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Clear Street has expanded its institutional offering with the launch of a new digital asset trading capability, enabling U.S. clients to execute large-scale over-the-counter spot cryptocurrency trades through Clear Street Digital.  The company revealed in its release that t...

CMC Markets announced on Monday that it has launched a new multi-asset platform.  The new platform is said to be designed to offer retail, professional and institutional clients a single interface for trading and investing across global markets.  CMC explained that the ser...

STOKR has appointed Subhankar Sinha as senior adviser to support the firm’s push into fund tokenisation and strengthen its institutional presence in the US market.  Sinha is expected to work with the Luxembourg-based company’s leadership on money market fund tokenisatio...

Nasdaq and Talos have formed a partnership to connect Talos’s digital asset infrastructure with Nasdaq’s Calypso and Trade Surveillance platforms.  The companies said in a release that the integration aims to close structural gaps that have prevented tokenised collatera...

Stash Capital LLC has been censured and fined $450,000 by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority after the regulator found the firm failed to maintain adequate anti-money-laundering and identity-theft controls between January 2019 and June 2023. FINRA said Stash Capital...

HSBC announced that it has appointed David Rice as its first Chief AI Officer as part of a broader push to embed artificial intelligence across the organisation.  Rice will take up the role on 1 April, with the bank saying the position provides enterprise-level leadership f...

Ledger announced last week that it has appointed finance veteran John Andrews as its new chief financial officer.  The company also revealed it has opened a New York City office as part of a multi-million-dollar investment to scale its U.S. presence. Ledger secures more tha...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an enforcement investigation into Market Financial Solutions Limited (MFS), which entered administration on 25 February. The regulator said MFS was registered only for compliance with the UK’s Money Laundering, Terrorist Fin...

TradingView revealed last week that it has added live market data from Singapore-based Antarctic Exchange, which enables users to chart its perpetual contracts directly on the platform. The integration is said to give traders access to pairs including BTCUSDT.P, ETHUSDT.P an...

On Friday, Compagnie Financière Tradition revealed an 11.4 percent increase in revenue to CHF 1.20 billion in 2025 on a constant-currency basis. The rise was said to have been supported by heightened market activity amid shifting global monetary policy and rising geopolitic...

Virtu Financial said Monday that Nissay Asset Management Corporation has adopted its Triton execution management system to enhance trading efficiency across global markets. The move follows a detailed vendor evaluation process. Nissay Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidi...

Virex Market has partnered with Spotware Systems to adopt the cTrader platform as the foundation of its trading environment.  The broker is aiming to deliver a more advanced and transparent experience for clients. It said the partnership aligns with its focus on building a ...

LCH RepoClear and Clearstream have expanded their collaboration to allow settlement of Dutch government debt through Clearstream’s pan-European central securities depository solution. The upgrade enables RepoClear members to settle both cash and repo transactions in Dutch ...

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched ICE Private Credit Intelligence, a data platform to increase transparency in the fast-growing private credit market. The service is being supported by anchor partner Apollo, with additional firms expected to join in the coming mon...

On Thursday, IG Group reported record financial results for the 12 months to 31 December 2025 and announced a strategic review aimed at maximising long-term shareholder value. Chief executive Breon Corcoran said: “Record financial results and accelerating customer growth d...

MPC drops easing guidance as markets price in rate hikes for first time since 2023 The Bank of England held interest rates at 3.75% today in a unanimous 9-0 vote, the first time the MPC has voted unanimously on rates since September 2021, and a markedly more hawkish outcome ...

Flow Traders has launched a digital-assets OTC offering providing 24/7 two-way liquidity for tokenised money-market funds, equities and commodities, including Franklin Templeton’s BENJI and Tether Gold. The firm said the move reflects rising institutional demand to trade t...

Euronext has successfully launched the Euronext Nord Pool Power Futures market, completing a full migration of open interest from Nasdaq Clearing and marking a key step in its Innovate for Growth 2027 strategy. The market went live on 16 March following the transfer of 173 T...

Tradeweb Markets has expanded its dealer algorithmic-execution offering for U.S. Treasuries, adding strategies from Citi and RBC Capital Markets.  The move builds on the firm’s U.S. launch of dealer algorithms last year and supports its strategy to deepen liquidity and pr...

London Stock Exchange Group has announced a series of senior appointments to strengthen its European-equities business, expanding leadership across the London Stock Exchange and its pan-European venue, Turquoise. Simon McQuoid-Mason, appointed in December 2025, will now lead...