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APRIL 17, 2025

The approval also builds on Hidden Roads recent expansion of its fixed income prime brokerage platform, which saw the firm sign a deal in June 2024 to distribute Trading Technologies (TT) multi-asset trading platform to its clients. The post Hidden Road receives FINRA broker-dealer approval appeared first on The TRADE.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

We have seen new entrants into the block space in 2023, and I see further appetite in 2024 as buy-side traders seek safer and larger block liquidity – I foresee “superblock” venues and an increase in capital provision. For all these reasons, I expect the voluntary adoption of ESTR based products to continue into 2024 and beyond.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

The post Qatar’s Edaa postpones T+2 switch until March appeared first on The TRADE. The Philippines went from T+3 to T+2 on 24 August 2023, while Mexico plans to move to T+1 next year, and other Caribbean and South American countries are pondering aligning with their regional counterparts.

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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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DECEMBER 18, 2023

RBC BlueBay Asset Management The market is already pricing in rate cuts in Q1 although I, along with many others, don’t believe they will begin before the end of H1. This uncertainty will lead to heightened equity volatility in 2024. We think that this trend is likely to be sustained or even accelerated in 2024.

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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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APRIL 24, 2024

FBS Financial Market Analysts Forecast Gold Prices to Rise to $2,800 Singapore City, Singapore, April 24th, 2024, FinanceWire FBS, a leading global broker that has recently launched an upgraded FBS app, projects gold price surge to $2,800 per ounce by the close of 2024.

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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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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. ESMA stated that will publish and submit to the European Commission (EC) a feedback report with its main findings in the course of 2024.

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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 closing date for responses is 29 May 2024.

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JUNE 26, 2024

CME Group has enhanced its partnership with Google Cloud as it plans for a new private cloud region and co-location facility in Illinois aimed at bolstering its markets offering for futures and options. Read more: As cloud adoption across the market continues to rise, is the shift of liquidity itself next to follow?

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MARCH 7, 2024

A panel of experts hailing from regulatory bodies across the globe gathered today at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference to unpack what themes should be at the fore of market participants’ agendas. It goes back to the interesting point that actually a markets are incredibly interconnected [and] it talks to the whole trade life cycle.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Any potential move to T+1 will require collaboration from a broad range of industry stakeholders, with the ultimate objective of making EU securities markets safer and more efficient.” 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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JUNE 17, 2024

As part of the move, Marex will become a member of LCH’s SwapClear service on 15 July 2024, subject to final approval. Client clearing of interest rate swaps expands Marex’s existing clearing memberships spanning across energy, commodity and financial markets.

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MAY 15, 2024

Since the pandemic, the CSE has undertaken several significant developments, including the introduction of regulated short selling in November 2023 and stock borrowing and lending in March 2024, followed by the adoption of an equity T+2 settlement cycle in June 2024.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Anthony Attia The move is the next step in the business’ “Growth for Impact 2024” strategy and follows the expansion of its clearing activities to Euronext Brussels earlier this month. The move is paving the way for the continued expansion of Euronext Clearing with financial and commodity derivatives confirmed for Q3 2024.

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MARCH 4, 2024

ICMA commented that progressive penalties introduces unnecessary stress to a market that is most likely already facing liquidity challenges. ESMA said the feedback it receives will feed into its technical advice, which is expected to be sent to the European Commission by the end of September 2024.

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JULY 4, 2023

The watchdog’s focus will be on a single consolidated tape provider per asset class, which could help ensure that associated data costs remain low alongside addressing the existing fragmentation of post-trade transparency data. The UK tape’s revenue and sharing model and its inclusion of pre- and post-trade data have not yet been confirmed.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

In a letter to ESMA, the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) was against the immediate shift to T+0, stating: “We emphasise that we do not consider a default T+0 settlement cycle for securities transactions to be a realistic or desirable near-term policy objective.” to just over £2.6 asset-backed securities)”.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

In addition, ESMA is set to assess the effectiveness of a CT for shares by 30 June 2026, which includes consideration of the potential to add additional features to the equity pre-trade tape. While the EU has agreed to a real-time pre- and post-trade consolidated tape (CT) for equities – the devil will be in the detail.

