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The Six Key Technology Challenges Facing the Trading Stack

By Dave Carson, Head of Field Engineering at DiffusionData. The challenges I want to discuss are those that are affecting every trading participant today, including exchanges, data providers, banks and hedge funds. These include: Controlling the Firehose of Data With the rise of electronic trading, data volumes have spiralled. As technology continues to advance, so…

Powering the Future: The Transformation of Renewable Energy Trading through Technology

In a world seeking effective climate action, the spotlight is increasingly focusing on renewable energy. However, within financial markets, the trading of instruments such as biofuels, voluntary carbon credits and power purchase agreements remains complex and opaque. Advances in technology can lead to more automation, standardisation and transparency, but questions remain. How do we ensure…

Time for Better Tech as Firms Fail to Tackle Trade Fails

By Alistair Griffiths, Director of EMEA Sales, Baton Systems. The drive to innovate is a fundamental human characteristic. However, when I look at certain areas of global financial markets, it feels like we are going backwards, rather than progressing. According to a recent ECB report, settlement fail penalties cost T2S firms over €1.5billion in 2022…

LIBOR Transition – The Final Countdown, and Why Data is Key

By Jim Mahn, Global Head of Product, TraditionData. With the USD London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) scheduled to be phased out by June 30th this year, its remnants have the capacity to cause disruptions as derivative contracts based on LIBOR will most likely still exist. Allied with the present economic conditions and the market volatility…

OSTTRA Launches New Service for Cross-Currency Swap Conversions

OSTTRA, the global post-trade solutions provider, has successfully carried out the first cross-currency swap conversions of USD/SGD swaps from SOR to SORA. This development is a part of OSTTRA’s ongoing efforts since 2021 to assist market participants in transitioning from legacy Libor benchmarks to new risk-free rates (RFRs). The conversion process generates overlay transactions, which…

How to Make the Most of Market Data

The challenges of sourcing, managing and monitoring market data are well rehearsed, but solutions are emerging as financial institutions zero in on their requirements, and data vendors respond. Short term, cost, coverage, accuracy, user rights and compliance are key concerns. Longer term, new approaches to market data such as pay-as-you-go pricing, packaged data and software…

Recorded Webinar: How to make the most of market data

Market data means different things to different organisations, it can be extremely expensive, and often comes with limited licensing contracts. It must be carefully sourced, governed, quality checked, and integrated. And it must be fit for purpose across a number of applications as it is increasingly used to not only meet regulatory obligations, but also…

TradingTech Briefing New York: Examining the Latest in Trading Technology

The TradingTech Briefing New York, an eagerly awaited event in the financial technology space, is scheduled for the afternoon of 8th June 2023 at Meet Hospitality, 1166 Avenue of the Americas, New York. The event will bring together a diverse group of thought leaders, technology innovators, and industry insiders to discuss the cutting-edge trends and…

VECTALIS Acquires BrokerHub, Bolstering Its Equity Derivatives Front-to-Back Solution

OTC equity derivatives workflow vendor VECTALIS has announced its acquisition of BrokerHub, a fellow financial technology company. By unifying their forces after years of competition, the two firms aim to provide crucial services to market participants, encompassing price dissemination from interdealer brokers to investment banks, block trade reporting to multiple exchanges, and the generation and…

DLT Has Potential to Transform Capital Markets, Says Joint Report by GFMA and Others

A new report co-authored by the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Clifford Chance, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, underscores the transformative potential of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) for capital markets. The report encourages market participants to actively mould the future application of DLT and urges policymakers to provide more precise…