The growth of European single stocks derivatives (SSDs) created a large and diverse range of products for equity market exposure. However, this growth came with complexity, often adding costs to trading. As the key hub for the European market, Eurex has undertaken constant upgrades to ensure cost-efficiencies for traders. The newest feature is enabling the home market settlement.

Natan Tiefenbrun, president for North American and European equities at Cboe Global Markets, and Maria Salamanca Mejia, head of EMEA market structure at Morgan Stanley, discuss the lit order book landscape and why a more in-depth analysis of the venues can enhance execution outcomes for clients.

The landscape for euro clearing is changing as buy-side firms seek to harness margin efficiency and cost savings by centralising their euro trading and clearing at one CCP. This article explores why firms are building out their euro cross-product exposure at Eurex and the future of Eurex as the “home of the euro yield curve”.

CME Group unpacks the FX futures and options liquidity landscape, disproving common market misconceptions around central clearing, bilateral over the counter trading, and central limit order book usage.

The TRADE sits down with Mike Green, chief operations officer (COO) and head of EMEA electronic trading, to find out what differentiates BMO’s offering. Following its launch in Europe last year, BMO won the 2023 Leaders in Trading Awards for Best Access to Markets and Best Customer Support & Consulting.

Natan Tiefenbrun, president for North American and European equities at Cboe Global Markets, discusses the key trends for European market structure in 2024, including the growing importance of the retail investor and consolidated tapes in the EU and UK moving a step closer to reality.

Paul Houston, global head of FX, CME Group, speaks to The TRADE about the business’ growth in 2023, planned product expansion for 2024 and the evolution of the FX swaps and options markets.

TD Cowen has invested heavily in people and technology over the years, and now clients are seeking different forms of hybrid outsourced trading services from the provider along with delving deeper into new asset classes, says Michael Rosen, managing director and global co-head of prime brokerage & outsourced trading.

Outsourced execution can be misconceived as only being relevant to smaller funds, requiring a long and burdensome onboarding process, or presented as a binary alternative to running an in-house execution desk. In fact, none of these notions are true. The TRADE speaks with UBS Execution Hub about how it helps different types of asset managers do more with less and provides bespoke solutions to suit each client’s need as an extension of its existing trading desk.

As operator of Europe’s largest periodic auction – and pioneer of the category – Cboe is continuing its innovative approach to deliver the execution quality benefits of the mechanism more widely, says Natan Tiefenbrun, president, Cboe Europe.