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Thomson Reuters BlockOne IQ Adds Market Data to Blockchain Transactions
Thomson Reuters is building out its blockchain capability with BlockOne IQ, which allows blockchain applications to include the company’s current and historic market data in their processes, and provides cryptographic proof that Thomson Reuters is the source of the data. BlockOne IQ follows the company’s 2016 release of BlockOne ID, which allows developers to map…
Using High-Frequency and Automated Trading Wisely
The difficulties of making high-frequency trading profitable – or its absolute importance — may be exaggerated, and automating trading may be more useful than industry observers would think, according to trading operations executives who spoke in a panel discussion on “Trading in the New Normal Environment,” at the Intelligent Trading Summit held in New York…
Recorded Webinar: MiFID II – Research Unbundling, Permissioning and Commission Sharing Arrangements
MiFID II makes sweeping changes to the investment market’s research regime, requiring unbundling and implementing new requirements around permissioning and commission sharing arrangements. This webinar will discuss data, solutions and services needed to segregate research consumption in accordance with MiFID II. It will also consider how practitioners are powering research related workflows, applications and business…
MiFID II Unbundling’s Silver Lining: Leveraging Streaming Big Data Analytics to Differentiate Execution Services
European MiFID II regulation’s unbundling of broker research from execution services raises the question of how execution service providers can differentiate what they offer once research is no longer part of their relationship with buy-side clients. Best-execution provisions and the performance of brokers’ platforms could become the primary differentiator. This raises a follow-up question –…
Trade Practice Surveillance: ‘I’ll Know It When I See It’
By: Victor Naroditskiy, Head of Regulatory Solutions Engineering, EMEA, OneMarketData Much of the Dodd-Frank Act, Market Abuse Regulation, MiFID II and trade surveillance regulations can be summarized as “Thou shalt not manipulate” or rather “Thou shalt not try to manipulate.” The Dodd-Frank Act, for example, defines spoofing in the following terms: It shall be unlawful…
Metamako Links Multiple FPGAs
FPGA networking platform provider Metamako has launched capability to run different FPGAs [field programmable gate arrays] at once, saving its users the costs of data center rack space and freeing resources for use with other applications and functions, according to officials at the provider. “One of those FPGAs could be used for the watch application…
The Time to Implement Innovative Technology for Electronic Execution is Now
Technology innovation is side-lining low latency in the drive to optimise performance and reduce complexity and cost of electronic execution infrastructure – but which technologies are finding favour and what can they deliver? Join the discussion at this week’s A-Team Group Intelligent Trading Summit in New York City to find out about technology innovation for…
How Trading Operations Changes Both Cut and Inflate Costs
Even as fixed-income trading operations technology makes up its lag behind equities trading technology, the overall costs in trading operations are likely to increase, causing investment firms to have to pay more, according to panelists who will be considering “Trading in the new normal environment” at the Intelligent Trading Summit in New York on June…
How ‘Deep Learning’ Could Make A Deep Impact On Trading
As a machine learning technique, “deep learning” has evolved enough to be useful for trading operations, according to Elliot Noma, managing director at Garret Asset Management. Noma will be moderating a panel on the uses and limitations of the technique, at the Intelligent Trading Summit in New York on June 8. Deep learning expands on…
IHS Markit Platform Promises Compliance Cost Savings
Information and analytics solutions provider IHS Markit has begun its rollout of Outreach360, a platform for managing documentation and communication concerning regulatory compliance, according to company officials. The platform will reduce compliance costs and standardize communication with contacts about compliance, says Darren Thomas, managing director and head of the Counterparty Manager service containing the Outreach360…