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24 Exchange Secures SEC Approval for 23-Hour Trading Platform
24 Exchange, the multi-asset trading platform designed to facilitate continuous trading across various asset classes, has received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate 24X National Exchange, the first U.S. national securities exchange offering 23-hour trading on weekdays. This milestone is contingent on adjustments to Equity Data Plans to support overnight…
Cboe Clear Europe Gains Approval to Launch Clearing Service for European Securities Financing Transactions
Cboe Clear Europe has received regulatory approval from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) and the Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) to clear European Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs). The new service will provide central clearing, settlement, and post-trade lifecycle management for cash equities and ETFs, supporting lenders, including UCITS and non-UCITS participants, and borrowers across 19 European Central…
Inside AWS’s Strategy for Cloud Innovation in Financial Markets
Exclusive Q&A with John Kain, Head of Market Development for Financial Services at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Cloud technology continues to play an increasingly pivotal role in shaping the future of trading infrastructure. With its promise of scalability, resilience, security, and innovation, cloud technology is transforming workflows across the industry. However, the unique demands of…
An Execution Trader’s Job isn’t Dead; it’s Just Changing Course
By Sylvain Thieullent, CEO of Horizon Trading Solutions. With dozens of headlines circulating this year around the threat of emerging technologies automating swathes of banking roles, you could forgive colleagues on execution trading desks for feeling a tad jittery. The unrivalled speed and precision of trading algorithms have given rise to rumours of redundancy for…
As the Latest FPGA Technology from AMD Sets the Gold Standard, where Next for Ultra-Low Latency Trading?
Earlier this summer, AMD achieved a world-record STAC-T0 benchmark result1 with its FPGA designed for ultra-low latency trading, the AMD Alveo UL3524 FinTech accelerator card, and has now just launched a new card with equivalent performance but half the size, geared towards even broader adoption among high-frequency trading firms. STAC benchmarks are the accepted industry…
Exegy Expands nxAccess to Cover All Canadian Equity Exchanges
Exegy, the trading technology provider, has expanded its FPGA-based tick-to-trade solution, nxAccess, to include all Canadian equity exchanges. This development enables seamless, ultra-low latency trading across both Canadian and US markets, catering to diverse trading strategies. The enhanced coverage allows Canadian traders to access both market data and order execution across key venues, including Montréal,…
OSTTRA and FIS Partner to Enhance Transparency and Efficiency in ETD Post-Trade Processing
OSTTRA, the post-trade solutions vendor, has entered a strategic partnership with FIS to enhance transparency and efficiency in the exchange-traded derivatives (ETD) post-trade lifecycle. The collaboration will provide OSTTRA’s network of investment management clients with real-time clearing status updates from over 70 global CCPs via FIS Connections, improving transparency in give-ups and exception management. FIS…
Blue Riband Group Selects TS Imagine’s TS One Risk Module for Portfolio Management
Blue Riband Group, the global long/short equity investment manager, has adopted the TS One Risk Module and Portfolio Risk Management from TS Imagine, the financial markets solutions vendor. TS One is a solution purpose-built for investment teams, integrating functionalities such as Portfolio Management, Trading, Risk Management, Compliance, and Operations. Its modular design allows for scalability…
Trading Technologies to Offer Access to Cboe Equity Index Options in 2025
Trading Technologies International (TT), the global provider of capital markets technology, plans to add access to Cboe equity index options on its platform starting early 2025. This development will allow TT’s institutional and professional trader clients to trade popular Cboe index products, including the S&P 500 Index (SPX), Cboe Volatility Index (VIX), Russell 2000 Index…
CQG to Offer Day-One Access to MIAX Futures Exchange, Including New Bloomberg Equity Index Futures
CQG, the trading technology solutions provider, plans to provide day-one access to the MIAX Futures Exchange, including Bloomberg equity index futures contracts, upon the launch of the exchange’s Onyx matching engine in June 2025. The announcement was made at the Futures & Options Expo in Chicago. This development aligns with Miami International Holdings, Inc.’s (MIH)…