The latest edition of The TRADE Magazine is now live, with a wealth of new content; check out the highlights here.
Bourse de Casablanca’s launch is set to support the development of Morocco’s financial ecosystem, and will initially support futures contracts on the MASI.20 index, with further instruments set to follow in the future.
As prediction markets continue to garner significant traction across everything from sports to politics, the concept is now entering the radar of institutional trading. Natasha Cocksedge explores the up-and-coming sector to question whether it is truly about ‘buying into the future’ and where the line between trading and gambling is drawn.
Euronext picked up the award for Outstanding European Derivatives Venue at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading Awards in November 2025, recognising its significant innovation and success in the category over the past year. Charlotte Alliot, head of financial derivatives, EQD and FI, highlights the key developments over the year that led to the win.
Integration enables native access to regulatory, reference and pricing data through Snowflake.
As part of the launch, the firm has brought in two ex-Argentex Group hires to lead dealing and portfolio solutions on the desk; move comes amid “greater complexity around foreign exchange and interest rate risk throughout the investment lifecycle,” Marex tells The TRADE.
Marex unveils new private markets desk
As part of the launch, the firm has brought in two ex-Argentex Group hires to lead dealing and portfolio solutions on the desk; move comes amid “greater complexity around foreign exchange and interest rate risk throughout the investment lifecycle,” Marex tells The TRADE.
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Nutmeg’s Jason Conan-Davies on retail participation across Europe
The TRADE sits down with Jason Conan-Davies, head of trading at Nutmeg, to delve into which jurisdictions are standing out when it comes to retail, the key factors influencing increased interest in the space, and what trading venues should be doing to not only incentivise, but also facilitate, participation.
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The new contracts will cover Avalanche and SUI futures in both micro and larger sizes; go live set for 4 May.
The past week has seen a series of senior promotions across the buy-side, including a newly created head of global markets role, as well as head of trading and dealing appointments.
Paris-based new hire is set to support the firm’s expansion of its execution strategy.
The collaboration is set to enable the creation of a low-latency execution trading environment for Australian capital markets.
Appointment is an internal promotion; individual joined the firm in 2019.
Individual has spent seven years at the asset manager across various roles, and also previously worked at Deutsche Bank.
The move is set to boost FX price formation for the exchange, and support Singapore Exchange (SGX) FX’s clients in accessing liquidity.
The upgrade will come into effect in May 2027, and is expected to enhance both institutional investor participation in Greek capital markets, as well as the international positioning of the Athens Stock Exchange.
Move is set to enable multilateral netting across FX transactions, and marks an expansion of CLS’ PvP settlement offering.
The proposals span post-trade transparency and simplified reporting concerns, and follow the FCA’s recent consolidated tape and transaction reporting consultations, which closed in February 2026.
The new offering is expected to complement the firm’s existing public cloud partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and OVHcloud.
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