CME appoints Paul Houston Global Head of FX Products amid wider FX business integration

Eurex Clearing is to bring native digital instruments into its existing clearing framework. It says this will make it the world’s first hybrid central counterparty (CCP).

Brazil-based PropHub has secured strategic backing from Merchant Seven and private investors to expand its modular trading technology, strengthen sales and marketing, and accelerate international growth.

Devexperts hosted its first Trading Industry Leaders Lunch in Jakarta on 29 October, with more than 30 Indonesian capital markets figures discussing investor confidence, market integrity and trading infrastructure, following Bappebti approval of its flagship DXtrade multi-asset trading platform in August 2026.

Spotware Systems will be present at The Trading Festival Mexico 2026 on 12–13 November at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, Booth B1, introducing the latest updates to its flagship platform, cTrader.

Capital.com's Singapore unit is now listed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Capital Markets Services licensee, with permissions covering securities, collective investment schemes, OTC derivatives and custody. The entry names former IG Singapore head Tony Lim as chief executive of the Singapore entity.

ICM MENA has promoted Firas Bechwaty to Head of Business Development. He joined in July 2022 as Business Development Executive and became Business Development Manager in August 2024. He previously worked in account management for over five years. Shoaib Abedi, Founder and Chairman, ICM MENA, commented on the promotion.

Euronext's Supervisory Board intends to nominate NN Group CEO David Knibbe as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board at its AGM on 20 May 2027, following Stéphane Boujnah's decision to step down. The appointment requires approval from regulators, the Dutch Minister of Finance and Euronext shareholders.

Weekly industry updates and views from Integral, Sunday 01 November, 2026

Americans vote on November 3 for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. The presidency is not on the ballot, which means any new Congress will still need the President's signature to turn bills into law. Markets care about the midterms less for the laws that follow and more for what changes in oversight, budgets and the regulatory mood of Washington.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has said it is not currently convinced that prediction markets for retail clients are in the public interest. ASIC Chair Sarah Court said prediction market contracts have all the features of a bet, likening them to binary options, which are banned for retail clients.