Equities
Bankers question value of round-the-clock trading
BNY and State Street execs predict the arrival of extended-hours trading will come with a hefty price tag for industry firms.
The CAT’s health crisis continues
The Waters Wrap: As the comment period for changes to the Consolidated Audit Trail ends, where does the path lead to now?
Where a US antitrust case and a data law meet
The Waters Wrap: Regulators’ choice not to endorse a securities identifier under a new law keeps business as usual for firms required to pay Cusip license fees—but Reb isn’t ruling out a shake-up just yet.
Can Canada follow in the US’s footsteps in overnight trading?
Canadian marketplaces and trading venues are in a race to see who can first authorize overnight equities trading, but not everyone is convinced of its value.
TMX to undertake extended trading hours in Canadian equities
Exchange operator looks to keep pace with US markets and potentially undercut Canadian competitors.
Pimco replaces Bloomberg EMS with TS Imagine
Fixed income giant is shrinking its Bloomberg EMS footprint, though not removing it completely, sources say.
NYSE files with SEC to join DTC’s tokenization pilot
Proposal mirrors one filed by Nasdaq last fall to allow investors to choose whether a security is cleared and settled in tokenized form.
Tradefeedr pairs with BMLL to expand FX offering into equities, futures
Tradefeedr will also use BMLL’s historical data to help build out an LLM-powered chatbot.
CME’s Duffy addresses outages as exchanges push toward 24/7 trading
As senior exchange execs fielded questions about overnight trading in equities, the theme of resiliency lingered.
SGX to modernize data lake
The work is part of the exchange’s efforts to enhance its securities trading platform.
Will overnight trading in equity markets expand next year? It’s complicated.
The potential for expanded overnight trading in US equity markets sparked debate this year, whether people liked it or not.
Citadel Securities, BlackRock, Nasdaq mull tokenized equities’ impact on regulations
An SEC panel of broker-dealers, market-makers and crypto specialists debated the ramifications of a future with tokenized equities.
People Moves: DTCC, Fenergo, Propellant, L&G, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
Nasdaq’s blockchain proposal to SEC gets mixed reviews from peers
Public comment letters and interviews reveal that despite fervor for tokenization, industry stakeholders disagree on its value proposition.
Jump Trading spinoff Pyth enters institutional market data
The data oracle has introduced Pyth Pro as it seeks to compete with the traditional players in market data more directly.
TMX’s CEO wonders if tokenization is a ‘solution looking for a problem’
While acknowledging the potential of tokenizing securities, John McKenzie said regulators shouldn’t move too fast, and let customer demand drive adoption.
Bolsa Mexicana embarks on multi-year modernization project
Latin America’s second largest exchange is embracing cloud and upgrading its infrastructure in a bid to bolster its global standing, says CEO.
24/7 trading roll-out risks pushback, industry veterans say
DRW’s Wilson warns of “mutiny” on non-stop rate options trading.
Is 2027 the new 24-hour trading target?
Slew of technical issues and dearth of SEC staff compound exchanges’ reluctance for round-the-clock equity trading.
Risk mitigation in round-the-clock trading
Tied closely with shortened settlement times, overnight trading poses operational and technical risks, writes Sergey Samushin, head of exchange solutions at Devexperts, in this guest column.
Is exchange tech ready for 24/7 markets?
Overnight trading is coming to equities markets. Venues and vendors, both new and old, are preparing for it.