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Market experts from Tradeweb, SIX, FlexTrade Systems and Optiver examine the key factors set to shape global markets in 2026, spanning regulation, pricing and data.  

The past week has seen senior appointments across equities trading and FX, as well as hires across institutional sales, spanning cash equities and ETFs.   

The new senior hires will focus specifically on cash equities and ETFs and are set to strengthen the buy-side liquidity offering across both sides of the Atlantic.

The addition marks the seventh liquidity provider to join the exchange’s solution and follows the incorporation of Societe Generale onto the service in June 2025.  

Move will amend how Optiver reports and will see the market maker expand the number of stocks it is able to offer up liquidity in.

The past week saw appointments across technology, market structure, sales and derivatives.

New appointment previously held technology-related roles at BlackRock, E-Trade, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. 

The latest funding round also saw continued backing from existing investors Nasdaq Ventures, FactSet and IQ Capital’s Growth Fund.

The TRADE explores evolving liquidity dynamics, delving into the impacts of RTS amendments as well as the role that electronic liquidity providers (ELPs) are playing in this shifting landscape.

In late 2023, The TRADE and Optiver partnered on the buy-side European cash equity trading survey, uncovering key trends in the space through original research, delving into: market structure, real time transaction cost analysis (TCA), buy-side broker relationships, data costs, consolidated tape plans and more.