Around 40% of brokers plan to recruit more quantitative researchers and execution analytics specialists amid fierce competition for specialist talent, according to a recent Coalition Greenwich report.

The TRADE sits down with Brian Hyndman, chief executive at Blue Ocean, to explore the current landscape for extended trading hours, and how regulation and future growth come into play.

The TRADE caught up with Alexandra Roby, head of equity sales, UK and Ireland, at SIX, to unpack key market structure changes taking place across Europe, from the decline of the lit book to the growth of periodic auctions, as well as the role played by incoming regulation and systematic internalisers.

The industry association emphasised key measures that MISP should encourage, including SI recognition and mandatory CSD interoperability.

Ellie Beasley, head of market structure and EMEA equities chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, gives her perspective on what to keep an eye on in Q2 2026.

While fragmentation offers European market participants benefits such as bilateral liquidity and reduced venue fees, experts at TradeTech 2026 in Amsterdam highlight that market data and infrastructure cost challenges remain.

As momentum for extended trading hours builds and more offerings are expected to follow over the course of 2026, Natasha Cocksedge takes a closer look as the groundwork for these developments is laid by firms such as the DTCC, Cboe and Nasdaq.

New risk, compliance and regulatory frameworks are essential to ensure a smooth shift to extended trading models, and the firms that prepare early will reap the most rewards, according to a recent Broadridge whitepaper.

More than half of US buy-side equity traders are hitting burnout due to technology glitches, a recent Coalition Greenwich report has found.