The firms that are able to create a unified AI framework, that encompass an organisation-wide AI strategy will be those that reap the most rewards from this technological evolution, said experts speaking at the TradingTech Summit 2026 in London 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.
Tradeweb picked up the award for Outstanding Fixed Income Trading Venue at Leaders in Trading 2025. Following this achievement, Tradeweb sits down with The TRADE to unpack the key factors behind the win, including the standout milestones across the last 12 months, the key turning points throughout the year, and plans for future expansion.
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.
Fireside Friday with… BTIG’s Pavi Sidhu
The TRADE sits down with Pavi Sidhu, head of EMEA systematic execution at BTIG, to discuss all things bilateral trading, from how the buy-side is engaging with the model, to its role in European markets and how it continues to evolve.
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Investec’s Andries Potgieter on aligning trading and analytics for market edge
The TRADE sits down with Andries Potgieter, head of electronic trading SA at Investec, at the JSE’s SA Trade Connect conference to unpack how firms are reassessing infrastructure and analytics strategies amid growing market complexity and how desks should align technology decisions with measurable trading outcomes.
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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.
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) advocates for policy improvements and changes across the European investment management industry; members include firms such as BlackRock, Invesco, DWS and Fidelity International, among others.
The past week was one for the books in terms of people moves, with a new buy-side head of ETF capital markets for EMEA and APAC, as well as senior positions across the sell-side spanning market structure, equities, rates and derivatives.
New hire joins from Soros Fund Management, having served in various different roles over the past 14 years.
Move is aimed at assisting National Competent Authorities (NCAs) with practical tools when it comes to supervision of algo trading under Mifid II.
Strong performance including a 5.1% increase in equities revenue put down to market conditions, ongoing product innovation and ‘the attractiveness of LSEG venues’ according to the Group.
The move is expected to support the exchange’s launch, set to go live in 2026, and will allow direct feeds from US equities markets to be ingested and normalised, with the aim of enhancing performance capabilities.
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