Editors’ Choice Awards nominations now open for Leaders in Trading awards in London and New York 2026
Participants have until 4 September to submit their vote for this year’s London and New York-based awards ceremonies.
Participants have until 4 September to submit their vote for this year’s London and New York-based awards ceremonies.
In a joint letter, Cboe, AFME, EBF, EFAMA and EPTA urge policymakers to make mandatory cash equity CCP clearing interoperability a key pillar of MISP to support the creation of “a truly competitive and integrated European capital market,” The TRADE understands.
The move is expected to enhance GKB's investment workflows, quantitative research and sustainability reporting capabilities, and will include the integration of Bloomberg’s AIM, PORT Enterprise and BQuant Enterprise solutions.
The removal will better reflect ETF and futures price information in real time, reducing the likelihood of trading disruptions, and aligns with ADX’s continual build out of its derivatives offering.
TME was the only publicly-confirmed organisation to submit a tender; tape is currently expected to go live in June 2027.
The transition deadline came to an end of 1 July 2026, and will also mean non-EU entities cannot provide crypto-asset services to EU clients, nor can certain services be outsourced to unauthorised firms.
He joins the firm after more than five years leading Instinet’s liquidity offering; his departure from the agency-model broker was confirmed in June 2026.
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The past week saw several key moves, including a global head of trading promotion, head of fixed income appointment, and high touch sales team expansion.
The completion comes six months after the deal was initially announced in December 2025.
The plans come following recent market shifts and turbulence, such as the Middle East conflict, and aim to curb risk posed by a small number of firms holding concentrated positions and triggering destabilising cross-market unwinds.
The proposed recommendations will operate as a ‘report once’ single integrated framework spanning Mifir, EMIR and SFTR; the regulatory body has indicated that it could deliver up to €1 billion in annual net savings.
The ‘recommended practices’ have been developed to be asset class agnostic, and are relevant not only to trading venues, but also for brokers, data vendors and other service providers.
The transaction took place on the Canton Network between Franklin Templeton and Virtu Financial, and comes amid growing institutional momentum behind tokenised real-world assets.
The deal was initially announced in January 2026 and is set to enhance TP ICAP’s positioning in equity derivatives and fixed income markets.
New appointment had been with UBS for 16 years, including 12 as head of electronic credit sales for EMEA.
The transaction focuses specifically on River Global’s asset management business, and boosts Liontrust’s total assets under management.