The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Robbert Booij The asset class is increasingly becoming a buy-side topic said experts as end clients are voluntarily joining the cleared repo environment, viewing it as a neat instrument to facilitate trading. It’s education, it’s product offering, and marketing potentially as well [that will boost retail trading].

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OfficeHours

MAY 16, 2023

Hedge funds are significant players in financial markets given the size of their capital bases and the frequency of their trading. According to a report by Hedge Fund Research, Inc., as of the end of 2020, hedge funds managed approximately $3.6 trillion in assets globally.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MARCH 11, 2024

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as exchange-traded funds help biggest cryptocurrency rally Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business, economics and financial markets.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 24, 2024

In the dynamic realm of the financial markets, the introduction of technology has proven to be a catalyst for transformative change, overhauling existing trading strategies. Among the wide range of advancements, algorithmic trading has revolutionised how financial instruments are bought and sold.

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The TRADE

JUNE 24, 2024

Singapore-headquartered fund manager APS Asset Management has adopted order and investment management technology solution, Bloomberg AIM, to automate its post-trade workflows. The solution and its post-trade straight through processing (STP) package will also provide APS with real-time transparency on trade matching.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Outsourced trading solutions firm, Tourmaline Partners, has hired three new seasoned financial markets executives as managing directors to help strengthen its global trading capabilities, The TRADE can reveal.  It could be said that Europe was slow to adopt our version of supplemental trading.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 15, 2023

Insider trading , a highly controversial topic in financial ethics and law, involves the trading of a public company's stock by individuals with access to non-public, material information about the company. Contrary to popular belief, not all insider trading is illegal.

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The TRADE

MARCH 12, 2024

The pilot program provided participants with distributed ledger applications for asset tokenisation, digital cash, fund registry, repo, securities lending, and margin management transactions – all with the ability to interoperate via the Canton Network TestNet. It’s having that interoperability while preserving the privacy and control.”

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, as revealed by The TRADE. Poilvet-Clédière brings over 15 years’ experience in financial markets to the role.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Next up in our introduction to the distinguished nominees for Leaders in Trading 2023 Editors’ Choice Awards, we bring you the shortlist for Outstanding Non-Bank Electronic Liquidity Provider, showcasing excellence in liquidity provision outside of the traditional sphere. billion compared to € 2.8 billion the previous year.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Peter Welsby, head of European FICC trading, Manulife Investment Management   Regulation will continue to direct market trends in 2 024, just as it has in recent years. In fixed income, focus will remain on data transparency and whether consolidated tapes would be beneficial or detrimental to liquidity in the EU and emerging markets.

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The TRADE

MARCH 7, 2024

Attendees at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference said T+1 is the greatest regulatory headache currently within financial markets, though 70% of the audience said they will be ready for the acceleration of settlement times come May. The market needs to move together,” emphasised one panellist.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Daniel Morris, chief market strategist, BNP Paribas Asset Management   Volatility has become the new normal, bringing opportunities for active managers, and 2024 is likely to see a continuation of the profound and often unanticipated change in the global economy and financial markets that typified 2023. Central

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

M&G Investments has led a $30 million Series B funding round for FCA-authorised digital asset derivatives venue GFO-X. Alongside the funding round, M&G Investment will join the board of Global Futures and Options Holdings.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Huttman told The TRADE: “Hedging is a well telegraphed programme that you can do when there is heightened uncertainty elsewhere,” asserting that demonstrably many are not trading FX out of a particular desire to do so, but rather out of need.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

EU asset managers, banks and brokers are urging policy markets not to succumb to pressure that could potentially lead to suboptimal outcomes in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid/r) review.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Industry Person of the Year Award 2023. The winner will be decided by a live industry vote at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading gala awards night on 8 November. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted nominees!

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Global Banking & Finance

AUGUST 4, 2024

recession in the wake of soft data gripped financial markets and triggered a rush to safe-haven assets. Crypto markets have gotten a boost this year after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved an exchange-traded fund to track […]

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

These developments mean the industry will be well positioned to launch initiatives in the coming year, some of which already announced, which promise to reinvigorate European fixed income trading, bringing much needed impetus for growth.

