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Trading on the dark side: providing value - or getting lit
In the world of unlit trading, there are two species: those that offer genuine price improvement for large-block orders beyond what is typically found on the major exchanges; and those that aren’t...
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Will lower latency trading ever call time on HFT
Chuck Vice, Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) president and chief operating officer noted at the end of February that, “HFTs are an essential source of liquidity in our markets and often provide...
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Execution consulting - up close and personal
Many commentators agree: execution consulting is the best way for fund managers to receive low-touch (automated) trading with high-touch (personal) service from their broker-dealers. For some...
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Advancement through technology
Given the inevitable refocus of Deutsche Börse’s market strategy, and given the stop on its planned merger with NYSE Euronext, we thought it would be good to find out what the exchange plans to do in...
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Algorithmic Trading in the Ice Age
According to the latest figures from Thomson Reuters’ Equity Market Share Reporter service, Orderbook trading volumes of EU and Swiss Equity saw a 6% monthly rise in March at €787bn, but €22bn lower...
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Into the cloud - the new evolution in trading
As skittish investors and continuing uncertainty over the sustainability of higher trading volumes in 2012, there’s a sense of a new world order coming in the electronic trading markets. Equally,...
View ArticleEU seeks CSD regulation and proportionality
In early March this year the European Commission issued proposals to improve securities settlement in the EU and the operation of central securities depositories (CSDs). The proposal has the potential...
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Towards a better understanding of EU Harmonisationplans for CSDs
Common standards will be introduced throughout the EU for securities settlement and for CSDs to meet these objectives. Proposed regulations covering CSDs will complete the European regulatory framework...
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EMIR: Europe tightens the regime for derivatives trading
At the end of March the parliament of the European Union passed the new European market infrastructure regulation (EMIR), which means that all derivatives contracts conducted either on or off-exchange...
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OTC Derivatives: Gearing Up for Clearing
OTC derivatives evolved as bilateral trades in which the parties relied on each other’s credit to fulfill any obligations that arose without the benefit of a clearinghouse guarantee. The Lehman...
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