According to The TRADE News, Marex has launched a new private markets desk, with the aim of enhancing the firm’s FX and interest rate offerings. The new offering is set to boost Marex’s capabilities for private capital managers, providing high touch, institutional grade access to structured currency risk management and interest rate solutions. 

According to The Block, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has issued the region's first stablecoin licenses to HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial, a joint venture between Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands, and Hong Kong Telecommunications, the regulator confirmed on Friday. Hong Kong had been expected to issue its first stablecoin licenses in Q1, with HSBC and Standard Chartered previously reported to be among the first recipients.

Institutional market data provider Pyth Network has launched a new data marketplace to enable major financial institutions to publish and monetise proprietary datasets spanning blockchains, applications and financial firms. The platform – called Pyth Data Marketplace – sees firms including Euronext, Exchange Data International (EDI), Fidelity Investments, OTC Markets Group, Singapore Exchange FX (SGX FX), and Tradeweb joining the platform as proprietary market data publishers.

FIF has scheduled two joint calls for the CAT Transaction Reporting and CAIS Working Groups for this week. The first call will be on Monday April 6 at 2 pm ET and will focus on the Reference Database Technical Specifications and related documentation published by FINRA CAT on March 27. The second call will be on Wednesday April 8 at 2 pm ET and will focus on the SEC’s March 27 approval of the CAT cost reduction rule filing and FIF member recommendations to CAT LLC.

FIF has scheduled a call for the Rule 605 Working Group for Monday April 6 at 3 pm ET. The Working Group will discuss the Rule 605 FAQs and Rule 605 exemptive order published by the SEC on April 1.

On Wednesday April 8 at 11 am ET, FIF will host a webinar for the Compliance and Surveillance Working Group on the Reg S-P amendments that took effect on December 3, 2025. Thoreau Bartmann and Jessica Cohn of the K&L Gates law firm will be the presenters for the webinar. If you would like to submit any questions for the presenters in advance of the webinar, please send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; all questions will be presented anonymously. 

On Thursday April 23 at 3 pm ET, Stevie Conlon, Robert Schwaba and Anna Vayser of Wolters Kluwer will present to the Tax Information Reporting Working Group on Broker Reporting Issues for Tokenized Securities.

Data and Technology Committee. The Data and Technology Committee reviewed capacity, latency and volume data for the prior month for the equity, options, currency, crypto and futures markets. The spotlight presenter was John Willock of Blue Ocean, who discussed the current state of overnight market data and planned SIP changes for the upcoming expansion of exchange trading hours. Digital Asset Securities Working Group. Shawn Sloves, CEO of Fundamental Interactions, presented to the Digital Asset Securities Working Group on the Clarity Act and distributed exchanges (DEXs). The Working...

According to PR Newswire, Finster AI, a leader in agentic AI solutions for financial services, today announced a strategic partnership with FactSet to power the firm's newly launched AI-driven workflow automation platform for banking. Alongside the partnership, FactSet has made an investment in Finster AI, further strengthening the collaboration and shared commitment to transforming investment banking workflows.