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Building Next-Gen Data Strategies to Boost Trading Success
Although developing advantageous data projects requires considerable effort,
the rewards typically include significantly reduced trading costs, enhanced
trader effectiveness, and increased overall returns. Taking a strategic
approach can help realize these benefits, while managing the costs involved.
By some estimates, the difference between making even small improvements,
versus not doing so, can be hundreds of millions of dollars. -
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.
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HFM Business Continuity Report 2020: March madness – adjusting to the new normal
Vishal Pandya, chief operating officer of FlexTrade Systems, outlines how the firm’s swift response to the global pandemic has made it business (almost) as usual for their clients. Actions speak louder than words. If there …
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Intraday Volatility in the COVID Era: Why it Matters
Intraday volatility is a substantially more important metric in this new regime. As the global health and economic situation evolves, more sudden shifts in overall volatility are likely, and historic volatility metrics will be slow to respond to such events.
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Industry Veteran Paul Beatty Joins FlexTrade Systems as Director of FX Business Development
Industry veteran Paul Beatty joins FlexTrade’s as Director of FX Business Development. Based in FlexTrade’s New York office, Paul arrives at FlexTrade bringing extensive market knowledge, analytics, and technical abilities to his new role as Director of FX Business Development.
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Is Remote Work Leading to a Paradigm Shift on the Trading Desk?
Given the market’s resiliency and traders working from home during the COVID-19-fueled volatility, some market observers have questioned the centralized trading desk mentality that has been pervasive on Wall Street.