The TRADE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost two thirds (63%) of buy-side equity market participants believe outsourced desks would result in improved execution quality and trade performance when trading across regions, according to new research from Coalition Greenwich. This figure was up markedly from similar research in 2020, which had the result at 5%.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released findings from an industry-wide settlement cycle consultation, presenting various viewpoints on exchange trading hours in the context of a shift to T+1. The watchdog said therefore it will focus its work on shortening the settlement cycle on T+1.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UK-based investment management firm Waverton has outsourced a portion of its trading to Northern Trust Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS). Northern Trust is supporting the trading of equities, derivatives and fixed income assets as Waverton’s sole provider of trading services. “We Waverton has £9.1 Waverton has £9.1

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to reveal the shortlisted nominees for this year’s coveted Buy-Side Awards, in partnership with SIX Swiss Exchange. This year’s categories have been updated slightly, and for the first time the Buy-Side Awards will celebrate a Hedge Fund Trading Desk of the Year alongside the Long Only category.

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Midaxo

APRIL 25, 2023

Introduction This article showcases how ChatGPT can serve as an effective M&A consultant by demonstrating how it can be used to help develop a best practices-based M&A playbook. Developing an M&A playbook is typically a challenging and time-consuming task, regardless of whether it is done internally or with consultants.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation paper on the CSDR penalty regime seeking input on amendments which may include cash penalties that increase with the length of the settlement fail.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

Simon Gallagher, chief executive, London and head of global sales, Euronext We think that the introduction of an anonymised, single-level pre- and post-trade consolidated tape will trigger innovations at trading venues. We see the entire post-trade space becoming more and more of a platform business. But we are seeing changes.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2025

TMX Group has launched a new US-based alternative trading system (ATS) venue, designed to create a trading environment with enhanced execution quality. The ATS will trade US-listed securities only (Reg NMS), with TMX Group adding that participants will be FINRA-registered broker dealers.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Liquidnet has made three new hires into its European Execution & Quantitative Services (EQS) team as it seeks to grow its execution offering across the region, The TRADE can reveal. EQS advises Liquidnet’s buy-side members on topics including trade analytics, algorithmic strategies, and quantitative products and services.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 3, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed sweeping new Hart­-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) rules along with a new proposed HSR form that would completely change the HSR process.

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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

JULY 4, 2023

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it will consult with industry participants on reforms to improve markets and competitiveness, including the introduction of a UK consolidated tape. 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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The TRADE

JANUARY 30, 2024

Electronic trading platforms captured almost a third (32%) of overall Canadian equity trading volume in 2023, with this share expected to rise in the next three years, a new report by Coalition Greenwich has found. As a result, electronic and/or algorithmic trading has seen usage increase.

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The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2024

David Wright has been named head of FX trading and distribution at MUFG after three years with the business. He joined the bank in 2021 as global head of e-FX having and previously served as a strategic transformation consultant at State Street.

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Global Banking & Finance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) -International Business Machines missed analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue on Wednesday, hurt by weakness in its consulting segment as businesses cut back on discretionary expenses, coupled with declines in the infrastructure business.

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The TRADE

JULY 16, 2024

With electronic equities trading continuing to rise, a notable proportion of US low-touch desk expect to expand their teams over the next 12-18 months, a new report from Coalition Greenwich has found. Almost 40% of respondents emphasised a strong interest in more innovative trading venues, with another 53% showing some interest.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Patric Okumi, Samuel Lowres Okumi joins Liquidnet multi-asset services team from TP ICAP Group, where he spent the last 11 years in broking and trading-related roles. He was also part of TP ICAPs equity trading desk before building out the single stock equity and ETF RFQ offering on Fusion, the firms electronic platform.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Earlier this year, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a consultation period with market participants on reforms to improve markets and competitiveness, including the introduction of a UK consolidated tape (CT). A CT for bonds will be the initial focus, with an equities tape following at a later stage.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Axis Capital Markets has appointed Lewis Jones in an institutional sales and trading role, The TRADE can reveal. Elsewhere in his career, Jones was self-employed as an options trader at Delta Capital Management; a corporate broking consultant at Turner Pope Investments; and as a proprietary trader at Schneiders Trading Association.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for this year’s Algorithmic Trading Awards. The winners of the Algorithmic Trading Awards will be based on performance in The TRADE’s Algorithmic Trading Survey 2023, which was conducted earlier in the year. Visit out event page for more information.

