The companies, products and regulatory developments shaping the broker industry.
The UK company reduced costs almost as fast as revenue in 2025. Its filed accounts show that a liquidity-provider receivable impairment then produced an operating loss, while net finance income restored a small pre-tax profit.
The January event equalled more than 15% of nine-month clearing profit, but the company has not disclosed the position, collateral shortfall or client identity
The disclosed event combined a $28.2 million trading loss with a $5.7 million credit provision—and cannot be reconstructed from either line alone.
A December 15 roundtable will test the operational case for continuous derivatives markets, including overnight resilience, tokenisation, staff coverage and supervision.
The broker-technology upgrade brings A-book/B-book results, monetary exposure and liquidity-provider execution information into a redesigned reporting interface.
IG’s announced governance appointment is conditional on its scheme of arrangement becoming effective; it does not immediately replace the current public company board.
MONOLITHXL combines CRM, quote aggregation and dealing components on customer-controlled AWS infrastructure; its provider says it does not yet hold an independent security certification.
Unlike an earlier product preview, a 28 October securities filing says the higher eligible-customer buying-power feature began during October and identifies greater broker credit exposure.
The 15 October notice points firms to the current accepted-collateral schedule, where eligible Treasury bills, equities, bullion and mismatched currencies are valued differently for margin.
Its full H1 report adds all seven country rates and a separate loss comparison, which the broker explicitly describes as observational rather than causal.
An operational circular establishes the migration timetable despite an older approval caveat still visible on ICE’s general model page.
The expanded platform links trading, customer management and partner workflows, while separating trading-rule monitoring from alerts about employees’ use of client data.
The Rome bank is extending an existing Terminal relationship into TOMS and MARS. The implementation connects trading positions with risk analysis as Finnat develops treasury and market-making activity.
Final draft standards clarify portfolio optimisation and provider controls under EMIR 3, giving derivatives firms a more concrete basis for documenting their use of the existing exemption.