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 its institutional-grade clearing, order routing, and risk-management infrastructure. This collaboration further expands Plus500’s business-to-business (B2B) ecosystem, building on its existing infrastructure partnerships with CME Group, FanDuel, and Topstep as the group accelerates its institutional footprint in the futures market.

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 investors execute trades efficiently and discreetly without losing market reach or control.

Liquidnet’s proprietary liquidity network connects members to more than 1,200 global institutional counterparties, operating as a single network rather than relying on external dark pools. Combined with high-touch execution services and local market expertise, the platform assists buy-side clients in navigating regional market structures and regulatory requirements while preserving anonymity and minimising market impact.

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 management into its precious-metals-as-a-service model. This collaboration provides access to deeper, more diversified liquidity pools from major market participants, enabling wealth managers and consumer fintech platforms worldwide to trade beyond traditional market hours.

Additionally, Integral’s customisable white-label solutions allow Goldwise to provide a fully branded trading graphical user interface (GUI). Through API connectivity, aggregated pricing is also delivered directly into Goldwise’s mobile application, extending these institutional trading capabilities to retail clients.

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. Clients gain access to Talos’s algorithmic trading suite – including order types like Iceberg, TWAP, and POV – to minimise market impact, alongside multi-leg execution for perp-to-perp and perp-to-spot spread trading. For large off-exchange transactions, Talos’s request-for-quote (RFQ) platform will provide a block trading interface linked to its network of over-the-counter liquidity providers.

Later this year, Talos plans to expand its dealer software to allow brokers and trading platforms to offer Kalshi event contracts directly to end customers, subject to local regulations. Additionally, Talos intends to launch a harmonised market data feed to standardise events, order books, open interest, and implied probabilities across prediction market venues into a single API format.

TS Imagine Expands Fixed Income Workflow Integration with Trumid

TS Imagine has expanded its electronic trading workflow integration with fixed income fintech provider Trumid. The update provides TS Imagine clients with broader access to Trumid’s trading ecosystem, including its list-based workflows, Trumid RFQ and Portfolio Trading (PT), alongside expanded automation and cross-protocol capabilities.

The integration introduces automated RFQ submission via Trumid AutoPilot, headless responder and initiator workflows, and API-driven execution. It also incorporates Trumid Full Self Trading (FST) to connect liquidity across protocols, with plans to add firm dealer streams via Trumid Attributed Trading in the second half of 2026. This builds upon the initial collaboration established between the two firms in 2020.

The expansion comes alongside strong growth for Trumid in Q2 2026. During the quarter, Trumid RFQ average daily volume surged 122% year-on-year, automated executions via AutoPilot more than doubled, and Portfolio Trading volume grew by approximately 40% to reach record levels in volume and buy-side participation.

FutureSports Launches Independent Index Administrator for Sports Performance Benchmarks

FutureSports has emerged from stealth to introduce independent, rules-based financial indexes that turn professional and college sports statistics into benchmark assets. Backed by prominent financial and sports institutions, the firm will soon roll out partnerships and products designed to provide new risk management and trading options across the sports ecosystem.

The company raised a seed investment round co-led by Marquee Ventures, alongside major backers including CME Ventures, Robinhood Markets, WEDBUSH, DRW Special Investments, Motivate VC, Phoenix Capital Ventures, and John and Linda Henry. Industry veterans have joined the board of directors, including Chairman Mark Wassersug (former ICE executive), Tim McCourt (CME Group), and Erik Hammer (Marquee Ventures).

FutureSports creates FutureSports Performance Indexes (FSPI) using official statistical outcomes to generate continuous values for tradable products, such as listed derivatives, ETFs, and OTC swaps. Upcoming league partnerships will allow institutional investors, corporate sponsors, broadcasters, insurers, and retail traders to hedge operational risks or trade regulated index futures based on athlete and team performances.

Connamara Technologies Introduces Bilateral Matching Support to EP3 Platform

Connamara Technologies has announced that its EP3 exchange, clearing, and surveillance platform now supports bilateral matching. This enhancement enables market operators to establish trading venues where transactions are governed by bilateral counterparty agreements rather than central clearing. The capability is designed to assist global customers in meeting regulatory requirements for bilateral trading while expanding the range of market structures supported by the platform.

Unlike centrally cleared venues, bilateral markets require order matching to account for specific contractual terms and notional limits between counterparties. EP3’s new matching algorithm validates these agreements in real time during the matching process to determine whether incoming orders are eligible for execution.

The update introduces API endpoints for managing bilateral terms, participant-specific market data displaying tailored executable quantities, and configurable matching algorithms on a per-instrument basis. It also features automatic bilateral limit adjustments tied to real-time trade clearing, further reinforcing EP3’s modular and extensible architecture.

Greenwich Dealing Selects eflow and xyt to Bolster Trade Surveillance and Execution Oversight

Geneva-based buy-side outsourced dealing provider Greenwich Dealing has selected regulatory solutions from eflow and xyt to enhance oversight across its execution activity and compliance processes. Managing relationships with over 150 brokers, investment banks, and alternative platforms globally, Greenwich Dealing delivers execution services alongside pre- and post-trade guidance to institutional investors.

The firm adopted the combined technology to strengthen control over execution quality, broker performance, and regulatory compliance. This decision follows increasing regulatory pressure for transparency around broker selection and trade surveillance rationale. Supported by shared alignment under the Finch Capital portfolio, eflow delivers trade surveillance across dealing operations, while xyt provides tick-level transaction cost analysis across more than 120 global venues.

Together, the platforms enable Greenwich Dealing to monitor execution quality with regulatory assurance and conduct data-driven broker performance analyses tailored to individual client reporting requirements under MiFID II.

LSEG Integrates Financial Data with Model ML via MCP Connector

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced that its licensed data and analytics are now available on Model ML. This integration is facilitated by a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector, providing secure access to AI-ready financial content directly within financial services workflows.

Model ML operates as an AI workflow automation platform specifically designed for the financial sector. It features purpose-built agents and applications that assist professionals with market research, data analysis, and end-to-end workflow automation.

Through this integration, users will gain direct access to a comprehensive range of LSEG content. The newly available datasets include pricing, company reference data, estimates, fundamentals, and ownership records, alongside macroeconomic indicators, ESG data, news, forecasts, and financial analytical models.

TRG Screen Acquires BST America to Expand Market Data Advisory Services

TRG Screen, a global provider of market data and subscription management software for financial services and legal firms, has completed the acquisition of BST America. Based in New York, BST America operates as a specialist market data advisory and consultancy firm with more than two decades of industry expertise.

This transaction extends TRG Screen’s corporate offering across the entirety of the market data value chain. By integrating BST America’s operations, the company will now provide an end-to-end suite of services ranging from technology and managed services to high-level strategic advisory and consultancy.

BST America brings specialised capabilities to the acquisition, including vendor benchmarking, demand management, sourcing and negotiation strategy, alongside contract and renewal support. The firm joins TRG Screen with an established position in commercial operations, backed by long-term customer relationships and a consistent history of repeat client engagements.