Options Announces CIX Trading, Canada’s Newest Alternative Trading System (ATS) August 18, 2026 Options Technology, the leading provider of trading infrastructure to the global financial markets, today announced that it will be offering CIX Trading, Canada’s newest alternative trading system (ATS), designed to modernize Canada’s Equities Markets. CIX Trading is the first ATS to go live in Canada in over 10 years, seeking to close the innovation gap [...]
Citi Unveils Custody+: A Suite of Near- and Real-time Custody Solutions to Meet Always-On Industry Demand August 18, 2026 As capital markets become increasingly always-on, Citi Investor Services’ innovative and modular ecosystem of solutions is redefining custody infrastructure for the future Highlights: Citi is redefining custody infrastructure to support clients’ diverse operating models as the industry shifts towards continuous markets, compressed settlement cycles and technology disruption With the U.S. rollout of real-time asset servicing through its Single Event Processing technology, over 80% of Citi’s total event volume is being processed in real-time These advancements further Citi Services’ platform strategy to build scalable and modern infrastructure with a strong data and AI foundation
Let them build homes near stations, but let them be beautiful too August 18, 2026 Rules to allow thousands of new homes near stations is cause for celebration, but the government must avoid creating 'anywhere developments'.
Amanda Blanc has worked her magic at Aviva August 18, 2026 For twenty years Aviva found itself struggling to cement its position in the insurance market. The arrival of Amanda Blanc changed the group’s fortune and share price. Maisie Grice looks into how she executed Aviva’s revival and what could come next. Few FTSE 100 constituents have executed a turnaround quite like Aviva’s. The insurance giant [...]
ISG Event to Spotlight Strategies for the AI-Driven Autonomous Enterprise August 18, 2026 Leaders from Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Ogilvy, AstraZeneca, Diageo, Reckitt, Carlsberg, Shell and more to join ISG AI Impact Summit London
Queue-it Announces Majority Investment from THL Partners August 18, 2026 Partnership will support continued product innovation and global expansion for the online traffic orchestration platform
Domestic policies are choking UK businesses August 18, 2026 The last decade of domestic policy decisions has created a towering cost stack that is choking business growth, writes Shevaun Haviland.
The UK’s cost stack is choking business growth August 18, 2026 Much of the UK has faced a summer of sweltering temperatures as the country hasbounced from one unrelenting heatwave to another. Businesses know all too well that unrelenting feeling. A decade of constant cost pressures from domestic policy decisions has been hugely damaging. It’s a cost stack is chocking business growth. Before a pound of [...]
We take a food and drink Odyssey through the Square Mile August 17, 2026 As voting for the Toast the City Awards enters its final week, we sent our wine columnist Libby Brodie on a wine Odyssey through the City’s finest bars and restaurants. Vote for your favourites on our website here. As The Odyssey continues to smash records – it’s now Christopher Nolan’s highest ever grossing film – [...]
From China with Love: Xpeng’s Luxury Ambition August 17, 2026 China is changing the car industry at extraordinary speed. For affluent professionals used to proven premium brands, the next chapter of that transformation is becoming ever more challenging to turn a blind eye to, writes our motoring journalist Tim Barnes-Clay. I had seen more Chinese cars than you can shake a stick at before, but [...]