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The TRADE

APRIL 3, 2024

The Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are working together to operate a new Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS) – a regime that will allow firms to use developing technology in the issuance, trading and settlement of securities. The DSS is expected to open applications in the summer of 2024.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

Around-the-clock (24/7) trading is something we already see in the foreign exchange markets and the growing cryptocurrency landscape. Yet with equities, these markets are constrained by market hours which may be specific to a region and/or exchanges themselves. Already in EMEA, we have six valid trading days.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Everyone was locked up inside, and many turned to day trading for entertainment and money (in between binge-watching shows on streaming services). Via on-screen text, it states or implies the following: Robinhood’s IPO flopped because of the bad press around GameStop and the trading limits the company imposed on customers.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

The new service will bring OTC cash equities trades into Cboe Clear Europe’s cleared environment, which can then be netted against on-exchange transactions for settlement purposes. Creating a link between DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing (ITP) central matching service, CTM, makes up the first part of the joint initiative.

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The TRADE

MAY 14, 2024

Deutsche Bank has joined asset tokenisation initiative Project Guardian – dedicated to testing the feasibility of applications in regulated financial markets – as part of the asset and wealth management workstream. The post Deutsche Bank joins global policy makers’ Project Guardian appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

ICMA commented that progressive penalties introduces unnecessary stress to a market that is most likely already facing liquidity challenges. Background to the proposal The regulator’s latest consultation appeared to be looking at removing the economic incentives to letting the trade fail but adding in the progressive fines.

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The TRADE

JUNE 14, 2024

Hailing from Latham & Watkins, Amundi UK, the London Stock Exchange, Peel Hunt, Citi, and Boards of the Capeview Azri Funds. With his 47 years’ experience of financial markets along with his strong desire to innovate capital markets and the exchange industry, we have no doubt that Alasdair will be a valuable contributor to the panel.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Funding has also seen notable impact — albeit with an imbalance across the sell-side and buy-sides. Okan Pekin, head of securities services at Citi, said: “The move to T+1 has taken centre stage in the post-trade industry over the last few years. A full copy of the study can be found here.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Then, the bank lends these funds to companies and individuals and charges interest on these loans. But this is not how it works in the modern economy and financial system. Look at any financial model for a bank, and you’ll see that loans – not deposits – are the key top-line driver. But the U.S.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Read more: Outsourced trading desk Tourmaline gains majority investment Speaking to Goodman’s departure, Aaron Hantman, chief executive of Tourmaline, told The TRADE: “We see an even healthier sales pipeline right now and want the head trader role in the US to be a more commercially focused role.” He is a terrific trader. Moving

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The TRADE

JUNE 17, 2024

Start-up hedge fund Jain Global appointed a former Credit Suisse vice president and electronic sales trader to join its ranks on the trading desk ahead of its launch. Emily Facchina Fluet joined Jain as a trader working in London under head of EMEA trading, Jeremy Wyatt.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Historical Level 3 data provider BMLL has secured investment from Snowflake Ventures and entered into a partnership with the firm to provide granular data and analytics to market participants worldwide. The post BMLL secures investment from Snowflake Ventures as it enters into partnership with the firm appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Joining the industry after graduating from business school at the age of 20, Papanichola has an impressive track record that spans across five hedge funds and two banks. My key takeaway from those guys was that the core foundation of trading isn’t about buying and selling. I could literally trade any product if I wanted to.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

The onus is now on these providers to alleviate any workflow issues that may arise for buy-side firms looking to trade around the time of the cut offs – of which there are many. The idea that more trades might be settled bilaterally also increases the counterparty risk that regulators have been looking to avoid across the industry.

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Peak Frameworks

JUNE 27, 2023

This article delves into the functions of the money market and the types of instruments commonly used. Definition of the Money Market The money market is a subsection of the financial market where participants engage in the buying and selling of short-term debt securities. For instance, when Apple Inc.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

said Olivier Grimonpont, managing director, head of product management, market liquidity, Euroclear. “As The post Euroclear expands its offering with Eurex Clearing appeared first on The TRADE. “We are excited to have Eurex Clearing joining the group of CCPs using our services to support their critical margining activity.”

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The TRADE reported on 14 August that the testing period for the shift to T+1 settlement in the US had officially begun. Many of the chief concerns revolve around FX trades which are typically executed after an equity trade has been matched and executed and subsequently will be under increased time pressure.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Elsewhere in his career, Chalkley served as a European government bond, inflation and absolute return fund manager at BlackRock. Tourmaline Partners hired three new seasoned financial markets executives as managing directors to help strengthen its global trading capabilities.

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