Global Trading

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 […]

As some of the AI hype fades, buy-side traders remain divided on real use cases for the technology – and whether any of its lauded innovation is really anything new. […]

Hiring is picking up in Dubai, with companies across the financial spectrum increasing their presence in the region. In 2026 to date, five of the hires reported on by Global […]

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 […]

Kepler Cheuvreux has topped up its sales and trading team in London and Paris. The service provider, which reported €290 million in turnover for full-year 2024, has been an extremely […]

MacKenzie Pettit has been promoted to an assistant portfolio manager and equity trader at Vanguard in Australia. Vanguard Australia holds more than AUD 87 billion in assets under management (AUM) […]

Goldman lost US$960 million on three days during the first quarter, followed by Bank of America with $376 million and JP Morgan with US$182 million on two days apiece, and […]

Julien Sallmard has joined Hudson Bay Capital as a portfolio manager, based in Dubai. Hudson Bay Capital holds over US$20 billion in assets under management. Brian Sunshine is head of […]

This month, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released a call for evidence (CfE) examining European equity market structure, featuring a detailed analysis of how the market operated between […]