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Equity Market Structure Wrestles with “Inaccessible Liquidity”
Equity market participants are learning about new exchanges, order types, and periodic auctions bringing innovation and competition to the equity trading landscape. Citing the concept of “inaccessible liquidity,” asset managers pointed to the surge of retail trading by mom and pop investors whose orders are executed off-exchange on private platforms.
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FlexTrade Honored with Two Awards at FX Markets Asia Awards 2020
FlexTrade is honored to be awarded Best TCA Provider and Best FX Technology Provider by FX Markets Asia Awards 2020. The FX Markets Asia Awards recognizes the best banks, dealers, brokers and currency managers in …
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KGI Securities (Singapore) rolls out new eFX pricing in SG1 with MaxxTrader Solution
FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, announces its client KGI Securities will launch the KGI MaxxTrader’s electronic foreign exchange (FX) pricing and trading engine in Singapore. KGI Securities has made this launch in support of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) vision for Singapore to connect global markets, support Asia’s development, and serve the economy.
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CAT Compliance Ramps Up on Sell Side with Interfirm Linkages
While adhering to the CAT reporting timeline, sell-side firms are responsible for monitoring the CAT Reporter Portal and for fixing errors and rejects that come back from FINRA. So far, experts say the industry is doing very well with their data submissions. But error rates could escalate as the industry tackles more thorny order events and submits higher volumes of data.
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As Election Points to Turbulence, Sell Side to Rely Even More on Technology
It is conceivable that US equity market structure could be tested again, and brokerage firms will be counting on the resiliency of their trading systems, which is why firms need a strong order-management system with integrated equity and options analytics, including connectivity to a breadth of other broker/dealers, exchanges, and ATSs.
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The Buy Side’s Hunt for Bond Liquidity
Aggregation tools that pull in direct pricing streams and RFQs into an execution management system (EMS) or order management system (OMS) are becoming a critical part of creating a composite view of the fixed-income market.
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After Bond Market Turmoil, Fixed-Income Automation is Top Priority
The current workflow with so many “jumps” between platforms adds unnecessary complexity to an asset class which is already fragmented. We’re seeing more and more buy-side firms looking for solutions to consolidate available liquidity in one screen and to boost capacity to automate.
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FlexTRADER EMS Now Offering Liquidnet Targeted Invitations
FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, announces direct availability of Liquidnet’s Targeted Invitations in its multi-asset trading blotter for equities. The functionality provides traders with targeted natural liquidity from other Liquidnet buy-side members and selected brokers, directly into the parent order blotter.
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AI and Machine Learning Gain Momentum with Algo Trading & ATS Amid Volatility
With the hiring of data scientists, advances in cloud computing, and access to open source frameworks for training machine learning models, AI is transforming the trading desk. Already the largest banks have rolled out self-learning algorithms for equities trading.
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FlexTrade Named Best Sell-Side EMS by A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards – USA 2020
FlexTrade is pleased to announce we have been named Best Sell-Side EMS by A-Team Group’s TradingTech Insight Awards – USA 2020. Now in it’s second year, the award recognizes excellence in trading solutions and services …
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Globally Distributed Teams Prove Vital in Pandemic
Banks and asset managers relied on global teams to backup and transfer workloads during the pandemic. But, in moments of crisis, exposure to operational risks, model risks, cybersecurity attacks, and fraud can increase exponentially.