Global trading giants step up India presence, fuelling talent rush, exchange upgrades

Exclusive: Global trading giants step up India presence, fuelling talent rush, exchange upgrades

Half a dozen global trading giants, from Citadel Securities and IMC Trading to Millennium and Optiver, are ratcheting up their presence in India's booming derivatives markets, fuelling a hiring spree and pushing exchanges to improve technology.

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A wave of leading global trading firms – including Citadel Securities, IMC Trading, Millennium, and Optiver – are accelerating their India strategies, deepening their presence in the country’s rapidly expanding equity derivatives market. This shift is fuelling a major hiring push and prompting domestic exchanges to invest heavily in technology upgrades. According to the Futures …

Global trading giants step up India presence, fuelling talent rush, exchange upgrades

The South Asian nation made up nearly 60% of global equity derivative trading volumes of 7.3 billion in April