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In most of the world, the majority of trading costs are charged in basis points (hundredths of a percent), which means variable costs are the same for a $1 million trade in any stock.
London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) agreed to snap up Refinitiv in a $27 billion blockbuster deal, betting on a future dominated by data.
To nail down terms for the London Stock Exchange's expected $27 billion deal to buy Refinitiv, bankers and lawyers descended on the London office of the global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer — pulling all-night…
Refinitiv is one of the world's largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, serving over 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries. It provides leading data and insights, trading platforms, and open …
Various sell-side institutions have highlighted automation as one of the key drivers of evolution for the fixed income markets.
For all the technology, infrastructure, and resources it takes to run some of the biggest trading markets, exchange operators have still maintained eye-popping profit margins as their revenues continue to grow.
What's the most effective way to marry technology and humans? It's top of mind for Stacey Cunningham, the president of the New York Stock Exchange.
On April 16, 2026, the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Division”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued an exemptive order that significantly reduces the time certain tender offers for equit…
Singapore, Washington DC, and Boca Raton, FL, 13 March 2019 – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced the mutual recognition of certain…
Great news! A popular Scandinavian exchange – Oslo Stock Exchange (also known as Oslo Børs) is now part of our data offering. The exchange that was founded in 1819 is currently the main trading venue for stocks of the l…
Given that its own shares had fallen nearly 3% that day on the news, Nasdaq’s spokesman, Joe Christinat, was pretty cool when asked to comment on the launch of a new US equities exchange, the Members’ Exchange or MEMX, …
We recently discussed all therouting choicesan algorithm has to make to place an order into the market-picking the right price, time, order type, venue, and order aggression. Today we focus on just one aspect of those c…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Fidelity Investments, Citadel Securities LLC and a host of other financial companies have agreed to jointly launch a new low-cost bourse that will compete with the New York St…
Wall Street broker-dealers have long been frustrated with what they say are over-the-top fees charged by stock exchange giants such as the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange.
CME Group has confirmed that it has completed its £3.9 billion acquisition of London-based NEX Group, forming a combined company for futures, cash and OTC markets.
The London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) MTS Markets business has upgraded its electronic bond trading platform BondVision to include automated execution for request-for-quote (RFQ) orders.
The two largest exchange groups, Cboe and NASDAQ, have captured 73.2% of options volume in 2018, but the three smaller exchange operators have gained market share.NYSEs share is up 2.8%, to 16.5%;MIAX has gained 2.7%, t…
The head of the US derivatives watchdog has put forward plans for a major regulatory reform of cross-border swaps trading, after admitting the regulator’s current approach is over-expansive, complex and impractical.
Citigroup has been fined a total of $10 million by the US financial regulator in two enforcement actions, one of which related to a $81 million loss made by three of its traders.
Thomson Reuters has established a new data agreement with ICAP and Tradeweb, taking on rival Bloomberg’s recent data deal with NEX BrokerTec and Tradition.
On March 2, 2024, the crude-oil carrier Andromeda Star collided with the Bulgarian-flagged cargo ship Peace in the treacherous waters between Denmark and Sweden. More precisely, the two ships collided between the Danish…
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), one of the world's largest securities trading venues by market capitalization, is eyeing the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the securities market.
In March, ICE Data Services began including crypto-currencies in its consolidated data feed for traditional-world traders.
While women remain a minority among cryptocurrency traders and investors by all accounts, new data reveals that their interest in joining the field is growing fast. This increased openness to crypto is especially true a…