Global Trading

The S&P 500 index committee refused to bend the rules for SpaceX, but our visualization shows what the index would look like if the stock was added today. Space Exploration […]

Overnight trading, 24x5, 24x7, continuous trading: it seems as though the industry is desperate to trade outside of traditional market hours. But behind the headlines the buy-side is wary of […]

Christopher Limentani has joined the cash equities team at BMO Capital Markets, specialising in electronic trading. BMO Capital Markets reported CAD $2.63 billion in net income over Q2 2026, up […]

Frederic Jeanmaire is joining Carmignac as a portfolio manager in London, effective 3 August. In the role he is responsible for co-managing the Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe and FP Carmignac […]

Steven Asfour has been promoted to head of trading at UK investment bank and equity trading firm Zeus. He is based in London. Last year, Zeus was granted approval from […]

After a massive hiring spree, Kepler Cheuvreux has lost equity US sales team member Filippo Migliorisi. Migliorisi has joined boutique Italian asset manager AcomeA as a US equity portfolio manager […]

How the Schroders trading team applied machine learning to algo selection, then built a liquidity screening tool allowing its PMs to trade blocks with no impact, and provide liquidity-based portfolio […]

SpaceX IPO signals strong equity demand, and buy-sides accelerates AI adoption in trading functions. SpaceX’s IPO last week showcased strong investor appetite for equities, says Tobias Windecker, European head of […]

Aberdeen has named Herman Bots as global head of equities, effective July, with Nick Robinson promoted to head of global emerging market equities. Based in London, Bots reports to chief […]

LSEG CEO Julia Hoggett has issued a scathing critique of systematic internalisers’ (SIs) enthusiasm for a consolidated pre-trade tape in the UK, arguing that all market participants must contribute to […]

Agency broker and trading infrastructure provider Tavira Financial has tapped former Olivetree Financial employees to top up its UK equities team. Steve Mitchell has been named a senior equities broker, […]

Charlie Woodcock has joined Marex in Hong Kong as part of the outsourced trading team. The firm has seen increased regional interest for its outsourcing solutions from both Asia-based traders […]

Instinet has lost its head of liquidity, with Simon Dove departing the firm after more than five years. Details of his next role, expected to begin later this year, have […]

Robinhood and Schwab took in a combined US$547m of options payment for order flow (PFOF) in Q1 2026, down 3.8% QoQ, as Schwab narrowly overtook Robinhood to become the largest […]

Credit markets face the central bank test and “structural risks” amid growing AI debt. Credit markets face the central bank test in the upcoming weeks, and “structural risks” amid growing […]

As the last significant equity market without a closing auction, Indian practitioners are welcoming SEBI’s August rollout of the change as long overdue On 3 August, India’s two primary exchanges […]

The love-hate relationship between large banks and electronic liquidity providers took a new twist last week. As Global Trading reports, Federal Reserve filings by the top US banks show a […]

Cash-equity payment for order flow fell to US$404.8m in Q1 2026, down 2.4% quarter on quarter, even as daily average trades at Schwab hit a record 9.9 million. A drop […]

Is it the end of the market close? Industry readies for always-on-trading world.   The traditional market close could soon become a relic of the past as exchanges, brokers, and […]

Join for a live webinar examining how surveillance decisions are reviewed after alerts are closed and what firms are increasingly expected to justify months or even years later. Hear from […]