MergersCorp M&A International

JUNE 25, 2025

MergersCorp, a distinguished global advisory firm specializing in Investment Banking and cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), today announced the launch of its highly specialized advisory service dedicated to the divestiture of businesses regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

Advisory

The TRADE

JUNE 18, 2025

Institutional broker dealer Susquehanna International Securities has appointed Matt Coupe to its fixed income trading team. Coupe joins after most recently serving at Barclays as global head of cross asset market structure, departing the bank last year after a nine year stint.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 3, 2025

The provision of a CT for bonds is set to address key issues concerning fragmented liquidity across trading venues and various lit and dark trading protocols, and the appointment has been welcomed by other industry members. “We look forward to engaging with Ediphy (fairCT) in the course of our continued focus on post trade transparency, including (..)

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2025

Susquehanna Institutional broker dealer Susquehanna International Securities has appointed Matt Coupe to its fixed income trading team. Coupe most recently served at Barclays as global head of cross asset market structure, departing the bank last year after a nine-year stint.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 15, 2025

I’m thrilled to extend our partnership with Trading Technologies, which reflects our shared commitment to advancing AI in financial markets. The post Trading Technologies makes minority investment in SIGMA AI appeared first on The TRADE.

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 31, 2025

in H1, with its markets division up 11.7 % year-on-year. The group further confirmed that in its post-trade business the focus is on entering new markets and asset classes, with 30 new customers now signed up across the product suite. The London Stock Exchange Group has posted overall organic growth of 7.8%

Risk Management

The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2025

Peel Hunt Redburn Atlantic’s head of electronic trading has left the firm to join UK investment bank Peel Hunt, as revealed by The TRADE. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading. A spokesperson for Peel Hunt confirmed the move.

Capital Market

The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2025

The approval also builds on Hidden Roads recent expansion of its fixed income prime brokerage platform, which saw the firm sign a deal in June 2024 to distribute Trading Technologies (TT) multi-asset trading platform to its clients. The post Hidden Road receives FINRA broker-dealer approval appeared first on The TRADE.

Broker

The TRADE

JUNE 27, 2025

Broker-dealer Bruce Markets’ Alternative Trading System (ATS) offering has announced a new strategic investment round, led by leading industry players including Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, and Robinhood. The raised capital is set to go towards Bruce Markets’ development of its overnight trading platform.

Investors

The TRADE

JUNE 10, 2025

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has shared its response to the European Commission’s ‘targeted consultation on integration of EU capital markets in Europe’ – which closed today – highlighting several points of concern.

Capital Market

Razorpay

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Alice Blue Financial Services Pvt. has come a long way since its inception, making waves in the Indian financial markets. As trading volumes increased, the need for a more robust, seamless payment solution became urgent. As trading volumes increased, the need for a more robust, seamless payment solution became urgent.

Financial Services

The TRADE

MAY 22, 2025

Jamie Crank The new integration sees Beeks Exchange Cloud powering ASXs new Colo OnDemand solution to supply a fully managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering to provide access to on-demand cloud computing and high-performance trading infrastructure within the ALC.

Trading

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But what does the persistent evolution of AI mean for capital markets specifically? The world of trading, and investment generally, is littered with the remnants of now-redundant solutions once thought to be the ‘future’ of the industry. A reminder perhaps that caution is our best friend when it comes to technological innovation.

Trading

The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2025

LSEG clients will be able to continue using historical, quantitative FTSE Russell indices through AWS, which is expected to address challenges of time-to-insight and operational costs by allowing for deep access to market trends and patterns. The move allowed Murexs MX.3

Collaboration

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Robbert Booij The asset class is increasingly becoming a buy-side topic said experts as end clients are voluntarily joining the cleared repo environment, viewing it as a neat instrument to facilitate trading. It’s education, it’s product offering, and marketing potentially as well [that will boost retail trading].

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2025

The enhanced service offering is expected to go live in November 2025. “As financial markets become more unpredictable, demanding greater speed and efficiency, we stay committed to empowering our clients with reliable and scalable state-of-the-art solutions,” said Sam Riley, chief executive of Clearstream Securities Services.

Management

The TRADE

JUNE 12, 2025

LSEG has appointed former Taula Capital executive, Nick Rustad, as its new group head of LCH SwapClear and listed rates. Rustad brings 25 years of financial markets experience to his new role, which will see him assuming the responsibility for driving the growth and performance of SwapClear and listed rates clearing services. He will report to (..)

Capital

The TRADE

APRIL 16, 2025

One Trading has unveiled a new regulated perpetual trading venue , increasing the European crypto-assert exchanges accessibility to both institutional and eligible retail clients. Specifically, the platform offers BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR perpetual futures trading pairs.

