What Global Trading does

Global Trading is a B2B financial media brand operated by Markets Media Group, a subsidiary of Market Media Holdings LLC (New Jersey, USA). The publication delivers news, analysis, education, and insights focused on equities trading, execution quality, market structure, regulation, and liquidity at the intersection of the buy-side and sell-side. It serves senior professionals including asset managers, institutional trading desks, brokers, investment banks, market technology vendors, and regulatory and compliance personnel across EMEA, the UK, North America, APAC, and emerging markets including Africa, South-East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, India, Japan, South Korea, China/Hong Kong, and Australia/New Zealand.

The core offering is editorial content distributed through a website (globaltrading.net), email newsletters (breaking news alerts, weekly summaries, monthly alerts), a quarterly print and digital magazine, the Trader TV video platform, the People Moves Dashboard, and anchor industry events including the TradeTech annual conference and FIX Trading Community events. The technology stack is built on third-party SaaS infrastructure: Stripe for payment processing, MemberPress for subscription and gated content access control, and HubSpot for CRM and email marketing. The product portfolio includes a tiered content model with open news alongside premium member-only interviews, in-depth analyses, and proprietary research publications covering execution quality, fund flows, and payment for order flow.

Global Trading monetizes through four primary revenue streams: subscription fees for premium gated content and member-exclusive magazine features; event and webinar registration fees for TradeTech and FIX Trading Community events; advertising and sponsorships on the website, in newsletters, and through co-branded events and magazines; and content licensing including guest contributions, podcast and webinar participation, and reproduction rights. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The publication also discloses use of AI tools and automated systems in its Privacy Policy for content personalization and analytics report generation, processing usage and engagement data to derive insights for subscribers. The entity has 1-10 employees, no public funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue or M&A activity.

Name

Global Trading

Legal name

Markets Media Holdings LLC

Website

https://globaltrading.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Global Trading is a B2B financial media brand serving senior buy-side and sell-side trading professionals globally with news, analysis, research, a quarterly magazine, video, and events focused on equities market structure, execution, and regulation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

South Orange

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Revenue generated from subscription-only content areas requiring paid membership for access. Users must register and pay to access premium content, magazine features, and member-exclusive materials.
2. Event and Webinar Registration: Revenue from registering attendees for webinars and events, including virtual and physical events such as TradeTech and FIX Trading Community events. Complimentary passes may also be offered.
3. Advertising and Sponsorships: Revenue from advertisements placed on the website and in newsletters. The platform also features co-branded services with partners and sponsors for events, webinars, educational resources, magazines and supplements.
4. Content Licensing and Distribution: Third-party contributed content including guest articles, blogs and podcast/webinar participation. The platform licenses content and may charge for distribution or reproduction requests.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Global Trading is a financial news and media publication delivering news, analysis, educational content, and industry insights focused on equities trading, execution, market structure, and regulation. It serves senior professionals across buy-side and sell-side institutions in the global equities capital markets through digital articles, a print magazine, video content (Trader TV), email newsletters, and industry events.

Product overview

Global Trading is a unified news and media platform providing content across multiple formats including news articles, magazine features, video multimedia, and research publications. The core offering is editorial content covering the global equities capital markets, with the website serving as the central hub for all content delivery. The product portfolio includes the main news service, quarterly magazine, Trader TV video platform, research reports and surveys, industry events coverage, and premium subscription-gated content. The offering is organized as a content platform with subscription access tiers rather than a modular software product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Global Trading News Editorial news, analysis, and educational articles covering equities trading, execution, market structure, and regulation for senior capital markets professionals.
• Global Trading Magazine Print magazine covering equities trading, market structure, and regulation for buy-side and sell-side institutional professionals.
• Trader TV Video programming covering equities trading, market structure, and capital markets developments for industry professionals.
• Industry Events and Conferences Networking and educational events for buy-side and sell-side equities professionals covering market structure, regulation, and trading trends.
• Newsletter and Premium Subscription Content Subscription-based newsletters and premium editorial content delivered to senior capital markets professionals.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Markets Media GroupcoreOthersMarkets Media Group is the parent organization of Global Trading, part of Market Media Holdings LLC. The group includes multiple entities including Markets Media, Traders Magazine, The Desk, and Trader TV, operating as an integrated financial media company serving the global capital markets industry.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Institutional Investor: Institutional Investor is a broader institutional-finance media brand covering asset management, trading, and capital markets; it overlaps with Global Trading's buy-side audience but is a wider portfolio of coverage rather than a focused equities-execution title.
• Risk.net: Risk.net is a well-established financial media brand covering trading, derivatives, and market structure; it does not specialize purely in equities execution like Global Trading but competes for the same institutional readers and research budgets.

Direct peers

• Markets Media: Markets Media is the parent group's flagship capital-markets news brand and a sister publication to Global Trading; both serve the institutional buy-side and sell-side with overlapping editorial coverage and event franchises.
• WatersTechnology: WatersTechnology covers trading technology, market data, and capital markets infrastructure, directly overlapping Global Trading's technology and market-structure coverage and competing for the same vendor and exchange advertising spend.
• Traders Magazine: Traders Magazine is a sister brand within Markets Media Group covering equities and securities trading, making it a directly comparable publication on audience, advertising, and editorial focus, even though it sits under the same corporate parent.
• FX Markets: FX Markets (formerly FX-MM) covers FX trading, e-FX platforms, and execution — adjacent but partially overlapping with Global Trading's FX trading and best-execution coverage and competing for similar institutional subscribers.
• Markets Media Events / TradeTech: TradeTech (run by Markets Media Group alongside Global Trading) is the group's flagship equities-trading technology conference; broader competing event franchises such as A-Team Group's events overlap heavily and compete for the same delegate and sponsor pool.
• The DESK: The DESK covers buy-side trading, market data, and trading technology and is a sister brand within Markets Media Group; its audience and editorial remit substantially overlap with Global Trading's equities-execution focus.
• The TRADE: The TRADE is a B2B media brand covering equities trading, execution, market structure and regulation — a near-identical editorial remit to Global Trading, competing directly for the same buy-side and sell-side audience and the same advertising/sponsorship budgets.

Emerging players

• bobsguide: bobsguide covers capital-markets technology, payments, and trading infrastructure vendors; its audience overlaps with Global Trading's market-technology providers and it represents an emerging digital-only competitor for vendor-facing advertising.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-trading-net

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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