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CIX launches first new Canadian equity marketplace in over a decade
The launch also includes plans to introduce fractional-share trading and extended hours operations in late Q4 2026.
Tradeweb builds out ATS offering in Saudi Arabia
The expansion covers local-to-local trading and post-trade workflow; GIB Capital and Saudi Awwal Bank executed the first transaction.
The evolution of systematic rates trading
In this Q&A, Angus McDiarmid, head of European interest rate swaps, and Daniel Flaim, head of US interest rate swaps at Tradeweb, discuss the rise of systematic swaps trading, evolving client behaviour and the next phase of electronification across global derivatives markets.
BMLL to integrate Kalshi’s prediction market data into institutional coverage
The partnership will enable systematic hedge funds and quantitative research teams to leverage prediction market signals directly in their macro research and event-driven trading workflows.
Pictet Asset Management equity trader joins ExodusPoint
London-based hire also previously spent more than a year at Bloomberg, where she worked across equities, financial products, analytics and sales.
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Leaders in Trading 2026: Buy-Side Awards shortlists unveiled, voting now open!
Winners across the six categories will be announced at Leaders in Trading, taking place 5 November at The Savoy, London; have your say before voting closes on 23 October.
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Genesis Global on rethinking financial markets software
Will Brown, manager, sales engineering at Genesis Global, discusses how technology innovation is changing in capital markets, the impact of AI on software development and how firms can integrate AI into their existing environments.
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People Moves Monday: Deutsche Bank, RBC GAM and BNP Paribas
The past week saw a run of senior appointments across trading desks, from fixed income and currencies trading to equity dealing, as well as a notable capital markets trading deputy head hire on the sell-side.
RBC GAM hires from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan director for senior trader
Appointment will cover global fixed income and currencies for the asset manager and brings more than two decades of industry experience to the role.
Nasdaq brings central counterparty clearing to Iceland’s equity market
The implementation is expected to come into effect in Q1 2028; Cboe Clear Europe will also serve as CCP partner for the Icelandic equity market.
SEC opens door to on-chain equities trading with ‘Innovation Exemption’ following Clarity Act collapse
Blockchain-based venues will be able to trade tokenised US equities through permissioned automated market makers without registering as exchanges under the temporary relief.
A hybrid decade ahead: Traditional and digital assets are converging, but slowly
Although institutional adoption of digital assets is on the up, obstacles around perception of these products and how the market close may function in a digital asset world were up for debate at TradeTech FX.
FX swaps market caught between automation and lingering manual processes
Data remains key to providing transparency in this market, yet bank appetite is increasingly important in dictating whether FX swaps are executed electronically or via voice, argue experts at TradeTech FX in Amsterdam.
Liquidnet unveils new electronic trading platform to combat equity market fragmentation
Liquidnet Meridian combines dark, lit and alternative liquidity under a single agency gateway, and supports buy-side traders looking to minimise information leakage, uncover hidden liquidity and achieve best execution, The TRADE understands.
FCA sharpens up cryptoasset trading guidelines
The regime will come into effect on 25 October 2027, and covers activities including operating cryptoasset trading platforms and dealing and arranging deals in cryptoassets.
FX swaps are going electronic, but not overnight
The appetite for automation in FX swaps market is ramping up, however panellists at TradeTech FX emphasise that structural challenges – such as clearing and credit constraints – still continue to shape the pace of change.
TS Imagine launches AI platform for capital markets
The move is set to support institutional clients embedding AI into trading and risk workflows, while enabling outputs to be traced back to underlying data, logic and sources.
Deutsche Bank hires from UBS AM for new EMEA head of capital markets trading
Appointment brings three decades of experience in derivatives, including interest rate, credit, and equity derivatives.
