The completion of the transaction comes just two months after the deal was announced in July 2026 and will extend the Nasdaq eVestment platform to cover the entire manager research, due diligence and monitoring ecosystem.
The deal follows increasing demand for more varied liquidity solutions and market models as traditional and digital markets increasingly converge; builds on the two firms’ ongoing partnership first established in 2021.
Transaction is set to close in Q3 2026 and will expand Nasdaq eVestment’s platform to cover the complete manager research, due diligence and monitoring lifecycle.
The Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, Liberty Bank, Terabank and Basisbank will adopt Nasdaq’s Calypso platform under a shared infrastructure model, to address growing demand for sophisticated treasury infrastructure in Georgian markets.
The collaboration is expected to tackle the fragmentation of collateral and risk workflows across digital and traditional infrastructures and provide a unified framework for clients to scale tokenisation strategies.
The partnership will enable tokenised securities executed on the venues to settle through the distributed ledger-based infrastructure.
The integration is expected to bolster the global competitiveness of Japan’s derivatives markets and marks an expansion of Nasdaq’s current technology offering across Japanese financial markets.
Market onlookers from Pico, Bruce Markets and Nasdaq provide an additional view on how they believe discussions around 24/7 trading will shape markets across the world, and how the industry will respond as hours begin to extend.
Market experts from Nasdaq, LSEG, CLS and ION delve into the regulation to keep an eye on, the increasing relevance of digital assets as they increasingly converge with traditional finance, and the emerging post-trade trends expected to continue into 2026.
If approved, the offering – Global Trading Hours - will add a ‘night’ session to the exchange’s trading hours, set to run from 9pm to 4am ET the next calendar day.