The fintech has acquired Cuttone & Company, a New York-based institutional broker dealer.
The German exchange is combining equities services with its Scandinavian subsidiary, Nordic Growth Market.
Regulation is likely to continue this year under a Democratic administration.
Vaccine optimism sees equity fund inflows reach 5-year high.
The merger aims to accelerate the firm's strategy of electronification, aggregation and diversification.
Covid-19 has underscored financial firms' need to reduce manual processing and create flexible infrastructure.
More than 40% of overall U.S. equities trading volume was off-exchange last year.
The off-exchange U.S. equities market accounts for more than 40% of overall trading volume.
The rise of passive investment has led to more funds executing trades in the last part of the day.