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Cisco: M&A

JULY 6, 2023

If you search the term, you will be barraged with consulting ads and explanations from trade publications on why driving custom cus… Read more on Cisco Blogs Have you heard the phrase “Meet your customers where they are?”

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

HSBC has appointed Matthew Stanton as managing director, head of equities sales trading for Americas. Stanton joins HSBC from Primary Portal, where he served as a sales consultant. Prior to that, he spent just over seven years at Barclays, most recently serving as managing director, head of cash sales trading, Americas.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

The S&P 500 has recently traded near 4800, close to its record at the end of 2021. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? There are only a few publicly traded companies in specialty consulting.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the first batch of shortlists for the upcoming Leaders in Trading New York Awards ceremony set to take place in November. So, without further a due, it gives The TRADE great pleasure to announce the following awards shortlists for Leaders in Trading New York 2024!

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for this year’s Outsourced Trading Awards, a new category set to be presented at our annual awards gala in November alongside our other prestigious awards. For more information and to secure your spot at the event, visit our event page.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Improved post-trade efficiencies and initial regulatory leniency will hopefully make this an easier pill to swallow but funding costs and liquidity impacts are yet to be realised. As off-book trading and internalisation grow, concerns about the potential impact on price formation could come to the fore for market participants.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The TRADE is delighted to announce the first batch of shortlists for the upcoming Leaders in Trading Awards ceremony set to take place in London this November. The trading event of the year is set to return once again at The Savoy on 7 November, bringing together our industry for a glittering evening of celebration and jubilation.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Adaptive Financial Consulting has collaborated with regulated digital asset exchange Bullish to increase trading capacity and boost throughput as it looks to scale and meet growing business demand. The post Digital asset exchange Bullish taps Adaptive and Google Cloud to enhance trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

The past year has seen vast improvement across the algorithmic trading space when it came to hedge funds’ strategies, new data from The TRADE has found. The TRADE received a record number of responses to this year’s Algorithmic Trading Survey. The survey is accessible here.

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Francine Way

JULY 7, 2017

Each of these parties can be tasked with identifying potential acquisition targets; which themselves can be identified through trade shows, industry associations, online databases, customer interactions / introductions, discussions with end users, interviews with employees, and more. Consultants’ broad market coverage or industry expertise.

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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. Elsewhere, increased concentration of equity trading volumes is being expedited by a continued transition of trading volumes to electronic execution. billion as investors’ commissions flowed to fewer brokers.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The issue is particularly pertinent given the upcoming shift to T+1 settlement in the US, meanwhile late last year the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a consultation paper on the CSDR penalty regime seeking input on amendments which may include cash penalties that increase with the length of the settlement fail.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2024

Released on Friday, the watchdog’s new rule introduces a new payment option for research and follows an industry consultation period that began in April. ” The FCA’s new rules also mean firms will not have to disclose their top providers in terms of payment amount – something highlighted by participants in the consultation.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2024

Aquis attributed the growth in market share to changes to its proprietary trading rule in September. In addition, an existing contract progressed from design and consultancy to exchange delivery stage,” Aquis said in its results this morning, adding that the division now has nine contracts which have recognised revenue. “In

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed that its guidance regarding the post-Brexit definition of trading venues has come into force today, 9 October. It makes clear that in the case that a firm does not operate a multilateral system, it will not require authorisation as a trading venue.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 2, 2024

Eric Heliene, head of buy-side trading desk, Groupama Asset Management  The intensification of financial regulation is a fundamental trend transforming the asset management ecosystem.  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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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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