Systematic Internalizers
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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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Europe’s Fragmented Liquidity Challenge
Fragmented liquidity in the UK and European equity markets has posed a challenge for the buy and sell sides for many years. But the migration of volume away from lit markets to systematic internalizers and auctions has gained attention from market structure data experts.
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Amid Volatility, European Buy-Side Turns to Program Trading and Systematic Internalizers
In the past, European traders increased their allocation to algorithmic/direct market access (DMA) while reducing high-touch trading. This year, the biggest increase was seen in program trading by about 34%.
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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.