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Ivy Schmerken

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Writer of blogs and whitepapers about electronic trading, financial regulation, capital markets and technology. I turn complex topics into stories.

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Multiple Protocols Boost Liquidity in E-Trading of U.S. Treasury Bonds

With so many traders working from home, the pandemic is said to have accelerated the shift to electronic trading in U.S. Treasury bonds. Now industry leaders are debating the future of trading protocols in the world’s largest and most liquid market. On a recent industry webinar, bond experts said that supporting multiple trading protocols is key t...

11 December 2020 Capital Markets Technology

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CAT Compliance Ramps Up on Sell Side with Interfirm Linkages

No one could have predicted that Wall Street’s top compliance project would go into production during a pandemic. The securities industry is submitting data to the Consolidated Audit Trail, a long-delayed database for tracking the lifecycle of orders and transactions for U.S. listed and over-the counter equites and options in one place. Even thou...

13 October 2020 Big Data

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The Buy Side's Hunt for Bond Liquidity

Fixed-income traders reflecting on the bond liquidity crisis and volatile markets caused by the global pandemic in March and April are pushing ahead with more automation to solve the liquidity and data-quality issues they faced. Citing the value of aggregation tools to bring in direct pricing streams, portfolio trading, and all-to-all trading proto...

21 August 2020 Capital Markets Technology

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MiFID II Post-Mortem Cites Delays on LEIs and Data Quality as Key Challenge

Thank you. My mistake. It's possible that a webinar speaker was referring to venues needing to report reference data under Article 27 of MiFIR.  I found this reference to Article 27 of MiFIR on London Stock Exchange Group site.

https://www.lseg.com/markets-products-and-services/post-trade-services/unavista/regulation/mifir-reference-data-reporting

20 Apr 2018 15:27 Read comment

Will the Buy Side Become Fixed Income Liquidity Providers?

You're very welcome! I am glad you found the piece informative. The buy side is really speaking out on this topic, vowing to serve as price makers. Though there are skeptics out there, e-bond platforms, data, tools, etc., all on the table.

06 May 2016 14:01 Read comment

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