The TRADE

23 hours 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.

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.

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.

2 days ago | thetradenews.com | Claudia Preece

Instinet has moved to expand the liquidity aggregation capabilities on its BlockMatch venue as it looks to meet buy-side client demand for greater access to bilateral flow. The expansion comes as part of a strategic rebrand of its RFQ venue which will now be known as BlockMatch Select. Instinet’s BlockMatch venue will now include its Dark order book, Select RFQ order book and BlockMatch NT.

2 days ago | thetradenews.com | Claudia Preece

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has expanded its strategic partnership with Nasdaq in a bid to modernise the region’s capital markets ecosystem. Specifically, the stock exchange’s infrastructure will be enhanced by Nasdaq’s risk and surveillance technology, improving its market resilience, aligning with global standards, and leveraging Nasdaq’s AI capabilities. The move follows SET’s prior deployment of Nasdaq’s advanced surveillance and risk technology in February 2024.