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Regulation leading to poorer European liquidity versus US – Liquidnet

Regulation has hit liquidity which has in turn made Europe more vulnerable to stress events, a senior broker at Liquidnet has warned.

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CME, ICE hit natural gas records on hedging boom

Cold weather has prompted price volatility in the global natural gas markets, leading to new trading volume records at the main international gas exchanges.

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Clear Street hires two more top brokers in London, New York

Clear Street, the US firm aiming to shake-up futures clearing, has maintained its hiring push with two more top brokers, one in New York and one in London.

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Featured Reports

Featured Reports provide an in-depth view on key industry events and market trends

e-Book: Unlocking the Power of Data in a Digital Trading World

The e-book highlights how FOW’s new data services drive precision, speed, and insight for modern market participants.

Read time: 7 min

Reference Data: The Essential Guide

As financial markets, assets, products, and participants expand, reference data becomes increasingly vital to market operations and decision-making.

Read time: 15 min

FOW Spotlight

Regular Spotlights will highlight a specific and topical industry theme with timely and curated content including articles, blogs, webinars etc.

FCA flexes its MiFIR reporting muscles

In January 2025, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued its first fine for transaction reporting failures under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). The firm in question, Infinox Capital Limited, failed to submit a significant number of transaction reports; between October 2022 and March 2023 it failed to report multiple CFD trades executed through a corporate brokerage account.

Read time: 4 min

DORA: Raising the bar for operational resilience

New financial market regulation in the form of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into force on 17 January 2025. From this date, financial entities - and their ICT (information and communication technology) service providers must meet new compliance obligations with respect to assuring (and demonstrating) the highest standards of operational resilience.

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Garbage In, Garbage Out: The imperative for accurate data in an AI-driven world

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly transforming the financial services sector, particularly in trade execution and associated transaction processing workflows. AI's ability to quickly process very large amounts of data and derive actionable insights opens up a plethora of opportunities in the world of financial trading, especially in the context of reference data.

Read time: 4 min