REGULATION December 23, 2021 12:03 PM GMT The removal of RTS 27 execution reports does not negate the importance of best execution, and with the expected regulatory divergence between the UK and EU markets, greater collaboration among market participants to agree on standards is of paramount importance. By Charlotte Decuyper With greater divergence between EU and UK...
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The Industry Asks… Quickfire Questions On FIX Latest Standard
With Emma Quinn, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AllianceBernstein, and Hanno Klein, FIX Technical Director As part of series of articles by members of the FIX Trading Community, AllianceBernstein’s Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, (and Chair of the FIX Trading Community’s Board of Directors), Emma Quinn, quizzes FIX Technical Director, Hanno Klein, on just what...
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Fixed income: Bond trade efficiency potentially stalled by regulators
Posted by: Best Execution, November 10, 2021 Regulators could stymie the only consensus model for firm pricing in fixed income, a market short of transparency. Dan Barnes reports. Regulators may throw a spanner in the works of bond trading automation, by including desktop trading tools within the definition of regulated trading venue. A ruling by the...
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Why Being a FIX Trading Community Member Matters
Why Being a FIX Trading Community Member Matters — And Why You Should Contribute By Rich Evans, Global Co-chair of FIX Trading Community, and Lee Saba, Global Co-chair of FIX Trading Community and Head of Market Structure, Rialto Markets In an era of focus on good governance, every firm’s contribution to the FIX community matters...
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Crackdown by regulators aims to protect investors entering a more digital world
Published by: MondoVisione 31/08/2021 A US Government crackdown on unregulated digital exchanges and stablecoins has long been on the cards, according to broker dealer and pioneering secondary market ATS operator Rialto Markets. But rather than trying to kill off this emerging sector, Rialto Markets’ Head of Market Structure Lee E Saba expects and welcomes an...
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FIX – Realising the potential of algo wheels
Published by: Traders Magazine 30th July 2021 Even though algo wheels have been around for five years and their adoption is now near universal, few are using them beyond the simplest of use cases, such as managing commission wallets or dealing with ‘nuisance’ orders. The slow path to realizing the full potential of algo wheels...
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Update on routing transparency initiative
Published By : Traders Magazine | 2nd June 2021 With Enrico Cacciatore, Head of Market Structure & Trading Analytics, Voya Investment Management, and Tim Sargent, CEO, CalcGuard Technologies What have been some challenges as the Routing Transparency Initiative (RTI) has moved forward? ENRICO CACCIATORE: The biggest challenge for RTI is the inherent lack of standardized...
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FIX and DCA See Rosy Future for Digital Assets
Published by: Traders Magazine | 27th May 2021 In the last 12 months, there has been a sea change in the crypto markets with a shift from the sentiment-driven retail model and speculative trading to a more mature, long-term investment approach, as new institutional players begin allocating a portion of their investments to crypto assets,...
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Exactpro Appoints Hiroshi Matsubara as Director of Business Development Across APAC Region
Published by: Finextra | 18th May 2021 Exactpro, a leading software testing services provider for financial market infrastructures, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hiroshi Matsubara (Matsu) as Director of Business Development for Asia-Pacific (APAC), with responsibility for leading the firm’s expansion in the region effective from 17 May 2021. In his new role...
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FIX and Global DCA Partner to Promote Standards for Digital Asset Trading
Published by: Finance Feeds | 18th May 2021 The cooperation aims to promote the development and use of standards for the entire life cycle of the electronic trading of digital assets from buy-side, sell-side, exchanges/trading venues, settlement/custody, and regulatory compliance/reporting. The FIX Trading Community has partnered with the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association (Global...