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Marc Gratacos Founder and Managing Partner at TradeHeader
Background With the European Union’s Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) countdown clock ticking, the industry is awaiting the official publication by International Organization for Standardization (ISO) of the ISO 20022 format for the standardised reporting of securities financing transactions. The goal of the SFTR is to enhance t...
07 November 2019 /regulation
Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems
As a sign of the evolving U.S. equity trading landscape, two startups and one options exchange operator plan to launch as many as three new exchange platforms in 2020, and a fourth could be waiting in the wings. Members Exchange (MEMX), Long Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), and Miami International Holdings, operator of the MIAX Exchange Group, plan to c...
22 October 2019 /regulation
Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank
“At the outset let me begin with an apology to those few readers who may take offence to the title, as it (kind of) challenges the existing steady state. However, let me also acknowledge that the true purpose behind penning down these thoughts is to challenge the status quo, and re-wire some of the beliefs surrounding value creation in the post tr...
11 September 2019
With digital transformation in full swing, trading desks are inundated with emails, voice calls and chat to process and analyze. Most of this data needs to be captured, tagged and stored for regulatory purposes. But in capital markets, keeping up with the torrent of research reports in email, quote requests, and chat conversations with clients can ...
09 September 2019 /ai
Algo wheels have become a popular technology in equities trading, but now there are signs that algo wheels are expanding beyond equities into multiple asset classes such as futures. In equities, the measurement tool, integrated with an execution management system, enables firms to automate the algo selection process, quickly switch from one strateg...
23 August 2019 /regulation
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If you're currently seeking to raise capital for your business, it's worth knowing the difference between venture capital and private funding. Both are valid methods to help finance companies. The term venture capital refers to any capital investors put in projects classified as risky. These are generally brand new businesses or ones that go thro...
16 August 2019 /inclusion
Charlotte Longman, Senior Principal Consultant, ACA Compliance Group This week marks three years since the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) overhauled the civil market abuse regime across Europe, repealing and replacing the Market Abuse Directive (MAD) and the UK’s own domestic legislation. Developed in parallel with the revised Markets in Financial I...
16 August 2019 /regulation
Complying with regulations is becoming a more complex and cross-functional effort. Due to the growing importance of cyber security and the increased regulatory requirements, financial firms are employing emerging technologies like Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Cognitive Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence to stay ahead of
25 June 2019 /regulation
With the uptick in Asian currency trading and the growth of electronic trading, Singapore’s regulator is working with the financial industry to build an FX trading hub and expand FX market infrastructure, a move to improve liquidity and price discovery during Asian trading hours. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is offering financial ince...
17 June 2019 /regulation
In today’s critical and regulation-based trading scenarios, the best implementation of FIX testing is required to meet regulatory requirements and to create an optimum risk averting environment at the lowest operational cost. Over the period, trading operations are converted into complex grids of various multiple applications with diversified techn...
06 June 2019
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