The companies, products and regulatory developments shaping the broker industry.
IG Japan says some orders were executed at unintended prices or delayed for roughly two hours; the incident was resolved, while customer-level reconciliation was still under review.
A survey of 20 large groups covering 78 licensed Hong Kong companies found considerable AI uptake, while the regulator stressed that the sample is not representative of the entire industry.
TT says selected ICE interest-rate and Japanese power contracts are changing their back-end venue arrangement, with session configuration and non-migrating orders requiring attention.
Questrade has made selected US single-stock and ETF options tradable before and shortly after the regular session, alongside expanded index-options hours. This broker-specific access carries narrow session windows, approvals and liquidity risks.
The October filing adds a route for complex orders and shared risk limits as Cboe prepares AM-settled weekly options.
A new academic review raises a practical question for brokers adding AI trading interfaces: which part of the system can stop a strategy from creating exposure beyond the customer’s intended limit?
Five of seven selected markets increased stop attachment, while the global rate rose 0.22 percentage points. The report also finds smaller average losses on stop-triggered exits, a separate client-level comparison.