Alex Lawton Becomes CEO of Clear Street U.K. Following FCA Approval

LONDON, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Clear Street ("Clear Street" or "the Company"), a cloud-native financial infrastructure technology firm on a mission to give sophisticated investors access to every asset in every market, through a unified platform built for speed, transparency and scale, today announced that Alex Lawton has been confirmed as Chief Executive Officer of Clear Street U.K. Limited, following approval by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA").This announcement comes on the heels of Clear Street's European expansion, with a MiFID II license secured in the Netherlands enabling the firm to operate across 27 EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.