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  • Data Science Platforms Help the Buy Side Integrate Alternative Data

    Asset managers are looking for ways to mine alternative data sets for investment ideas, recognizing that stock pickers cannot rely on traditional research.

    By Ivy Schmerken October 4, 2018 Insights
  • MiFID II Reaches Across the Pond: Is This the Calm Before the Storm?

    Despite the view that MiFID II is a European regulation, US investment managers are experiencing disruption as they align their research payment and execution practices with the influential standard.

    By Matthew Halicki September 13, 2018 Insights
  • Treasury Trading Evolves with Bilateral Streaming

    Electronic trading in the US Treasury secondary market is evolving and shifting, as non-bank liquidity providers and dealers participate on venues that offer bilateral streaming on a disclosed basis.

    By Ivy Schmerken August 22, 2018 Insights
  • Buy Side Juggles Efficiency and Workflow in Search for Corporate Bond Liquidity

    Corporate bond investors are seeking operational efficiencies on their fixed income trading desks to lower costs. As the search for liquidity across a fragmented credit trading marketplace remains a priority,-side firms are grappling with two distinct workflows – voice-based and electronic – in the $8 trillion corporate bond market.

    By Ivy Schmerken August 1, 2018 Insights
  • Algo Development 2.0 Looks to Open Source, Cloud & Big Data

    In the next five to 10 years, don’t be shocked if hedge funds begin to outsource their algorithms to a team of quants coding in Python using the cloud and open source tools.

    By Ivy Schmerken July 11, 2018 Insights
  • Global FX Code Gains Adoption but Last Look is a Thorny Issue

    Over 200 market participants have signed the FX Global Code of Conduct, a voluntary set of principles published a year ago to restore trust and curb bad behavior in the wholesale foreign exchange market.

    By Ivy Schmerken June 13, 2018 Insights
  • Equity Market Innovation Leads to Venue Proliferation

    Several startups are planning to launch either new venues or order types, and even listing standards, to solve problems in US equity trading. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.

    By Ivy Schmerken May 23, 2018 Insights
  • SEC Steers Pilot on Equity Trading Fees and Rebates Amid Headwinds

    Diving into one of the more controversial issues in equity market structure, U.S. regulators are moving forward with the transaction-fee pilot that will force stock exchanges to lower the fee caps on rebates they pay to brokers and market makers.

    By Ivy Schmerken May 2, 2018 Insights
  • MiFID II Post-Mortem Cites Delays on LEIs and Data Quality as Key Challenge

    With the rollout of such a massive regulation as MiFID II, there are bound to be some hiccups, but so far firms are mainly wrestling with trade reporting and data quality issues. That sentiment was expressed on a webinar hosted by A-Team Group,  MiFID II Trading Technology Requirements:  What Worked and What Hasn’t? in which panelists aired their views on the most challenging aspects of the implementation and areas that need improvement.

    By Ivy Schmerken April 12, 2018 Insights
  • MiFID II’s Trading Hereafter: Systematic Internalizers & Block Venues

    MiFID II went live on Jan. 3 without much fanfare, but the EU regulation is already  shifting trading behavior toward Large-in-Scale block trading venues and new venues called systematic internalizers run by banks and high frequency trading firms. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken examines.

    By Ivy Schmerken March 28, 2018 Insights
  • Artificial Intelligence Gains Momentum: From Machine Learning to Deep Learning

    Among the key benefits of artificial intelligence is that it can analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data more quickly than humans do, which can boost productivity. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken examines.

    By Ivy Schmerken February 28, 2018 Insights
  • Electronic Corporate Bond Trading at the Crossroads

    The conversation in electronic corporate bond trading has shifted away from focusing strictly on liquidity to gathering data and analyzing relative bond pricing. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.

    By Ivy Schmerken February 7, 2018 Insights

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