Equities

New interfaces aim to give firms clearer visibility into clearing, settlement and post-trade activity. 

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) advocates for policy improvements and changes across the European investment management industry; members include firms such as BlackRock, Invesco, DWS and Fidelity International, among others. 

The past week was one for the books in terms of people moves, with a new buy-side head of ETF capital markets for EMEA and APAC, as well as senior positions across the sell-side spanning market structure, equities, rates and derivatives. 

New hire joins from Soros Fund Management, having served in various different roles over the past 14 years. 

As AI and technological transformations command an increasingly central role in the shift to continuous trading, panellists speaking at the TradingTech Summit on Thursday emphasised the importance of human presence on the desk in order to ensure a successful shift to these models.  

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. 

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.  

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.  

South Africa needs to change its mindset and start thinking more deliberately about the long term, asserted one buy-side panellist speaking at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) SA Trade Connect 2026 conference on Thursday. 

The regulatory body also reaffirmed the need for more comprehensive reforms to the UK’s Reasonable Commercial Basis (RCB) framework, to resolve broader market data issues related to the tape.