Vermiculus Launches VeriIndex for Real-Time Index Calculation and Management

Vermiculus has launched VeriIndex, a real-time index calculation and management engine designed to help exchanges and marketplaces develop and operate specialised indices across traditional and emerging asset classes. The platform combines continuous index calculation, corporate action processing and index administration within a single system, initially supporting price-return and total-return indices.

VeriIndex calculates and publishes index values using live market data, with standardised interfaces for distributing results. A next-business-day simulation capability allows operators to assess and correct the impact of scheduled corporate actions and index changes before implementation. Its configurable architecture supports additional calculation methodologies, instrument types and pricing capabilities, enabling operators to expand their index offerings as market requirements evolve.

The system integrates natively with Vermiculus’ VeriTrade exchange trading platform but can also operate independently alongside third-party trading and post-trade infrastructure.

The launch extends Vermiculus’ market infrastructure portfolio as demand grows for indices covering emerging products, including tokenised assets, perpetuals and prediction markets.

DTCC Research Highlights Post-Trade Automation Gaps Ahead of Europe’s T+1 Transition

New research from DTCC and ValueExchange has highlighted significant gaps in European post-trade automation as the industry prepares to move to T+1 settlement in October 2027. The report finds that settlement volumes across Europe increased by 15% in 2025, while failed trades rose by 21%, adding pressure to already fragmented operational processes. Only 33% of European middle offices have invested in automated standing settlement instruction (SSI) storage and exchange, while approximately 68% of firms still rely on some manual trade matching. Just 62% appear prepared for upcoming place of settlement (PSET) requirements.

With T+1 compressing settlement timelines by approximately 83%, the research calls for greater standardisation, automated instruction flows and more consistent trade data across middle- and back-office systems. DTCC argues that existing matching infrastructure and reference data utilities provide a foundation for improving settlement efficiency, reducing exceptions and strengthening operational resilience ahead of the transition.

Xceptor Expands Japanese Operations with Second Megabank Partnership

Xceptor has expanded its investment in Japan following the selection of its data automation platform by another major Japanese bank, bringing its client relationships to two of the country’s three megabanks. The latest implementation, delivered in partnership with local technology specialist GRCS, will use Xceptor’s sovereign-grade SaaS platform to streamline fragmented post-trade workflows and reduce reliance on manual processes.

The company has also appointed Airi Iwamoto as Key Account Director and Satomi Hirono as Principal, Client Success, to support Japanese financial institutions, including banks and trading houses.

Its expansion focuses on automating operational processes such as trade affirmations, confirmations, end-user computing remediation and fund services. A Japanese-language interface is also being introduced.

FIX Trading Community Calls for Clearer Market Data Standards in UK Equities Reform

The FIX Trading Community has called for greater consistency, transparency and operational resilience in UK equity markets in responses to two Financial Conduct Authority consultations covering market structure reform and the proposed equity consolidated tape. Its recommendations include more granular liquidity reporting that distinguishes trading phases, execution mechanisms and genuinely addressable volumes, alongside clearer identification of automated and manual off-venue transactions.

FIX also advocates aligning UK trade flags more closely with EU standards, identifying technical and non-addressable trades, and introducing standardised, machine-readable communications for market outages.

For the consolidated tape, the association recommends keeping trading venue and systematic internaliser quote data separate, while prioritising completeness, reliability and resilience as trading models and operating hours evolve. FIX additionally cautions against extending transparency requirements to complex synthetic equity transactions without clearly defined scope, identifiers and assessment of regulatory implications.

The proposals aim to improve market data usability while reducing operational complexity for trading firms and data consumers.

SOLVE Previews New Issue Monitor for Structured Credit Markets

SOLVE has unveiled New Issue Monitor, a new capability within its SOLVE Quotes platform that combines structured credit primary market deal information with secondary market pricing and trading data.

Previewed at the ABS East conference in Miami, the solution enables portfolio managers, traders and analysts to track new issues from announcement through bookbuilding and pricing, alongside existing secondary market quotes. Users can monitor individual deals and tranches, track pricing developments and filter opportunities by deal size, weighted average life, credit enhancement and structure. The platform also provides saved views and aggregated summaries of deal activity. New Issue Monitor will offer coverage of structured credit deals from announcement, with 60 days of historical deal information available at release.

