Trading
Electronic market maker Optiver boosts average UK pay to £600,000
The Dutch trading firm’s UK business grew its income by 34% last year
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Trading firm Tower Research cuts UK pay after revenue slump
The US firm’s UK arm has booked a 67% drop in net trading income
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Euronext to enter blue-chip index as share price rallies
Pan-European bourse owner’s stock price is up 28% so far this year
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Dutch trading firm Webb ceases UK business after years of losses
Webb Traders booked nearly £1m in UK losses before it stopped trading
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DRW taps banks and hedge funds for two dozen London traders
The US market-maker’s hires include former Nomura executive Asa Attwell
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An $8bn-a-day dark stock market is coming to Europe
OneChronos wants to disrupt the age-old system for buying and selling stocks
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FCA warns of insider trading risk at corporate brokers
City watchdog takes aim at smaller brokers for ‘unacceptable’ breaches of personal dealing policies
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FCA probes London Stock Exchange Group over data centre access concerns
Bourse owner has proposed giving equal access to data centre rooftop
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Rival slams London Stock Exchange over free private listings
JP Jenkins boss hits out at the LSE for waiving fees on the new Pisces market
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Nomura hires Barclays’ Zorzoli to lead global markets sales in Europe
Nomura relocates Emea head of public side sales to Dubai as Filippo Zorzoli joins
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Citi promotes London trio in European equities push
US bank appoints co-heads of electronic execution in Europe
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BNP Paribas shutters outsourced trading for external clients
French bank joins UBS in retreat from the sector
XTX Markets’ top quants share £600m profit pool
Algorithmic trading firm splits record profit among LLP members
FCA approves London Stock Exchange as first Pisces operator
The City regulator is gearing up for a new private share trading platform later this year
FCA warns algorithmic trading firms over compliance failures
Regulator probes trading firms as it explores new rules to boost UK markets
Former AIM boss to chair private shares platform JP Jenkins
Martin Graham was part of a group that tried to buy AIM earlier this year
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Why Deutsche Bank’s former FX chief is reinventing himself as an opera composer
Kevin Rodgers spent 25 years on the trading floor, but is now turning to music
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Citigroup hires JPMorgan’s Prickett to run European G10 rates
US banks have seen a surge in trading revenue so far in 2025
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Trading Places: Barclays hires ex-Numis chief, Kirkoswald adds ex-HSBC trader
Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week
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Marex agrees to buy Winterflood Securities from Close Brothers
Marex snaps up UK broker in £104m deal
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