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

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With market structure for crypto derivatives trading expected to evolve significantly over the next few years, an Acuiti report in association with D2X Group has found that where crypto derivatives are traded is likely to change too. Only 4% of respondents stated that all volumes will be onshore.

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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

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Balraj Bassi, co-founder and chief executive officer, Tradefeedr Data analytics in financial markets has reached the point where clients have access to complete global data sets, and we see 2024 as the year where this will drive change in how counterparties interact and in automating trading workflows.

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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

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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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In a keynote speech at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) South Africa (SA) Trade Connect 2024 conference, James Baugh, managing director, head of European market structure at TD Cowen, kicked off by highlighting that market structure and liquidity dynamics in South Africa mirror those felt in other markets and in particular, Europe.

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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

JULY 10, 2023

Former Northern Trust sales trader Maddy Davies has joined Liontrust as a trader in its multi asset trading team, The TRADE can reveal. Liontrust recently won The TRADE’s multi asset trading desk of the year award in 2022 at Leaders in Trading. Davies joins Liontrust following a two-year stint at Northern Trust.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A third of post-trade firms are operating with legacy platforms more than a decade old, with budgets being dominated by maintenance and upgrades over investments in replacements and transitions, new research has found. The post New study of post-trade ecosystem shows pain of legacy systems appeared first on The TRADE.

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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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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2023

The joint venture will provide the Trade Explorer data platform, launched in South Africa earlier this year, to financial centres globally. ” Trade Explorer allows trading venues to distribute data analytics solutions to information services clients, including trading firms, issuers and investors. .”

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that its guidance regarding the post-Brexit definition of trading venues has come into force today, 9 October. It makes clear that in the case that a firm does not operate a multilateral system, it will not require authorisation as a trading venue.

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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

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

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 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 6, 2023

During a panel hosted by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), panellists explored existing developments on investment research in the EU and the UK as part of the respective EU Listing Act and the UK Investment Research Review.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Citi has developed a new foreign exchange (FX) solution utilising blockchain infrastructure in order to price and execute bilateral FX spot trades. The offering supports cryptographically secure record-keeping of trade data and only counterparties to a quote or trade have access to underlying trade details.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Following the move, Instinet – the independent equity trading arm of Nomura Group – will be able to directly access the post-trade services of both businesses for their primary execution services in Spain. The post Instinet joins BME Clearing and Iberclear, enhancing Spanish remit appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

Over the past two decades, several critical financial market regulations have been implemented globally, particularly in response to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The years following 2008’s GFC experienced continued financial regulatory reform.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The post Qatar’s Edaa postpones T+2 switch until March appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial markets, the emergence of digital assets has resulted in a paradigm shift as conventional notions have been challenged and new players have emerged along with a reshaping of the way in which financial systems are perceived and interacted with.

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The TRADE

APRIL 26, 2024

With ETFs increasingly becoming more popular in Europe, panellists at TradeTech highlighted fragmentation and regulation as two key pain points that need to be addressed going forward in order to boost growth in the trading segment. Investors have different demands – what they want, how they want to trade and settle.

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The TRADE

MAY 15, 2024

Initially scheduled for 2 January 2024, this adjustment was postponed in coordination with the Qatar Financial Market Authority (QFMA) to allow market participants more time to update systems and implement new procedures. The post Sri Lanka to cut settlement cycle from T+3 to T+2 in June appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

SIX has launched a new automated software application, SIX Bot, aimed at providing clients an enhanced view of market movements through wider access to corporate actions data. The post SIX unveils new bot providing clients enhanced insight into corporates’ movements appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The post ESMA opens door for T+1 implementation in Europe appeared first on The TRADE. The watchdog will consider the feedback during the first quarter of 2024, with the intention to publish a final report in Q4 2024 at the latest.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Market volatility and the continuously changing regulatory environment demand faster response to client needs. Access to high quality data is crucial but thanks to innovation and AI we are now able to enhance foreign exchange trading workflow in a most efficient way. What still needs to be done to optimise automated trading in FX?

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 15, 2023

ESMA did, however, highlight that the reduction of time available for post-trade processes would be even more acute if the EU was to move to T+0. The post EMSA to consider all possibilities for shortened settlement – including T0 – following industry feedback appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Will there come a time where AI plays more of a role in how to execute the trading decisions? The potential for AI tools to play a role in trade execution remains unknown. Over time, major dealers introduced more algorithms, which led to a common question: “What is the optimal algorithm for a given trading scenario?”

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Collaborating with Fusion Digital Assets is another significant step in our ongoing efforts to bridge traditional financial markets and the growing crypto asset ecosystem,” said Austin Reid, global head of revenue and business at FalconX. The post FalconX integrates with TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

MARCH 15, 2024

What impact has digital assets had on traditional financial markets? If we were having this conversation just three months ago, I’d tell you that the digital and traditional markets are operating in entirely different universes. Tokenisation can bring many benefits to nearly every corner of the financial markets.

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The TRADE

MARCH 12, 2024

The pilot brought together firms from every side of the market: 15 asset managers, 13 banks, four custodians, three exchanges, and one financial market infrastructure provider participating in the simulated transactions and/or demonstrations.

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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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