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The move is set to create a “premier fixed income marketplace”; fixed income traders to benefit from consolidated liquidity, more competitive pricing, and more.
The move is set to create a “premier fixed income marketplace”; fixed income traders to benefit from consolidated liquidity, more competitive pricing, and more.
The offering leverages Bloomberg’s RFQe workflow and follows a rule amendment by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
The move will also integrate US equities options market BOX into MEMX; the combined company will operate three options exchanges, one equities exchange and a technology business.
Europe’s secondary equity markets don’t need a sweeping overhaul, instead incremental reform can boost choice and competition, improve integration and investor outcomes across Europe, writes Alex Dalley, head of European equities at Cboe.
The agreement makes the BSE the eleventh member to join the platform and will provide a single investor gateway for cross-border opportunities between the Middle East and Africa.
The deal will integrate Canoe’s private markets capabilities into Bloomberg’s solutions and aims to address the challenge of fragmented data and intelligence across private markets intelligence.
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Move comes after almost three decades at BlackRock, most recently as co-head of global trading.
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Move comes after almost three decades at BlackRock, most recently as co-head of global trading.
The new offering will allow institutional investors trading these instruments to access liquidity discreetly and efficiently without losing reach or control.
New hire follows a spate of high touch appointments this year; also previously served at WJB Capital and Leerink Swann & Company.
Full production trading is available from 29 July; the platforms will leverage a periodic auction trading mechanism alongside a matching model.
The initial phase of the offering will span approximately 40 contracts across major developed and emerging market economies, and will support investors managing equity risk in their global portfolios.
The move makes Malaysia’s stock exchange the fourth venue in Southeast Asia to hold this status and is set to enhance its cross-market connectivity.
The tape is now set to go live on 14 September 2026; authorisation process included assessment of EuroCTP’s data quality and performances, operational resilience, commercial model and governance.
Both hires will work across global cross-asset futures sales and trading in their new roles, The TRADE understands; appointments previously served at firms including UBS, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
The Series C funding aligns with growing demand for digital asset integration across the industry, and will allow EDX Markets to enhance its institutional-focused trading, clearing and settlement capabilities.
The past week has been one for the books, with a multitude of hires across the buy- and sell-side including new heads of desk and trader appointments.
The collaboration enhances client access to Trumid’s electronic trading ecosystem, and builds on the two firms’ ongoing engagement, which dates back to 2020.