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OneChronos Brings Combinatorial Matching to European Equities
Periodic auctions came to Europe as an answer to the speed race. They are now routine. Several operators run them, and randomised auction lengths and speed-neutral matching have become standard rather than special. A venue arriving today has to say what it does that the others do not. OneChronos, which began production trading on its…
Fanatics Buys BGC’s Exchange and Clearinghouse to Bring Prediction Markets In-House
Global sports platform Fanatics has agreed to acquire Water Street Labs, a CFTC-registered Designated Contract Market (DCM), and CX Clearinghouse, a registered Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), from BGC Group. The acquisition gives Fanatics direct ownership of the exchange and clearing infrastructure that will enable it to expand its prediction markets business. Alongside the transaction, the…
ICE Adds Institutional Bond Execution with $6 Billion MarketAxess Acquisition
Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to acquire MarketAxess Holdings for $167 per share in cash, valuing the electronic bond trading platform at approximately $6 billion in equity and $5.7 billion in enterprise value. The price is a 33% premium to MarketAxess’s closing price on 29 July. MarketAxess connects around 2,100 institutional investors and broker-dealers in more…
Buy or Build? Trade Surveillance Software’s Oldest Question Has New Stakes
By Nolan Schiff, Chief Solutions Officer, Eventus. It’s a question nearly as old as enterprise software itself: should you pay a vendor to deliver your technology, or dedicate internal resources to building and maintaining it yourself? For trade surveillance, it’s a decision that requires weighing cost against control, performance against customization and the speed of…
Plus500 Partners with Wealthsimple to Power US Futures Access in Canada
Plus500 has announced a strategic partnership with Wealthsimple, a Canadian financial platform serving over four million clients with C$150 billion in assets under administration. The deal will allow Wealthsimple to offer Canadian retail investors direct access to US futures contracts for the first time, using Plus500’s proprietary trading platform. Under the agreement, Plus500 will supply…
Liquidnet Expands Latin America Equities Offering in Brazil and Mexico
Agency execution specialist Liquidnet has announced the expansion of its Latin America equities offering, improving trading capabilities and liquidity access for institutional investors in Brazil and Mexico. The enhanced service allows institutional asset managers to source large-scale block liquidity while simultaneously executing algorithmic strategies across broader public markets. This integrated approach is designed to help…
Goldwise Partners with Integral to Launch 24/7 Institutional Precious Metals Trading
Goldwise, the UK-based precious metals fintech, has partnered with currency technology provider Integral to launch 24/7 institutional trading for physical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. The partnership enhances Goldwise’s institutional platform, GoldwiseConnect, allowing financial services firms to offer real-time physical precious metals trading. By integrating Integral’s full-stack technology, Goldwise incorporates pricing, liquidity aggregation, and risk…
Talos Integrates with Kalshi to Bring Prediction Markets and US Perpetuals to Institutional Investors
Institutional digital asset infrastructure provider Talos has integrated with financial exchange Kalshi. The integration enables select institutional clients, such as hedge funds and market makers, to trade Kalshi’s event contracts and US-onshore crypto perpetuals directly through their existing Talos interface without requiring additional technical setup. The rollout introduces specialized execution capabilities to support institutional workflows….
London Stock Exchange to Launch 24/5 Venue LSE 24, Built Around Agentic Trading
London Stock Exchange has announced plans for LSE 24, a 24/5 trading venue designed for digital, algorithmic and agentic trading, with client testing due by the end of 2026 and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) as the first asset class in H1 2027, subject to regulatory approval. The venue will run near-continuously from Monday to Friday…
Rothera Leverages Adaptive Exchange Accelerator to Build Regulated Event Contract Venue
Rothera, the CFTC-regulated event contracts exchange and clearinghouse founded as a joint venture between Robinhood and Susquehanna International Group, has launched its trading and clearing platform on Adaptive’s Aeron Exchange Accelerator technology, going live in under five months, in time for the 2026 World Cup. The platform reports $3 billion contracts traded during its first…