Adoption of new settlement cycle has led to greater efficiency, increased liquidity and enhanced risk mitigation
Professor Donald MacKenzie talks high-frequency trading
Esma asks for amendment to tighten regulation with demand for external audits of defences against hackers
Finma suspends annual approval of bank’s ‘living will’ in light of added risk from Credit Suisse takeover
Traders on prediction markets narrowly favour a Trump victory over Harris next month
Industry lobby groups urge Brussels to set timetable for modernisation of securities market
Ministers urged to consider levy on tech groups to compensate victims of online scams
The secretive firms that have conquered trading
Basel committee draws lessons from collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and rescue of Credit Suisse
The pressing risk no longer is that banks are ‘too big to fail’ but ‘too small to deliver’
Watchdog’s chief urges UK to take ‘a new mindset towards risk’
If endorsed, and Britain moves to one-day settlement before the EU, UK ETFs would wait until the EU also moves
The launch feeds into an effort to establish the state as a corporate mecca with a new bourse trading equities in Dallas
TV channel has been found to have breached UK broadcasting code in initial Ofcom review
Iran launches missiles into Israel following IDF ground offensive in Lebanon
There is a steady drumbeat of clamouring from those who want to be able to put money on any uncertain event
Regulator aims to clamp down on country’s retail trading mania
Traders opt for complex derivative bets instead of predicting who will win, as November vote takes centre stage in markets
US futures exchange launches contracts for raw material used in electric vehicle chargers
Companies say they will keep £10-a-month package for ‘value-focused’ customers in effort to win CMA’s approval for tie-up
Handful of secretive businesses including Jane Street and Citadel Securities have seized market share from the old guard
Stakeholder group calls for temporary suspension of penalties for failed trades when EU moves to one-day trade settlement
The number of low-price, highly speculative stocks on exchanges has exploded, harming investors
Offices targeted in two countries as Brussels scrutinises derivatives market for potential anti-competitive practices
Bank of England’s credibility under fire from Chicago in battle with New York