Clear Street expands European market access in the Netherlands
16 April 2026 The Netherlands
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Clear Street, a cloud-native financial infrastructure technology firm, has received authorisation from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to operate as an investment firm.
The achievement marks a significant milestone in the firm鈥檚 global expansion and establishes a licensed operating presence in the European Economic Area (EEA), which represents 27 European Union countries plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.
According to Ed Tilly, CEO of Clear Street, the licensed entity in the Netherlands, alongside the firm鈥檚 UK presence, will see European clients access the firm鈥檚 full platform, which includes execution, prime brokerage, and real-time risk management, all on the same cloud-native technology that powers its operations across the US, Canada, and the UK.
Tilly continues: 鈥淭he Netherlands is the latest illustration of our scalable and repeatable global expansion model.
鈥淲e appreciate the AFM's commitment to market and regulatory transparency, efficient oversight, and customer protections, all of which nicely complement our technology and service offering meant to empower sophisticated investors all over the world.鈥�
The authorisation enables Clear Street to engage and onboard a broad range of European client segments, including proprietary trading firms, asset managers, pension funds, and family offices.
It will expand the company's ability to provide access to a range of investment products across European and US markets, advancing the firm鈥檚 goal of delivering institutional-grade global market access through a single platform.
Sven Diepenbach, head of Clear Street Netherlands, comments: 鈥淭he Dutch capital markets continue to expand as a regional and international hub, and we are excited to now be part of that.
鈥淭his license unlocks our platform to serve clients across the region with something genuinely differentiated: direct market access, real-time risk visibility and the full depth of Clear Street's capabilities.鈥�
The achievement marks a significant milestone in the firm鈥檚 global expansion and establishes a licensed operating presence in the European Economic Area (EEA), which represents 27 European Union countries plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.
According to Ed Tilly, CEO of Clear Street, the licensed entity in the Netherlands, alongside the firm鈥檚 UK presence, will see European clients access the firm鈥檚 full platform, which includes execution, prime brokerage, and real-time risk management, all on the same cloud-native technology that powers its operations across the US, Canada, and the UK.
Tilly continues: 鈥淭he Netherlands is the latest illustration of our scalable and repeatable global expansion model.
鈥淲e appreciate the AFM's commitment to market and regulatory transparency, efficient oversight, and customer protections, all of which nicely complement our technology and service offering meant to empower sophisticated investors all over the world.鈥�
The authorisation enables Clear Street to engage and onboard a broad range of European client segments, including proprietary trading firms, asset managers, pension funds, and family offices.
It will expand the company's ability to provide access to a range of investment products across European and US markets, advancing the firm鈥檚 goal of delivering institutional-grade global market access through a single platform.
Sven Diepenbach, head of Clear Street Netherlands, comments: 鈥淭he Dutch capital markets continue to expand as a regional and international hub, and we are excited to now be part of that.
鈥淭his license unlocks our platform to serve clients across the region with something genuinely differentiated: direct market access, real-time risk visibility and the full depth of Clear Street's capabilities.鈥�
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