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.

Manual processing remains a stubborn feature of many sell-side execution desks' operations, with the majority of surveyed firms still relying on spreadsheets, emails and chat messaging, Acuiti’s head of research tells The TRADE.

One in three proprietary trading firms plan to scale back flexible working over the next two years after nearly half reported productivity declines under hybrid arrangements, according to a recent report.

The ETF market is poised for growth over the next 12 months, however support for 24/7 trading of these instruments still remains mixed, according to a recent Acuiti report.