21+ hour, 40+ min ago   (647+ words) Aron called the token model "abhorrent" and said it turned investing into a "gamified business-oriented casino." Robinhood describes each stock token as a debt security backed one-for-one by a share held as collateral, with dividend adjustments and no voting rights....

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (404+ words) More than 10 million EU retail investors traded derivatives or structured products between 2022 and 2025, with contracts for difference accounting for 35% of transactions in complex products, according to new analysis by the European Securities and Markets Authority. London's trading industry is coming…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (562+ words) As these firms grow and take on more sophisticated investors, access to modern infrastructure and technology is becoming a competitive necessity rather than a luxury. Having reliable infrastructure is no longer simply a nice-to-have. It can make a real difference…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (416+ words) CME Group is timing its entry into cash Treasury clearing for the final weeks before the SEC mandate, opening a new clearing revenue line and extending the margin economics around its interest-rate futures franchise. CME Securities Clearing will begin operating…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (531+ words) Back in the 6th century BC, ancient Greek fabulist Aesop came up with the story The Tortoise and the Hare, which still resonates today. The story’s moral: slow and steady wins the race. I found applying the same logic to crypto…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (285+ words) Complaints from retail investors to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers mediator rose 37% in 2025, the sharpest annual increase since the mediator began tracking the data. The AMF mediation service received 3,010 new requests and closed 2,772 cases, up 41% from 2024. Its backlog also rose…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (446+ words) Deb Schoneman, president at Piper Sandler, said "demand for our industry-leading U.S. equity research and execution capabilities continues to grow internationally." "This approval is a critical step in our broader European expansion," Allen said. Piper Sandler Companies has received French regulatory…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (600+ words) Citadel argues that the same corporate metrics can influence the underlying stock and give employees or other insiders an advantage in the derivative. Moving that trading to a separate regulatory system could create a "parallel shadow market linked to U.S. equities,…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (654+ words) Financial centers should not "engage in a race to the bottom to attract financial firms," Pötzsch said. Firms that exploit the gaps between them should not be able to scale that arbitrage across the single market. "We cannot let that…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (655+ words) The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) expects its new cryptoasset regime to generate a net benefit of just GBP 120 million. FM Intelligence said today (Tuesday) its analysis found GBP 1.435 billion in modeled benefits against GBP 1.315 billion in costs over a…...