GreySpark: Smart data analytics key in reducing trading costs
A new piece of GreySpark Partners research has found that spending by investment banks and asset managers on markets and transaction data in the cash equities, fixed ...
Greenwich: Data analytics now more valued than market structure knowledge
Three out of four capital markets professionals say data analysis will be the most valued skill on trading desks over the next five years, and 85% plan to increase their ...
New senior trader at Baillie Gifford
James Li, senior investment trader, Baillie Gifford
B2Scan closes down
B2Scan, the pre-trade liquidity data platform for bond markets, has shut down after eight years. The CEO and founder of B2Scan, Frédéric Semour, was not contactable for ...
Traders call time on outsized European market open hours
Buy- and sell-side traders have called for Europe to review its equity market open periods, which at eight and half hours is over 30% longer than market open in the US ...
CIOs assess stormy markets ahead
l tor: Phillippe Waechter, Ostrum Asset Management; Chris Iggo, AXA; Rick Lacaille, SSGA; Nancy Davis, Quadratic Capital Management
Fear that ‘diversity washing’ could limit progress
Julia Streets, moderator and Mark Wade, Allianz Global Investors
Warning on credit exposure
Stefan Hofrichter, global economist at Allianz Global Investors
Portfolio trading challenged on best execution
For decades, tourists have flocked to Spain’s Costa Brava in anticipation of the three Ss, broadly understood to refer to sun, sea and sangria. At last week’s FILS ...
Could ‘Fortnite’ guide market evolution
Steve Toland, TransFICC
9Fin takes the win in Dragon’s Den
Financial technology (fintech) firm 9Fin won the ‘Dragon’s Den’ event at FILS 2019, beating tough competition from Auquan and Scorable.
Electronic liquidity providers push for reform
The buy side relationship with alternative liquidity providers was strained five years ago after the high-frequency traders and their reputations – and business models – ...
Funding the green transition
How on God’s green earth are fixed-income portfolio managers supposed to negotiate the minefield of sustainable investing, given the myriad pitfalls and bear traps that ...
Concerns mount over stalled connectivity and price distribution
Fixed income traders still lack the direct connectivity they need to protect pricing and control data flow, according to leading buy-side stakeholders.
