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Thomson Reuters Launches Innovative Block Trading Solution to Meet Demand for Natural Block Liquidity in Fragmented U.S. Equities Markets. Thomson Reuters Block Connect to meet buy-side demand for anonymous electronic access to natural block liquidity and sell-side demand for speed and efficiency. Venue proliferation spurred by U.S. regulations, such as Reg NMS, has significantly increased …

During 2013, FlexTrade Systems redoubled its efforts to adapt its multi-asset EMS, FlexTRADER, to the new realities of cash and derivatives trading. FlexTrade and its customers are experiencing the impact of rapid transformation in the fixed-income markets brought on by new regulations and shifting market dynamics…

FlexTrade Systems and its customers are experiencing the impact of rapid transformation in the fixed income markets brought on by regulations and market dynamics. With market participants expecting more electronic trading in bonds and interest rate derivatives, the technological challenges are mounting…

Sifting through the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Triennial FX Survey, arguably the most important trend taking place is the growth of non-dealer bank participation. Within the report, the survey polls participant dealers in regards to trading details such as volumes by currency, counterparty type and region. Topping the list of counterparties was the ‘other …

For Lynn Challenger, the last seven years have been one big project: transforming a farflung order processing operation into a centralized, multi-asset trading hub where the traders take responsibility for each and every order. Mellon Capital Management’s managing director of global trading oversees nine traders trading equities, futures, currencies, fixed income securities and swaps from …

FlexTrade Systems, which provides execution and order management trading systems (OMSs), has completed its integration with OTC Link and it can now support trading and market making on OTC Link’s Alternative Trading System (ATS). The integration was significant, having taken a full year to complete, according to Greg Ludvik, director of ColorPalette OMS, the vendor’s …

Name a feature, and the FlexTRADER execution management system has it. The ability to control multiple portfolios comprised of several sub accounts from one blotter? Check. Access to over 200 trading destinations? Check. A formula-building template for developing trading and arbitrage strategies? Check. Complex-event processing (CEP), direct market access (DMA) facilitation, and access to broker …

FlexTrade sweetens the pot for its options-trading clients, both organically and via acquisition As options trading has increased on a long-term basis, so has demand from the buy side and the sell side for state-of-the-art solutions to tackle the specific complexities inherent in derivatives trading. It’s a development that Vijay Kedia, president and chief executive …

The Middle East has played host to a range of developments in the world of trading in a relatively short time, the majority of which have been the emergence of executing venues and exchanges such as the Dubai-based DGCX. The Emirates is a region which understandably had a requirement for commodity exchanges, as Dubai is …

FlexTrade Systems, is now offering integration with OneMarketData’s OneTick, a single solution for complex event processing (CEP) and tick data, to enhance FlexTrader, its execution management system (EMS). OneTick’s CEP capabilities enable FlexTrade users to generate trade signals and develop strategies based on real-time and historical data…