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JP Morgan head of EMEA SSA and credit repo trading joins Wells Fargo
New hire joins the bank after 14 years at JP Morgan, where he set up and ran the firm’s continental sovereign, supranational, and agency (SSA) and credit repo trading desk in Paris.
Trading Technologies to offer direct connectivity to India’s national stock exchange
Move will enable global clients accessing the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to utilise the platform’s full suite of trading tools, including execution algorithms.
Tangible progress and industry firsts with Tradeweb
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.
TP ICAP shifts Fusion Digital Assets exchange to matched principal model
The move is set to align crypto execution with traditional wholesale markets, in a bid to enhance capital efficiency, risk management and institutional confidence.
IEX head of cross asset product joins Kraken to lead global derivatives
New hire has also previously held various senior positions at Cboe Global Markets.
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Bloomberg embeds agentic AI into the Terminal
New conversational AI interface – ASKB – aims to accelerate investment research and streamline trader workflows by integrating agentic AI directly into the Bloomberg Terminal.
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The TRADE caught up with Hariharan Srinivasan, director, data engineering, analytics and insights, Franklin Templeton, to unpack the key factors which are front of mind for the buy-side when it comes to LLMs, as well as how the technology is continuing to make a real difference to processes and creating significant efficiencies.
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Citi names new head of markets for Vietnam
New hire will also serve in a dual-hatted role as country treasurer for Vietnam; she has previously held senior positions at Maybank and BNP Paribas.
Bloomberg embeds agentic AI into the Terminal
New conversational AI interface - ASKB - aims to accelerate investment research and streamline trader workflows by integrating agentic AI directly into the Bloomberg Terminal.
Optiver and Virtu-backed Optimal Market Technologies options execution platform launches
RQD Clearing’s new separate entity introduces a ‘competition for order flow’ model, designed to enhance execution quality and liquidity competition across the US-listed options market.
People Moves Monday: BlackRock, Jefferies, BBVA and more…
This past week has seen a flurry of activity, including a global trading co-head departure, as well as appointments across outsourced trading, repo and credit trading.
Rothschild & Co taps HSBC for new head of market structure and strategy
New hire comes shortly after a recent addition to Rothschild & Co’s equities execution business, and is set to support the firm’s Global Markets Solutions (GMS) platform.
Investec bolsters electronic trading offering with Peel Hunt hire
New hire is set to support the development of Investec’s ZebrA-X platform, and has also previously served at firms including Numis Securities and Canaccord Genuity.
Jefferies names new global head of outsourced trading
New hire is set to increase the firm’s global outsourced trading footprint, and joins after serving in the same position at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Tradeweb partners with Kalshi to expand institutional access to prediction markets
The marketplace operator has also taken a minority stake in Kalshi; the new offering reflects increasing institutional interest in incorporating event-driven data into core trading and risk management workflows.
ESMA dishes out €1.37 million fine to trade repository REGIS-TR for seven EMIR and SFTR violations
The sanction marks the highest fine ESMA has imposed on a trade repository to date, reflecting REGIS-TR’s failure to meet key EMIR and SFTR organisational obligations.
EM inflows gathering pace as global investors broaden focus
Renewed investor appetite for emerging markets and evolving liquidity dynamics are reshaping trading strategies, agreed panellists speaking at the JSE SA Trade Connect conference in Cape Town.
‘The days of the single black swan are gone’
Panellists speaking at the JSE SA Trade Connect conference in Cape Town highlight the importance of resilience, as market unpredictability increasingly becomes part of the fabric of the industry.
