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Propellant Digital and FlexTrade Collaborate to Deliver Actionable Pre-Trade Insights to T. Rowe Price’s Fixed Income Trading Teams
October 2, 2024
T. Rowe’s Trading Teams will take advantage of Propellant’s advanced technology solution. London and Amsterdam, October 2nd, 2024 – FlexTrade Systems (FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, and Propellant Digital …
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SEC Updates Tick-Size and Access-Fee Rules, Industry Reacts
Retail and institutional investors will soon be able to trade in smaller increments on most U.S. stocks, as part of the SEC’s plan to overhaul equity market structure rules. On Sept. 18, the SEC’s five …
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A New Era in Bilateral Liquidity
As buy-side traders cope with fragmented liquidity and stagnant volumes in the continuous, lit European equity markets, institutions have forged direct relationships with market makers as an alternative channel. While bilateral liquidity has existed for …
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Selecting a Fixed Income EMS: The Top 3 Questions FlexTrade is Asked Regarding Data
In the past year, there has been a significant shift in the conversation within the fixed-income trading space. Rather than debating the need for a fixed-income EMS, the focus has moved towards identifying the right …
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FlexTrade takes home “Best Execution Management System Provider” at this year’s WatersTechnology Asia Awards
FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, has won the “Best Execution Management System (EMS) Provider” at the 2024 WatersTechnology Asia Awards. The WatersTechnology Asia Awards recognises excellence in the …
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How is ChatGPT Making Inroads on Wall Street?
With the rapid growth of artificial intelligence, Wall Street is experimenting with ChatGPT from OpenAI and other generative AI-based tools to save time on tedious tasks and finding information in massive data sets.
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FX Fuels Demand for Multi-Asset Trading Technology
As multi-asset trading gains momentum on the buy side, institutions are seeking workflow efficiencies and foreign exchange is playing a key role in fueling the trend. In addition, there are several regulatory forces and trends in the marketplace — such as T+1 settlement and the rise of digital assets — pushing the marketplace toward multi-asset trading technology.
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Accelerating the Growth of FlexONE OEMS in EMEA
Q. What trends have stood out for you this year? I would say two components really stand out to us. There’s been a lot of discussions around“direct to buy-side liquidity.” We are working very closely …
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Expanding the FlexOMS Footprint in EMEA
Q. How has the FlexOMS business evolved in EMEA over the past year? The FlexOMS business is not new to the region. We’ve been around for a decade-plus, supporting many customers globally with an …
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SEC Rule 605 is Final, But More is Pending with Market Structure
With the SEC approving updates to Rule 605 on order disclosure for stock trading, the clock will soon begin ticking on a new compliance project with more granular execution quality data. But industry observers are speculating that the SEC could move forward with other equity market structure reforms, resulting in overlapping timelines.
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Sell-Side Technology Awards 2024: Best implementation at a sell-side firm—FlexTrade Systems
Overview JonesTrading, the Santa Monica, California-based brokerage, regularly reviews its technology and vendor relationships to ensure that its trading and services offerings are suitable to handle both existing and future business requirements. As a part of …
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As Pairs Trading Evolves, Hedge Funds Grapple with Complex Workflows
n recent years, there has been growth in cross-asset and multi-currency strategies for pairs trading, and the compliance and workflow for those strategies is more complex, which is driving many hedge funds to recognize the need for an integrated order and execution management system (OEMS).