The integration builds on SOLVE Quotes’ existing machine learning and natural language processing capabilities, which process more than 30 million fixed income quotes daily, including coverage of over 150,000 structured product securities.

tZERO Secures CFTC Clearing Approval to Expand into Derivatives Infrastructure

tZERO Group has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to register its subsidiary, tZERO DCO, as a derivatives clearing organisation, extending its regulated market infrastructure beyond securities and tokenised assets. The company expects approval of its separate designated contract market (DCM) registration to follow, enabling it to develop exchange and clearing services for derivatives, subject to further regulatory and operational requirements.

Potential products include event contracts, conventional and tokenised derivatives, perpetual futures and other cryptocurrency-linked instruments, subject to applicable product approvals.

The expansion forms part of tZERO’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service strategy, providing institutional clients with modular trading, clearing and settlement capabilities across multiple asset classes. The new clearinghouse will manage counterparty credit risk and support derivatives settlement, while the planned exchange will provide trading infrastructure. Together, these capabilities are intended to support institutional firms developing multi-asset offerings through integrated and white-label solutions.

Plus500 Agrees to Acquire Brazilian Broker-Dealer Guru to Expand Latin American Operations

Plus500 has conditionally agreed to acquire Brazilian broker-dealer Guru Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, establishing a regulated local presence in Latin America’s largest economy and expanding its regional trading operations. Guru is regulated by the Central Bank of Brazil and the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).

The acquisition will provide Plus500 with local market access and regulatory infrastructure to develop trading services covering Brazilian equities, futures, options and fixed income securities. The transaction builds on Plus500’s existing partnership with Brazilian trading technology provider Nelogica and its recent entry into Colombia. It also supports plans to provide Latin American customers with access to US derivatives markets.

The acquisition will be funded from existing cash resources and remains subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The agreement follows Plus500’s recently announced acquisition of US broker-dealer Hedge Capital Markets, extending its multi-asset expansion strategy across the Americas.

B2PRIME Expands Tier-1 Liquidity Access and Institutional Trading Infrastructure

B2PRIME Group has expanded its institutional liquidity infrastructure, securing additional capacity with its Tier-1 prime broker and extending relationships with major banks and financial institutions to support larger trading volumes and more complex execution requirements.

The expansion strengthens B2PRIME’s prime-of-prime offering through a broader network of banking and non-bank liquidity providers, enabling the construction of customised liquidity streams for institutional clients. Its upgraded aggregation architecture accommodates different order book depths, execution parameters and pricing formats, allowing liquidity configurations to be tailored to individual trading strategies, ticket sizes and latency requirements.

B2PRIME has also enhanced its execution-quality monitoring, incorporating markout analysis and price-movement detection alongside metrics covering fill ratios, slippage, rejection rates and response times. The company reports improved executable depth, tighter spreads across FX and precious metals, and greater price stability across trading sessions.

The expanded offering is available to eligible institutional clients through FIX API and established trading connectivity platforms.

Zema Global Expands Marex Partnership to Broaden Energy and Commodity Market Data Coverage

Zema Global has expanded its partnership with Marex, extending the range of energy, environmental and commodity market datasets available through its Decisioning Infrastructure platform.

The agreement provides Zema customers with additional pricing, forward curve, index and historical data covering crude oil, refined products, freight, petrochemicals, natural gas liquids and biofuels across Europe, North America and Asia. The expanded offering also includes daily curves, live and delayed market data, indices and historical datasets spanning power, natural gas, LNG, options, emissions, renewable energy credits and coal.

The integration enables trading firms, financial institutions and commodity market participants to combine Marex’s pricing and transaction data with other market, fundamental and proprietary datasets within their existing analytical and operational workflows.

The additional coverage is intended to support price discovery, valuation, trading and risk management, particularly for firms managing exposures across multiple energy and commodity markets.

Square Capital Selects Confluence Revolution API for Integrated Risk Analytics

Paris-based asset manager Square Capital has selected Confluence Technologies’ Revolution risk API to enhance its investment risk analytics as it expands into more complex investment strategies, including structured products. The implementation will integrate Confluence’s quantitative risk engine directly into Square Capital’s proprietary technology platform, allowing the firm to extend its analytical capabilities without replacing existing infrastructure.

Revolution provides real-time access to Value at Risk, Expected Shortfall, liquidity risk, credit analytics and stress testing across more than 2,900 scenarios. Its pricing library includes over 360 functions covering traditional assets, complex derivatives and structured products.

The integration will support Square Capital’s growing exposure to instruments including Phoenix autocalls, reverse convertibles and capital-protected notes, while helping the firm meet additional regulatory requirements imposed by France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).

The deployment, according to Confluence, reflects increasing demand for API-based risk analytics that can be embedded within existing investment management workflows.