European regulators will probably ban event contracts, allowing US firms to dominate another market. Also we look at the Axi stockbroker deal.

Pepperstone will sponsor the UFC and become their Official Partner for Asia. The UFC claims to have over 400m fans across the continent.

Acuity Trading will provide its full suite of trading, news flow, and analytics products to OneRoyal.

ATFX Connect will provides its pricing and liquidity to brokers globally, who are using Centroid Solutions to manage their risk.

Gao joins Axi from Pepperstone, where he was also Regional Director. He has two decades of experience and has worked at Exness and GAIN Capital.