The TRADE

JANUARY 24, 2024

Algorithmic development has and always will evolve to achieve the best performance possible versus the client benchmark,” says Alex Harman, head of EMEA electronic and program trading at Goldman Sachs. The longer I take, the more opportunity/risk I’m exposed to.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

These regulations have significantly impacted the operations and behaviour of financial institutions, contributing to greater stability, transparency, and accountability in global financial markets. By promoting transparency and accountability, Emir aims to help enhance market integrity and investor confidence.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

We want our brokers to be able to accept receiving pre-allocations for these orders. If we’re trading for multiple accounts, we need to pass on the accounts numbers to them via FIX. Both are first hand witnesses to the rapid evolution of electronic trading. “If In the past you would pick up the phone.

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Sun Acquisitions

APRIL 25, 2023

The post Navigating the Sales Process: A Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Your Business appeared first on Sun Acquisitions | Chicago Business Broker and M&A Firm.

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How2Exit

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a list of all the items that are used to fund the business, such as car leases, cell phone coverages, and Netflix accounts. This fear is especially relevant in businesses that sell electronic devices, such as charging stations, that must be updated or remodeled regularly.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 8, 2023

The SEC specifically highlighted electronic communications and the widespread and longstanding failures by firms and their employees to maintain and preserve these. The CFTC will hold you accountable. All 11 firms had been found to have been using longstanding “off-channel” communications following an investigation by the SEC.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

Goldman’s smart order router (SOR), for example, connects to around 27 electronic liquidity provider (ELP) streams. The bank made a push into the quant space in 2014 and now services a variety of firms ranging from standalone systematic hedge funds, funds that sit within platforms or funds that exist as proprietary broker dealers.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 2, 2020

First, these brokers each have growth strategies whose success is measured by the expansion of revenues and EBITDA. We will have much more to report on the current state of the private equity and debt markets for insurance brokers in our next blog. There are two principal reasons.

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The TRADE

MARCH 27, 2024

RFQ has cemented itself as a central method of execution in fixed income in recent years in light of the advent of electronic trading and the move away from bilateral voice trading and onto platforms. At Tradeweb, around 67-68% of volume on its emerging markets platform was accounted for by RFM in Q4 of last year. “For

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

The new tick size regime proposed by ESMA meant that regulators of European trading venues will be allowed to calculate the average daily number of transactions on a case-by-case basis, taking into account the liquidity available on third-country venues in calibration of tick sizes.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We were frequently approached by the top four accountancy firms who spoke about amazing opportunities, but I quickly realised this wasn’t the path for me. As mentioned, regulation has redefined bank balance sheets and we’ve consequently witnessed a change in the composition of the traditional broker-dealer community.

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Software Equity Group

AUGUST 20, 2024

Visma Visma is a developer of cloud enterprise software that digitizes core business processes in the private and public sectors, including accounting, ERP, procurement, payroll, and debt collection solutions. The company made 12 software deals in the past 12 months ending June 30, including three in 2024.

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The TRADE

MAY 23, 2024

Eric Stockland, co-head of global electronic trading at BMO Capital Markets, explains that the venues largely fall into two categories: “It’s like a Phillips screwdriver and a Flathead screwdriver. There is of course the option for brokers to connect to technology and OMS providers who do this connecting work on their behalf.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Given the liquidity landscape can often be more sparse or difficult to navigate, the use of local brokers alongside the bulge brackets is something Willis thinks is essential to minimise market footprint. But sometimes you want to go to the road less trodden, and that’s when you make use of local brokers,” he says. “My

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The TRADE

JULY 30, 2024

In Europe, ETFs accounted for $782.9 Consequently, ETF trading techniques have evolved to source new pricing opportunities either via electronic request for quote (RFQ) platforms and/or ETF algos and to take advantage of ETF trading provision at the exchanges themselves,” says Tim Miller, senior trader at Fidelity International.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Coverage is a key ask of our brokers, with the potential need to execute FX orders until 5.30pm EST; whereas for custodians, FX cut-off times to settle T+1 trades on a PvP/net basis will become so important, and we hope these will provide the flexibility needed leading into the 28 May 2024 go-live date.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2024

Having all that internal and external data in one place allows us to better quantify the value add of the trading role,” says Cornell. “You can take into account not just the price they executed, but also how large the order was and the general liquidity at the time. Instead, they favour electronic methods to find mid-point block liquidity.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

Sometimes people don't realize they need a broker. Unless you, or someone on your team (whether it's your attorney or your accountant), has been through this process before, you need someone there who knows not just how to get the best price but to create the right process and to make it stick. Then high-end electronics.

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