Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Global markets, trading & world business — for professional traders
Optiver, IMC Trading, Jump Trading Group, XTX Markets and ABN AMRO Clearing Bank have invested in A5X, a new Brazilian derivatives exchange which is set to begin operations by 2026.
The international commodities market has entered uncharted territory. Driven by escalating fiscal deficit projections in the West, synchronized global de-dollarization trends, and persistent macroeconomic instability, s…
For over two years, the mood on Wall Street has been dictated by a singular, grinding reality: the most aggressive inflation-fighting campaign in a generation. But this afternoon, inside the Eccles Building in Washingto…
Changes in credit markets since the pandemic have had an important influence on monetary policy transmission. Lower bank funding costs relative to the cash rate, narrower lending rate spreads, and increased business cre…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delivered a landmark decision on September 30, 2025, formally approving the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE). This pivotal move greenlights the creation of a new national sec…
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) of Sri Lanka has announced its decision to shorten its current settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 for all equity transactions, a move aimed at aligning with international standards.
Finance, at its heart, is the movement of capital. It is the art of channeling idle assets to where they can generate the most value. From this perspective, the history of financial markets is, in essence, a history of …
Nowhere are the markets changing so rapidly as in fixed income, the asset class that sits at the foundation of the financial system. And nowhere do asset owners and investors need more help to come out ahead.
Legislative amendments to MIFIR (Updated MiFIR) and MIFID (Updated MiFID) have been published in the Official Journal. The texts were introduced by the European Commission in November 2021 (see our briefing here). The m…
The First-tier Tribunal’s (FTT) decision in HMRC v Professional Game Match Officials Ltd [2026] UKFTT 654 (TC) (PGMOL) sits within a long line of employment status cases.
JPMorgan JPM is expected to pay $100 million to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to settle claims related to trade reporting lapses. The news was reported by Reuters, citing a source with direct kn…
Reforms to the UK’s capital markets over the past five years have achieved an incredible amount, from simplifying the rules for stock market listings to reducing costs for firms trading bonds and derivatives.
Aquis Exchange is set to begin charging its trading members for non-displayed market data feeds for the first time since its inception almost 11 years ago.
As he steps back from his role as CEO at CBOE Canada, the avowed change-maker highlights the issues he thinks stakeholders in Canadian capital markets need to address
In other news, the FCA takes on greenwashing via innovation, STT helps clients with FINRA compliance, and the CFTC & BoE focus on CCP concerns.
IEX Exchange has announced a new version of The Signal, also knows as the Crumbling Quote Indicator, a predictive model that targets adverse price changes and powers IEX Exchange’s signature protective order types.
Shannon Kurtas, Product Director, Pro & Institutional Trading Max Kaplan, Sr. Engineering Director, Core Infrastructure & Data Engineering Suketu Gandhi, Sr. Engineering Director, Trading Technology Steve Hunt, VP Engin…
FX trading venues using central limit order book (CLOB) systems to match buyers and sellers saw double-digit percentage increases in activity in 2022.
Today is the final day for the trading industry and investors to submit comments on one of Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler's most controversial proposals: a partial overhaul of the U.S. trading sys…
Many brokerages offer free stock-trading apps for investors who are just getting started.
Investors in Robinhood Markets (HOOD), the online trading platform, have endured a tough year with the stock price falling 60%. Can its fortunes turn around?
Financial markets contribute to economic growth by aggregating savings and allocating them to productive opportunities. Prices guide the decisions that drive this dual function: investors’ portfolio choice and issuers’ …
Singapore has quietly been playing host to some of the most advanced explorations into cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) ever done by big banks, institutions and regulators.
The secondary market is where investors buy and sell securities, such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Trades take place on the secondary market between other investors and traders rather than from the companies that…