The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

You don’t want to see it [your trade] popping up on Twitter,” one market structure specialist told Coalition Greenwich. However, Continental Europe saw an increase in high-touch usage by the same margin, with e-trading on the up and 45% of their flow expected to be through algos.

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The TRADE

MARCH 18, 2024

Digital brokerage GCEX has launched a new margin trading platform, offering increased flexibility and control for operational efficiency. The new platform provides enhanced charting functionalities, deposit and withdrawal processes, alongside improved monitoring and management of trading instruments and positions.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The evolution of the FX swaps market is at an important turning point, with many participants looking to electronify and optimise what has traditionally been traded on an RFQ or RFS basis, as well as demanding much greater price transparency. As As the FX swaps market grows, we expect to see regional banks trade more FX swaps.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Following an extensive and lengthy selection process over the Summer, The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlists for the Leaders in Trading Editors’ Choice Awards 2023. Visit our event page for more information.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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. BlackRock and Millennium took home the award for Trading Desk of the Year Long-Only and Trading Desk of the Year Hedge Fund, respectively. Meanwhile, T.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

European agency broker and equities research specialist Redburn and US equity brokerage Atlantic Equities have completed the merger of their operations under Redburn’s parent company Rothschild & Co, initially announced on 26 April.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Interdealer broker BGC Group has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for its FMX Futures Exchange to operate as an exchange for US Treasury and SOFR futures. It has a clearing services agreement with LCH, offering an integrated trading and clearing solution.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Barclays selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based, reporting to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. His next role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

JULY 18, 2024

GIX submitted its Form 1 application on 9 May 2023, outlining plans to operate a fully automated electronic trading platform for the trading of listed equities – no physical trading floor is planned. Contrary to popular belief, an exchange is not just about ‘buy, buy, sell, sell,’ which is the domain of brokers.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As part of a major scheme from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop the region as a global FX trading hub, several large banks over the last few years agreed to develop FX pricing and trading engines in Singapore, in partnership with MAS.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In a panel at the JSE SA Trade Connect 2024 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, panellists explored the ways in which fragmentation is impacting the trading of dual listed equities in the South African market. But for our clients here in South Africa, in particular, where liquidity is, that’s where we go.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

When accessing retail liquidity, we would check the usual sources as for any trade, including agency broker block flows, broker indications of interest, which brokers have traded volume recently, and any potential to trade stock on risk. This would particularly be the case if we wanted to trade quickly.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2023

Emerging markets broker Arqaam Capital has launched a new proprietary trading infrastructure tool, ArqNET, aimed at enabling European institutional clients to trade faster in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

His appointment comes as GTN continues its expansion efforts to build a comprehensive electronic trading and investment platform. GTN serves brokers, banks, asset managers, and fintech clients. He brought with him more than 25 years’ experience in cross-asset trading for both institutional and retail clients.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Over the last few months, the market has seen two of the most prominent fixed income trading venues expand their service offerings through acquisitions of algorithmic trading providers. In August, MarketAxess revealed plans to acquire multi-asset algorithmic trading provider, Pragma, for an undisclosed amount at the end of this year.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

Kepler Cheuvreux’s head of market structure and liquidity solutions has left the broker dealer, The TRADE can reveal. He joined the broker dealer in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. For head of trading for the RBC BlueBay Asset Management London-based fixed income trading desk, Stuart Campbell, the institution’s combined size is a new strength. You’re taught to almost think like a PM.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 18, 2024

Despite the indisputable decline in physical trading practices, it is enduring within an increasingly technological capital markets world which has already put innumerable out-dated practices out of fashion. We couldn’t continue to do what we were doing manually in an electronic world.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF, The TRADE can reveal. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer. He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year, The TRADE can reveal. She will report to global head of electronic trading and distribution, Jason Rand. Kepler Cheuvreux and Berenberg declined to comment.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Agency broker BTIG has selected the former head of execution strategy at Millennium to take up the same role. In his new role, he will also co-head electronic trading and be responsible for the development of BTIG’s new generation algorithms.

