Trading
SIX set to cut 150 jobs in bid to boost margins
Swiss exchange operator eyes more than $136m in cost savings
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TP ICAP eyes New York listing for data business in second quarter
FTSE 250 firm has said the US would offer better liquidity than London
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Maven Securities UK staff pay falls by 40% as revenue slumps
High-frequency trader cuts wage bill as turnover drops by more than £30m
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Nasdaq plans overnight trading amid global demand for US stocks
Exchange expects to launch round-the-clock trading in second half of 2026
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Marex targets up to five M&A deals this year after profit surges 51%
CEO sees ‘extremely active pipeline’ for M&A
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UK’s private share trading plan will be a flop, says buyout veteran Jon Moulton
Pisces has come under criticism in recent weeks
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Goldman Sachs trading exec Liz Martin to leave after 25 years
Martin joined Goldman as a trader in 2000 and worked her way up the ranks
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Aquis slashes forecasts by £3.7m on heightened credit risk
City bourse ups expected losses from two unnamed technology clients
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RetailBook calls for UK’s private share trading plan to include some retail investors
Co-CEOs of Peel Hunt spin-off say Pisces scheme should include ‘quasi-retail’ investors
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WhatsUp, boss: February’s diary
FN tours the lighter side of the City
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London Stock Exchange not for sale, says LSEG boss
David Schwimmer says the LSE is a ‘core part’ of his strategy
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High-speed trader Optiver poaches BlackRock’s top engineer
Lance Braunstein appointed Dutch firm’s global chief technology officer
Aquis hires Barclays veteran as head of market structure
Laetitia Visconti joins London’s challenger stock market
CMA fines four banks £100m over gilt information sharing
Citigroup, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada handed penalties
Euronext eyes ‘combination’ with Euroclear
The two firms share some large shareholders, Stéphane Boujnah tells FN
FCA reviewing eight banks in client trading probe
Markets watchdog scoping out sellside firms to make sure they are providing ‘best execution’ on deals
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FCA fines trading firm Mako over cum-ex deals
Penalty centres around £92bn of ‘circular trades’
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XTX boss Alex Gerko funds new maths school in London
The 1729 Maths School is set to open in September 2026
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Euronext profit jumps 14% as fixed income surges
Group unveils plans for cash-settled ‘mini futures’ on European government bonds alongside latest results
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Deutsche Börse boss: EU must ‘open floodgates’ for private capital
Stephan Leithner became the group’s sole CEO at the start of this year
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