared OTC derivatives, SwapAgent. The offering was initially launched with EUR/USD currency pairs in 2024, and the move now marks an expansion of multi-asset post-trade capabilities, with the GBP/USD offering accounting for approximately 75% of SwapAgent’s trading activity.
