The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and CMC Markets announced a multi-year strategic data agreement that significantly broadens CMC’s access to LSEG’s financial data, news and analytics offerings.
The deal is designed to reinforce the underlying data infrastructure that supports CMC’s multi-asset platform, giving the firm wider reach into real-time and delayed pricing feeds, reference data, corporate actions information, news and analytical tools.
By securing more extensive access to reliable, standardised financial information, the partnership aims to promote greater consistency and scalability across CMC’s operations.
This will help the company as it develops fresh products, expands into additional markets and strengthens its institutional and business-to-business relationships.
CMC Markets, a FTSE 250-listed provider of online trading, investing and related technology services, has long focused on building technology-driven capabilities that connect its retail trading, investment and institutional arms.
The new arrangement aligns with that broader ambition to create a more diversified, technology-led financial services business supported by robust, scalable infrastructure.
Chris Coleman, Group Head of Sales and Account Management at LSEG, welcomed the deepening of the relationship with CMC Markets, describing the firm as an important and valued client.
He noted that pairing extensive financial data and analytics with flexible access arrangements and specialist support would assist CMC in scaling its operations, creating new client offerings and pursuing further innovation.
Lord Peter Cruddas, founder and chief executive of CMC Markets, emphasised the importance of appropriate data and technology for a business that continues to grow and diversify.
He described LSEG as a key strategic partner and said broader access to trusted financial data would enable CMC to move more quickly while enhancing the experience delivered to clients.
Cruddas added that CMC has consistently invested in technology and partnerships to advance the company, and that the latest agreement represents another significant step providing greater capability for the next stage of growth.
Beyond conventional market data, CMC will also receive access to LSEG’s AI-ready content.
This is expected to supply an extra foundation for developing future artificial-intelligence-enabled applications and workflows throughout the business.
LSEG, a global provider of financial markets infrastructure, data and analytics serving tens of thousands of customers, has increasingly focused on preparing its content for advanced AI use cases while maintaining trusted, high-quality datasets across asset classes.
For CMC, which originated as a foreign-exchange broker in 1989 and has since expanded into multi-asset trading, share dealing, investing platforms and B2B technology solutions, the agreement supplies standardised information that can underpin both client-facing services and internal product development.
Real-time and delayed pricing, corporate actions and reference data help ensure accurate execution and reporting, while news and analytical content support research and decision-making tools.
Combined with AI-ready materials, these resources position CMC to explore automated insights, enhanced risk tools and more personalised client experiences as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in financial services.
The multi-year nature of the deal provides a stable framework for ongoing collaboration rather than a short-term data subscription.
It reflects a wider industry trend in which trading and investing platforms seek deeper ties with established data providers to maintain competitive infrastructure while pursuing expansion.
As CMC continues to grow its institutional partnerships and enter new markets, consistent access to high-quality, standardised data becomes a practical enabler of scale.
At the same time, LSEG also strengthens its position as a data partner to technology-oriented financial firms that serve both retail and professional clients.
Overall, the agreement supplies CMC with broader data resources and AI-oriented content while supporting LSEG’s strategy of delivering flexible, expertise-backed solutions to valued clients.
Both organisations frame the collaboration as a practical step that aligns data infrastructure with business growth objectives in a period of continued diversification and technological change.