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Developed with a consortium including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi and JP Morgan, the platform seeks to streamline cleared and bilateral workflows. 

Increases however remain above both inflation and the pace of budget growth at firms, according to the latest Substantive Research report. 

Rising market data prices will impact competition and liquidity in Europe, however the ‘monopolistic’ nature of market data may make this unavoidable, said experts at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference. 

With 2026 set to be a landmark year for market structure developments across Europe, regulators need to collaborate with market participants to ensure data can be used to boost competition and liquidity across European markets, asserted experts speaking at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference.  

The new updates are expected to reduce manual processing, and allow clients to personalise their news feeds and directly integrate news inputs into their trading and risk workflows, The TRADE can reveal. 

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. 

New conversational AI interface - ASKB - aims to accelerate investment research and streamline trader workflows by integrating agentic AI directly into the Bloomberg Terminal. 

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. 

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.