While global markets remain heavily focused on artificial intelligence and technology stocks, this enthusiasm has shifted attention away from steady performers that continue to offer reliability during uncertain times.

Derivative Path, a leading provider of cloud-based capital markets technology and risk management solutions, and CloudMargin, the only collateral and margin management solution purpose-built for the cloud, today announced a strategic partnership that will deliver a unified front-to-back workflow for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and collateral management. The collaboration enables seamless integration between Derivative Path’s DerivativeEDGE® platform and CloudMargin’s award-winning collateral management platform, enhancing operational efficiency and transparency for regional and community banks, and buy-side institutions.

Global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CQG, a leading provider of futures and options trading, execution management, and market connectivity. CQG will add complementary execution management, algorithmic trading, and analytics capabilities to Broadridge’s order management and client connectivity solutions, creating an end-to-end trading suite for global futures and options markets.

B2COPY, the copy trading and money management platform developed by B2BROKER, is designed to help brokers scale Copy Trading, MAM, and PAMM services across multiple regions, platforms, and client segments without building or maintaining custom infrastructure.

Trading and investing platform eToro has partnered with Amundi, Europe’s leading asset manager, to unveil an investment portfolio that positions to capture opportunities in transformative megatrends set to shape the world over the long term, while maintaining broad exposure to global markets.

Adclear, the financial promotions platform, has today announced that it is partnering with leading investing and trading platform IG

Exegy, a leading provider of market data, trading technology, and managed services for the capital markets, today announces that it will uniquely offer the first-ever overnight consolidated feed, comprising of all three after hours Alternative Trading Systems (ATS). This will allow clients to easily perform best price discovery, filling a structural gap in overnight markets. Axiom will also offer market data access to these ATSs with connectivity currently in development and is expected to be delivered in Q1.

B2BROKER, a global fintech solutions provider for financial institutions, has launched Multi-Server Copy Trading through its money management platform B2COPY, enabling brokers to unify MT4, MT5, and cTrader into a single investment network with full support for Copy Trading, MAM, and PAMM.

Against a backdrop of persistent inflation uncertainty, geopolitical fragmentation, policy divergence, and sharp cross-asset swings, leading AI-driven market intelligence provider Permutable AI today announced the launch of its country-level macro signals data feeds - designed to help investors detect macro inflection points earlier and manage risk more confidently.

Robinhood UK is launching a stocks & shares ISA, bringing its signature low-cost, intuitive investing experience

21X, the world’s first fully regulated DLT-based trading and settlement system (TSS), today announced a strategic partnership with LeveL Markets, which offers industry-leading connectivity to a diverse international trading ecosystem, to offer digital trading services by connecting traditional financial markets with next-generation, wallet-based trading rails.

Azelia Expo Ltd today announced the Africa Forex Trading Expo 2026, a first-of-its-kind event, with Empire FX confirmed as Main Sponsor, bringing together forex traders, brokers, fintech innovators, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), Crypto Exchanges, and financial educators from across Africa and beyond. The two-day expo, scheduled for 10th - 11th March 2026 at Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, comes at a critical time when Kenya's forex trading market is experiencing unprecedented growth.

Archax, the first FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, broker and custodian, has announced a partnership with OpenPayd, a leading provider of financial infrastructure, to streamline fiat settlement across its global trading operations. The partnership addresses a critical bottleneck for digital asset markets as institutional participation grows and settlement workflows require greater operational resilience at scale.

Boerse Stuttgart and Upvest today announce a partnership that enables financial institutions across Europe to offer securitised derivatives trading to their end users via a trusted, regulated exchange.

Avelacom is expanding its presence in Argentina, enabling banks and other financial institutions to connect directly to Argentina’s equities and derivatives markets