As hedge funds and institutional asset managers head into In Q4, which is historically known for market volatility, they are incorporating inflation data, consumer spending, and other macroeconomic statistics into their trading and investment strategies.
The release of ChatGPT by OpenAI last year, and its viral success in responding to human prompts in natural language, has ignited interest in generative AI technology, and has pushed asset managers and trading firms to grasp the technology rather than risk falling behind. Despite concerns about accuracy, financial firms and fintech providers are experimenting with specific use cases for generative AI using natural language processing trained on large language models (LLMs).
As the buy-side trader seeks to aggregate a multitude of pre-trade liquidity sources, trading protocols, and execution venues, many are turning to the execution management system or EMS to gain a competitive edge. In this Q&A, Venky Vemparala, FlexTrade’s Global Product Manager – Fixed Income, who is speaking at FILS, shares his views on the key issues facing the buy-side around data, trading protocols, and automation.
By Rajiv Shah, Head of Sales, Sell-Side Solutions, EMEA – FlexTrade Systems Spring is always a time I eagerly anticipate. It brings a raft of large-scale conferences, including WBR’s TradeTech Europe, FIX EMEA, and more specialised events such as the Broker Club’s annual summit. Moreover, as a vendor, it’s a fascinating period in the calendar …
By Anita Karppi, FlexTrade Systems, SVP – Sales and Business Development – FlexTrade Systems In Spring 2023, the buy-side equities trading community across UK & Europe gathered in Paris, France, at TradeTech Europe to discuss the industry’s most prominent challenges. The discussions across three packed days ranged from tightening margins and sourcing liquidity in an …
Industry participants have weighed in on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposals to revamp equity market structure, with many urging the regulator to take an incremental approach, to implement the transparency proposal and drop the controversial auction proposal.
Overnight trading volumes on Blue Ocean ATS have picked up this year as it expands connectivity to brokers in Asia Pacific and strikes partnerships with order management systems and market data distribution platforms.
Over the past five years, FDC3, which is hosted by FINOS on the GitHub repository, has emerged as an open-source standard for connecting disparate applications on the desktop and creating more efficient workflows for traders.
Experts on a recent webinar said that hedge funds and other buy-side trading desks are coping with faster reactions and market reversals in response to data releases and earnings sentiment.
One of the major themes for 2023 is the emphasis on multi-asset trading and the focus on efficiency and scalability across regions and countries. In the past, a trader focused on a single asset class such as equities or bonds, whereas today with the migration to electronic trading, the desk can automate workflows and manage executions across all asset classes.
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