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The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2024

However, despite this, Joe Collery, head of trading at Comgest endorsed a measured approach whilst speaking at TradeTech earlier this week. With innovation rife across the emerging markets space, it should come as no surprise that plans for further investment are picking up pace.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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The TRADE

JUNE 22, 2023

Virtu has upgraded its POSIT Alert block trading capabilities to include automated dark liquidity seeking in a bid to tackle fragmentation in the non-displayed markets, The TRADE can reveal. Rather than needing to do that we’re offering an automated solution,” Michelle Butler, European head of POSIT Alert told The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JUNE 1, 2023

Market structure changes in the Euro investment grade (IG) markets and new drivers of liquidity are evolving buy-side trading styles, a whitepaper by Flow Traders has found. Euro IG has continued to transition primarily to electronic executions, which has helped increase volumes. million and 2.5

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

Former head of market structure and liquidity solutions at broker dealer Kepler Cheuvreux Byron Griffin is set to join Franco-German financial services firm ODDO BHF. Griffin left Kepler in May after over eight years with the broker dealer. He is currently on gardening leave set to join ODDO in the coming months, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. Elsewhere, other local regulatory changes and benchmark replacements continue to impact prime brokers.

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The TRADE

JUNE 20, 2023

Bloomberg has introduced a white label solution for US treasuries, allowing a wide range of broker dealers to provide liquidity for trades initiated on its platform as part of its D&I dealer initiative. This will then be routed to a range of counterparties, delivering pricing back to the counterparty which initiated the RFQ.

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The TRADE

APRIL 26, 2024

Head of execution strategy and an electronic sales trader at Liberum are set to up sticks to join Investec, The TRADE can reveal. Dom Lowres and Matt West Dom Lowres, head of execution strategy, and Matthew West, electronic sales trader, are set to join the firm in the coming months to set up a new low touch electronic desk.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 15, 2023

What are the key intricacies when trading in Asia? I understand that there are a number of European HFTs [high frequency trading firms] and market makers that are moving into the Asian markets because profitability here has been through the roof. What is the outlook for future trading opportunities in Asia?

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The TRADE

JANUARY 31, 2024

The BlackRock EMEA equity trading team picked up The TRADE’s highly coveted Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only award at the Leaders in Trading 2023 event in November. And that is exactly what the London-based trading team embodies. Every day is different, and markets are evolving at a phenomenal pace.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Next up in our introduction to the distinguished nominees for the Leaders in Trading 2023 Editors’ Choice Awards, we bring you the shortlist the Best Broker Electronic Trading Initiative. Jefferies Jefferies Electronic Trading (JET) offers algorithmic strategies and program trading across Europe, the US and Asia.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

FX swaps technology and data provider DIGITEC has launched its new order management system which automates interdealer FX swaps workflows, while also connecting to trading venues. “Increased client demand for FX Swaps pricing has led banks to automate their trading workflows in a drive for efficiency.

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The TRADE

MAY 24, 2024

That is something that the mid and smaller brokers can access relative to the bulge bracket who don’t really see that as an important USP for the business right now. It is about creating a much bigger situation when you trade those names. We are currently developing our own differentiated electronic product.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year. She will report to global head of electronic trading and distribution, Jason Rand. She began her career at Newedge in a cash equity trading and sales role.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Alternative trading system (ATS) PureStream Trading Technologies launched in 2021 and was developed to re-engineer the price and liquidity discovery process for institutional traders using open-ended liquidity transfer rates, as with those found in data networks.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 9, 2024

Which technologies are most impactful currently in the multi-asset trading and data landscape? Lastly, I believe enhanced offerings in the high touch crossing space on the trading desks is something which traders value highly. Drilling deeper into brokers’ venue choices has also become imperative to analyse on the buy-side.

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