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Systematic Internalisation Under MiFID II: What’s Needed Now
From September 1, 2018, firms within the scope of MiFID II that breach volume thresholds set by ESMA on August 1, 2018 for internal matching of client orders will be required to register as systematic internalisers (SIs) and operate within the SI regime detailed in the regulation. Sounds pretty straightforward, but that is far from…
Fonetic Names Child, Broderick, Blower to New Advisory Board
Voice systems provider has created an advisory board to tap industry expertise on the use of technology in regulatory compliance and market surveillance. To kick off the initiative, the company has recruited three industry executives: Nick Child, former Citi markets compliance head, who will act as chairman; Sandy Broderick, ex-Société Générale MD; and Oliver Blower,…
FlexTrade Adopts SmartStream RDU’s SI Registry for MiFID II Compliance
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter FlexTrade has integrated SmartStream RDU’s Systematic Internaliser (SI) Registry into the FlexTrader execution management system (EMS) to help FlexTrade customers comply with new MiFID II reporting regulations coming into force from September 2018. The development will allow FlexTrade clients to ascertain the SI status of counterparties before they decide to…
Post-Trade for ETDs: The Final Frontier for Buy-Side Operational Efficiency?
The fund management industry’s shift to passive funds and embrace of smart-beta funds over the past decade or so has shaved margins to the extreme. In this environment, operational efficiency becomes an existential issue. Across a broad swathe of asset classes, front-office technologies have kept pace with massive changes in market structure driven by regulation…
Post-trade ETD – where all the sticking plaster got used!
The fund management industry’s shift to passive funds and embrace of smart-beta funds over the past decade or so has shaved margins to the extreme. In this environment, operational efficiency becomes an existential issue. Across a broad swathe of asset classes, front-office technologies have kept pace with massive changes in market structure driven by regulation…
The Next Wave for Trading Infrastructure Analytics
How are analytics applied to electronic trading infrastructure? What is so important about time accuracy? And how can you gain complete visibility into all the transaction processes with a view to answering questions from the business? Corvil CEO Donal Byrne addresses these questions and more, in a wide-ranging discussion on the potential for trading analytics…
NP RTS Group Joins IPC Ecosystem, Connecting 6,000 Capital Market Firms to Russian Markets
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter Moscow-based market operator NP RTS Group has joined IPC Systems’ global financial community, opening up access to key Russian equities exchanges, OTC markets, banks and clearing houses. The link with NP RTS gives the IPC Connexus extranet’s 6,000 institutional investor, asset manager, hedge fund and broker-dealer customers access to the…
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…