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 6, 2025

Read more – Miami International Holdings starts publishing Bloomberg 500 Index The exchange has said that the acquisition will help to drive its overall growth and expand its current financial markets and securities services offerings. “The acquisition of TISE by MIH signifies the growth of our business and we look forward to collaborating (..)

Acquisitions

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

James Baugh, managing director, head of European market structure, TD Cowen was voted industry person of the year at last night’s glittering Leaders in Trading awards gala. Baugh is an industry stalwart, having worked in the financial markets for over 25 years.

Equities

The TRADE

JULY 31, 2025

Specifically, the offering will see TNS acting as the low latency managed service provider for access to the exchanges, while Avelacom will manage the physical presence and circuits from the exchanges to TNS’ network. “Our collaboration with TNS provides institutional clients with robust, ultra-low-latency access to South America’s key financial (..)

IT

The TRADE

JUNE 12, 2025

Over the last two decades, retail investing in the US and Europe has evolved considerably as financial technology has developed and investing has become more accessible. In the US, retail investors have access to several robo-advisors and mobile trading apps which have appealed to the next generation of investors.

Retail

CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 9, 2025

financial market by expanding access and encouraging longer-term investing in crypto. bitcoin ETFs , could one day become more established within financial services. The move from the White House has the potential to be a game changer for the adoption of digital assets. It could help turn them into mainstays of the U.S.

Investment

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 30, 2025

per share and a ceiling of $107.80 CoreCard shareholders will receive 0.3142 Euronet shares for each of their CoreCard shares if the Final Euronet Stock Price is at or below $95.48, and 0.2783 Euronet shares for each of their CoreCard shares if the Final Euronet Stock Price is at or above $107.80.

Mergers

The TRADE

JUNE 25, 2025

The post big xyt drops out of equities consolidated tape race appeared first on The TRADE. The end date for interested parties to submit requests to participate is 25 July, and after this, the watchdog will assess these against the exclusion and selection criteria before inviting successful candidates to submit their applications.

Equities

The TRADE

JUNE 30, 2025

The post Cboe head of market data joins EuroCTP advisory committee appeared first on The TRADE. Currently, it is the sole publicly confirmed bidder for the European equities consolidated tape following news that bigxyt had exited the process in June.

Advisory

OfficeHours

MAY 16, 2023

Hedge funds are significant players in financial markets given the size of their capital bases and the frequency of their trading. One widely cited estimate is that hedge funds account for around 5-6% of total equity trading volume in the US. Citadel Securities is one of the leading market-makers in the world.

Financial Market

Global Banking & Finance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

How to start trading forex Introduction to forex trading What is forex trading? Forex, short for foreign exchange, is the world’s largest financial market where currencies are bought and sold. It’s a decentralized marketplace where participants can trade one currency for another.

Trading

The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

How are skillsets on the desk having to evolve as the market becomes increasingly technological? The required skillsets on a buy-side FX trading desk are undergoing significant transformation due to technological advancements. Entering the world of FX trading can be both challenging and rewarding.

Trading

The TRADE

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the dynamic realm of the financial markets, the introduction of technology has proven to be a catalyst for transformative change, overhauling existing trading strategies. Among the wide range of advancements, algorithmic trading has revolutionised how financial instruments are bought and sold.

Trading

The TRADE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Industry Person of the Year Award 2024. Industry Person of the Year 2024 shortlist: James Baugh, managing director, head of European market structure, TD Cowen James Baugh is an industry stalwart, having worked in the financial markets for over 25 years.

Trading

The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Cloud is increasingly the primary choice of deployment for post-trade workloads and trading, a new Nasdaq paper has found, with market readiness one of the factors driving the adoption.

Trading

The TRADE

MAY 16, 2024

In the constantly evolving financial markets landscape, where volatility and complexity are continually featured, the ability to discern the true costs of trading has become paramount for investors and institutions alike.

Trading

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MARCH 11, 2024

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help biggest cryptocurrency rally Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business, economics and financial markets.

Business

The TRADE

AUGUST 17, 2023

Coinbase Financial Markets has secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association (NFA) to operate a futures commission merchant (FCM) and offer eligible US customers access to crypto futures from its platforms.

Trading

The TRADE

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The London Stock Exchange (LSEG) saw overall growth across its key businesses in 2023, with considerable improvement across data and analytics, capital markets, and in particular, post-trade. year-on-year increase, while capital markets saw a 6.1% In capital markets, the 6.1% rise year-on-year as compared to 2022.

Trading

The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

Trading Technologies (TT) has introduced two new offerings to enhance its data and analytics and compliance lines of business, TT Futures TCA and TT Trade Surveillance. Trading Technologies added that it plans to upgrade and shift all TT Score users to TT Trade Surveillance in H2 this year.

Trading