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London Stock Exchange Group has announced a series of senior appointments to strengthen its European-equities business, expanding leadership across the London Stock Exchange and its pan-European venue, Turquoise. Simon McQuoid-Mason, appointed in December 2025, will now lead Business Development alongside New Product Development and Market Structure.  LSEG said his expertise in market structure and electronic…

Tradeweb Markets has expanded its dealer algorithmic-execution offering for U.S. Treasuries, adding strategies from Citi and RBC Capital Markets.  The move builds on the firm’s U.S. launch of dealer algorithms last year and supports its strategy to deepen liquidity and provide diversified execution styles. The algorithms allow institutional investors to execute Treasury orders over defined…

2026.03.20 2026.03.20 Gold Falls Again, but This Time It’s Fundamentals. Forecast as of 20.03.2026 Dmitri Demidenkohttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/dmitri-demidenko/ Gold is falling again. However, while January’s drop was driven by a burst speculative bubble, this time, fundamentals are on the side of the XAU/USD bears. High interest rates are negative for gold. Let’s discuss it and make a trading…

Yesterday, the Bank of England’s decision had a significant impact on the pound, which strengthened against other currencies. Although the Official Bank Rate remained unchanged at 3.75%, the market was surprised by the “hawkish” signals, which sharply contrasted with the dovish statements made at the February meeting. According to media reports:→ None of the nine…

Euronext has successfully launched the Euronext Nord Pool Power Futures market, completing a full migration of open interest from Nasdaq Clearing and marking a key step in its Innovate for Growth 2027 strategy. The market went live on 16 March following the transfer of 173 TWh of open interest.  All Nordic and Baltic power-futures contracts…

2026.03.20 2026.03.20 EUR/USD: Elliott Wave Analysis and Forecast for 20.03.26–27.03.26 Alex Geutahttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-geuta/ The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways Main scenario: Consider long positions from corrections above 1.1410 with a target of 1.2088–1.2400. A buy signal: the price holds above 1.1410. Stop Loss: below 1.1410, Take Profit: 1.2088–1.2400. Alternative scenario: Breakout and consolidation below…

2026.03.20 2026.03.20 USD/CHF: Elliott Wave Analysis and Forecast for 20.03.26–27.03.26 Alex Geutahttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/alex-geuta/ The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways Main scenario: Consider short positions from corrections below the level of 0.7956 with a target of 0.7420–0.7200. A sell signal: the price holds below 0.7956. Stop Loss: above 0.7956, Take Profit: 0.7420–0.7200. Alternative scenario: Breakout…

Pyth Network has launched Pyth Pro X, a market-data service designed for exchanges operating multi-asset markets.  The service provides real-time pricing and collateral-valuation tools for venues including Bitget, BitMEX, Coinbase, Crypto.com, DreamCash, LMAX and TradeXYZ. Pyth Pro X aims to replace fragmented vendor feeds and restrictive data-licensing arrangements with a unified price layer supporting crypto,…

Flow Traders has launched a digital-assets OTC offering providing 24/7 two-way liquidity for tokenised money-market funds, equities and commodities, including Franklin Templeton’s BENJI and Tether Gold. The firm said the move reflects rising institutional demand to trade tokenised assets outside traditional market hours. The company noted that secondary-market activity for tokenised equities and commodities has…