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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. The critical window – set to run until the planned implementation date at the end of May 2024 – is a crucial opportunity for the industry to iron out any creases, of which there are many, before the transition is completed.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The UK’s Accelerated Settlement Taskforce is aiming to publish its report and recommendations on shortening the cycle to T+1 in January 2024, The TRADE’s sister title Global Custodian has learnt. The post UK settlement taskforce to deliver T+1 report in January as timeline debate rumbles on appeared first on The TRADE.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Testing for T+1 commenced from Monday 14 August and will run until the implementation date at the end of May 2024. In 2022, DTCC began working with the T+1 Industry Working Group (IWG) – which was comprised of representatives from all impacted market segments – to begin developing a T+1 test approach.  

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MAY 29, 2024

Innovation is inevitable as market participants continually seek to enhance their operations across the board, and stock exchanges and trading venues are perhaps some of the most prominent advocates of embracing emerging technological advancements.

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Despite a huge amount of focus on the US move to T+1 and Europe potentially following suit, the broader notion of tackling settlement inefficiency remains a top priority for all post-trade participants, experts have opined.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

In comparison with the US, China, Japan and some of the MENA markets, European traded volumes went from representing around 15% over that universe in 2018 to just about under 10% today. Regulators are focusing on a broad range of areas already, but regulation alone will not boost the market.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

This year the market will see more generative AI use-cases go from pilots to production. Throughout 2023, we saw generative AI experimentation across the capital markets ecosystem. Capital markets firms will have to work harder to meet new AI talent demands. How are industry players adapting to AI developments?

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JULY 6, 2023

The buy-side are “aware and worried” as the US shift to T+1 looms closer and the testing phase begins globally, a panel held by the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has said. As well as focusing on the US T+1 impact on European markets, subgroups are also reviewing whether the EU could and should move to T+1.

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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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OCTOBER 18, 2023

First up in our introduction to the distinguished nominees for Leaders in Trading 2023 Editors’ Choice Awards, we bring you the shortlist for Outstanding Exchange Group – one of The TRADE’s highly coveted and legacy awards for the exchange community.

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JULY 4, 2024

Do you expect more volatility due to the significant number of elections taking place in 2024? Most elections have only a modest impact on financial markets, mostly limited to their local market. Our research actually shows that even US presidential elections have on average little impact on financial markets.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Leaders in Trading awards, with the recipients honoured at a ceremony held last night at The Savoy, London. Keeping it within the family, M&G Investments also took home the award for Trading Desk of the Year.

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

Chris Jackson, global head of equity strategy and head of equities, EMEA, Liquidnet As we look ahead to 2025, we see it as a transformative year in how and what we trade. We will, therefore, be focused on exploring how these technology solutions could be harnessed in different regulatory environments to meet growing market demand.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Stephen Grady, head of global markets and executive vice president at Lombard Odier, accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from The TRADE last night at Leaders in Trading 2024. The TRADE would like to extend its congratulations to Grady for his long-standing commitment and continued service to the industry.

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DECEMBER 27, 2024

Algorithmic trading: Smarter than ever? And so it begins, the final countdown from one to three of The TRADEs most read stories in 2024. Algorithmic trading has evolved into a central pillar of trading. Emily Facchina Fluet joined Jain as a trader working in London under head of EMEA trading, Jeremy Wyatt.

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

Chris Jackson, global head of equity strategy and head of equities, EMEA, Liquidnet As we look ahead to 2025, we see it as a transformative year in how and what we trade. We will, therefore, be focused on exploring how these technology solutions could be harnessed in different regulatory environments to meet growing market demand.

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