The TRADE

MARCH 7, 2024

The desk has been focused on equipping itself with advanced data analytics to enable traders to make more data-driven decisions related to pricing and risk management, and to utilise this data to make us more relevant to our clients based on client insights analysis.

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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

JANUARY 22, 2024

B3’s foreign exchange clearing house was established in 2002 as the infrastructure responsible for the registration, clearing, settlement and risk management of foreign exchange transactions in Brazil. Average daily trading volume at B3’s foreign exchange clearing house last year stood at approximately $10 billion. “We

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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

JUNE 13, 2024

BondDroid AI applies real-time continuous learning technology to provide pricing and analytics for thinly traded financial instruments. The integration will enable TradeSmart users to access BondDroid AI’s streaming prices and analytics before and after US market hours each trading day.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How has the hiring process for a trading desk changed over the last five years? For most of my career in credit trading, the majority of traders have been accounting and finance or economics majors. When I look down my trading desk right now, every team member is coding in Python.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Buy- and sell-side panellists speaking on day 1 of the TradeTech FX Europe 2023 conference have confirmed that the use of algorithms in FX swaps trading is not at the forefront of their minds. Also set to launch is 24 Exchange’s new swaps electronic streaming platform aimed at bringing greater electronification to the market.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

One size rarely fits all,” explained Tod Van Name, global head of foreign exchange electronic trading at Bloomberg. Benjamin Mahe, head of electronic trading and data at AXA Investment Managers, suggested that reducing expenses was a key consideration – specifically, making sure not to spend too many resources on flow.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This prominence is fuelled by the substantial economic activity, considerable gains from globalisation, and a strengthened regulatory and risk management framework post the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The early adoption of electronic trading platforms for Asian NDFs is another distinguishing factor.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 15, 2023

Trading, portfolio and risk management solutions provider TS Imagine has added CLSA’s AI-powered European algo suite to its list of certified brokers. The network allows buy-side clients to access trading opportunities and liquidity sources.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

The importance of these rules can be linked to the reshaping of the regulatory environment and ultimately creating a more robust trading environment and promoting investor confidence. In a wider sense, Basel III impacted financial market by promoting greater stability, resilience, and risk management within the banking sector.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 19, 2024

Also, clients are becoming a bit more choosy as to where they want to trade. Clients are choosing platforms that have product innovation, new trading protocols and we do have offerings which are either unique to us or we pioneered, which means we’ve got a critical mass of customers. Cboe FX should be a net beneficiary of that.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2023

BlackRock promoted Dean Catton to take the helm for its European credit business after spending the last two years as its head of European leveraged finance trading for its alternatives business. Previously in his career, he spent several years in credit trading roles at StormHarbour Securities, UBS and Elgin Capital.

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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. These forces have rumbled markets and led to heightened volatility.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Over that time, I have traded and managed trading businesses across most products in fixed income and foreign exchange. I have also worked on different types of trading desks ranging from full-franchise to proprietary trading. This can be addressed via regular and consistent analysis of client request/trading data.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

FOB is an important concept in trade, as it indicates the conditions under which the buyer/seller is liable for the goods. Historically, FOB was coined to standardize and simplify the responsibilities of buyers and sellers in international trade. A recent example of this would be Tesla's acquisition of Grohmann Engineering in Germany.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 11, 2024

The more modern skills, such as being able to navigate an ever-changing market microstructure or get into the weeds analysing data, are now also essential,” explains Graham Sorrell, managing director and head of EMEA and APAC equity, currency and derivatives trading at State Street Global Advisors. “The

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Portfolio trading as a concept has exploded in the last few years, egged on by market conditions and volatility brought on by the pandemic and other macroeconomic factors. However, whether or not all firms are able to monetise the tool by managing risk effectively in today’s environment, is up for debate.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Among the SEC’s reforms is the proposal to amend certain rules under Reg NMS to adopt variable minimum pricing increments – or tick sizes – for the quoting and trading of NMS stocks. Looking at tick size too, if you don’t get that right, you can reduce and fragment liquidity and make it more costly to trade.”

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The TRADE

MAY 31, 2024

What are the key factors contributing to the rise of credit portfolio trading? Portfolio trading has seen a dramatic rise these past few years. It involves trading a basket of bonds of variable credit quality and risk as a single, all-or-none transaction, whereby the trade instruction specifies that the entire order must be filled.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) adopted rules to enhance and standardize disclosure requirements related to cybersecurity incident reporting and cybersecurity risk management, strategy, and governance. The rules were approved by the SEC on a 3-2 vote, with the two Republican commissioners dissenting. [1]

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