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Archax Introduces Digital Asset Exchange for Institutional Investors
Archax has introduced an institutional-grade digital asset exchange targeted at the professional investment community. The venture is based in London, led by former hedge fund partner Graham Rodford, and advised by former chief strategy officer at the London Stock Exchange Group David Lester. The exchange aims to provide digital asset trading, including crypto currencies, to…
MiFID II Drives Innovation in Research Management
The challenges of how to manage research under MiFID II – where it comes from, how you pay for it and how much it costs – are the result of the regulation’s focus on bringing transparency to investors. The regulation has also created a cottage industry of nimble innovators alongside the big players that have…
State Street: The Journey Towards Internal Efficiency
State Street managing director Nathaniel Rand led A-Team Group’s recent Intelligent Trading Summit in New York with a keynote that opened a window onto the firm’s technology investment strategy, including core goals, key stages and crucial trends in the journey towards an evolved and efficient technology infrastructure. Over the past few years, State Street, one…
Intelligent Trading Summit Debates the Prospects of Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency is all the rage in capital markets, but how does it differ from other asset classes, how will it be regulated and what are its challenges and opportunities for trading firms and exchanges? A panel session at A-Team Group’s recent Intelligent Trading Summit in New York City answered these questions and more, looking at both the…
White Oak Start-Up Automates Workflows with Eze Investment Suite
Singapore based White Oak Capital Partners, along with its White Oak group companies in India and Mauritius, have gone live with Eze Software’s Investment Suite to power their operations. The boutique investment management and advisory firms of White Oak, which were launched by Goldman Sachs Asset Management alumnus Prashant Khemka last year, went live with…
Galaxy Digital Invests $15 Million in Blockchain and Crypto Specialist AlphaPoint
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter AlphaPoint, a blockchain specialist that helps institutions launch cryptocurrency trading platforms and tokenise assets, has received a $15 million investment from Galaxy Digital, a digital asset firm and investor in the blockchain and crypto space. With AlphaPoint’s white label exchange and asset digitisation technology already in use in over 30…
MiFID II Research Unbundling Threatens Smaller Firms Most, According to RSRSCHXchange Poll
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter Small asset management firms are bearing the brunt of MiFID II unbundling as they struggle to cope with substantial new research costs resulting from the regulation’s demand that firms pay for analyst research separately from trade commissions. With fewer resources with which to both buy research and implement regulatory compliance,…
Recorded Webinar: Innovation in architecture: how to develop optimal, high performance trading
Cloud, predictive analytics, sophisticated algorithms, artificial intelligence and other high performance technologies are gaining traction, innovating trading architecture and delivering market advantage to early adopters. Their potential is phenomenal, but they do come with challenges around integration with existing systems and trading data. They must also be implemented in compliance with trading requirements of regulations…
J.P. Morgan and Citadel Adopt truePTS Post-Trade Derivatives Processing Solution
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter truePTS is addressing the challenges of post-trade derivatives processing with its ‘no touch’ automated solution. Early adopters J.P. Morgan and Citadel are using the cloud-based platform as a lower-cost, digital alternative to legacy confirmation providers. The solution offers real-time synchronised connectivity between all participants in the post-trade environment through an…
A-Team Group Reveals Winners of 2018 Intelligent Trading Technology Awards
The winners of this year’s A-Team Group Intelligent Trading Technology (ITT) Awards have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best cloud-based trading environment to best trading analytics platform and best consolidated market data feed. Consultancy categories covered best specialist trading technology consultancy and best specialist market data consultancy. A…