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The Thursday T+1 trading conundrum

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Given that the settlement cycle is now shorter in the US trading volumes on a Thursday have dropped off significantly thanks to funding requirements that require brokers to fund a position for an additional three days on Friday, Saturday and Sunday given the slightly longer settlement cycle in Europe, the UK, and most of Asia Pacific.

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Is Singapore set to become the next major trading hub?

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“One of the key reasons Singapore is an attractive market is it’s pretty well positioned, as it shares the same time zone as Hong Kong,” Gerard Walsh, global head of capital markets client solutions at Northern Trust, told The TRADE. This year, the industry has seen interest in Singapore grow from the buy-side too.

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Outsourced trading: Easy to do, difficult to get right

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Outsourced trading, though undoubtedly a contentious topic, is something that has been around in capital markets for decades in some form or another. Examples just from just the last six months include UK-based investment management firm Waverton – which has £9.1

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An evolving service provider landscape

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That line-up is largely made up of independent firms, prime brokers and custodians, all of whom are enjoying a piece of the growing pie, with their own strengths and weaknesses. Over the past 12 months, Tourmaline has also tapped rival BTIG and hired from Vantage Capital Markets and Liquidnet.

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The Big Interview: Laura-Jane Purnell

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I began my buy-side journey on the ETF capital markets team, a product and market infrastructure I had no experience of, which was incredibly exciting and daunting at the same time. I spent eight years on the sell-side in various fixed income trading roles, before jumping to the buy-side, and to BlackRock, where I am today.

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Eyes on a new prize: How outsourced trading has taken off and why the attention is now turning to larger managers

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The pandemic marked a seminal moment across the capital markets, effectively drawing a line between the old world and the new. In addition, the biggest risk to the business will be internalisation, and one case of this can be found in the decision reversal at Railpen.

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