Cboe to offload Australian and Canadian markets businesses
The decision reflects the firm’s “global strategic shift”; Cboe will work alongside regulators and customers to ensure a smooth transition of the businesses.
Trading Venues
Eurex unveils new access model to lower entry barriers for buy-side
The new offering will go live on 10 November 2025 and is set to allow a wider range of firms to trade directly on Eurex without a membership.
SIX selects Aquis Technologies to deliver harmonised trading platform across European exchanges
The new system will underpin trading across SIX Swiss Exchange and Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, with goals to create a unified client experience and enhance market access.
LSEG’s Post Trade Solutions to receive investment from 11 global banks
BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are among the banks taking a 20% ownership stake, in exchange for £170 million in the deal.
German Chancellor Merz calls for a single European stock exchange
Merz’ support follows recent developments to unify Europe’s markets and address fragmentation across the region, such as Euronext’s bid to acquire all ATHEX shares.
LSEG and Microsoft extend multi-year partnership
The move will use LSEG data to allow custom AI agents to be built directly into workflows, within the Microsoft Copilot Studio, and deployed in Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Industry associations call on European exchanges to strengthen outage management protocols
A joint statement from AFME, EFAMA and FIA EPTA follows numerous disruptions since 2020, most recently the Nasdaq Nordic and Baltic outage in July 2025.
Alantra Equities joins BME as market member
Alantra was formerly known as N+1 Equities, having come under the same umbrella alongside C.W. Downer & Co., Swiss Capital, Daruma, and Dinamia in 2016.
Euronext moves forward with plans to acquire Athens Stock Exchange
The exchange is set to launch a voluntary exchange offer, running until 17 November, with the proposal already receiving unanimous support from ATHEX’s board of directors.
Euronext launches first fully integrated marketplace for European ETFs and ETPs
The offering will unify listing, trading, clearing and settlement and is set to address fragmentation and distribution issues across European ETF markets.