Rising market data prices will impact competition and liquidity in Europe, however the ‘monopolistic’ nature of market data may make this unavoidable, said experts at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference. 

As digital asset adoption accelerates, lessons from traditional markets, particularly around trust and interoperability, will be essential if tokenised markets are to scale successfully, said panellists speaking at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference on Thursday. 

Partnership includes plans for US-regulated crypto futures and potential access to NYSE tokenised equities for OKX users. 

With 2026 set to be a landmark year for market structure developments across Europe, regulators need to collaborate with market participants to ensure data can be used to boost competition and liquidity across European markets, asserted experts speaking at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference.  

The move is set to drive the firm’s product growth and aligns with an increasing shift towards liquidity and trading infrastructure migrating to the cloud. 

The new offering – known at STG Securities – is set to build on the Group’s existing technology and capital in order to “provide competitive liquidity across exchanges and partnerships”, said the firm.

In April 2025, The TRADE revealed that Stifel that it would be closing its UK-based equities trading business, with potential jobs cuts expected to follow, before the firm confirmed the decision in December 2025. 

To ensure a smooth delivery of the enhancement, both firms are set to collaborate throughout 2026, with a focus on platform design, testing, migration and participant readiness. 

The new updates are expected to reduce manual processing, and allow clients to personalise their news feeds and directly integrate news inputs into their trading and risk workflows, The TRADE can reveal. 

New hire spent 12 years at T. Rowe Price, specialising in EM local and developed market rates.  

New interfaces aim to give firms clearer visibility into clearing, settlement and post-trade activity.