Crypto is playing a bigger role in the U.S. presidential election than ever before and is having an outsized influence on candidate fundraising. For instance, single-issue crypto PACs like Fairshake are supporting leaders who would enable crypto...

A recent Coalition Greenwich study of asset managers revealed a surprising trend: 10% of them have paid trading commissions to outsourced trading (OT) platforms over the past year. This finding may raise eyebrows, as the buy side has traditionally...

Investment data and market insights have never been more accessible. For most institutional investors, the challenge is no longer finding the information they need but finding the time and mechanisms to consume all the content at their fingertips...

As costs related to compliance rise and budgets compress across the financial services industry, technology end users are demanding more use cases for applications. In the case of digital communications, end users have traditionally sent...

About a fifth of U.S. market-structure-savvy, sell-side electronic equities professionals think the transition to T+1 will come with a large disruption with many or severe issues. Only 9% are optimistic and expect a smooth rollout. This, according...

Two decades ago, exchanges and electronic trading venues were seen as offering two things—a marketplace for buyers and sellers to interact and market data reflecting the results of those interactions. Today’s global fixed-income trading venues offer...

With all the hoopla surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), is it possible that only 10% of buy-side trading desks are incorporating these technologies in their equity trading processes? Is this a case of “don’t believe...

Corporate bond investors are well taken care of. Markets are more transparent, electronic and generally more accessible than they’ve ever been. The path to this point certainly wasn’t smooth. In the early 2000s, TRACE reporting, MarketAxess and...

The goal of the FX Global Code (FXGC) is to “promote the integrity and effective functioning of the wholesale foreign exchange market.” The FXGC covers topics ranging from operations and workflow to trading and algorithms to risk management. While...

Repo and U.S. Treasury clearing will increase in 2026. The SEC finally put forth, voted on and passed a final rule laying out their long-expected approach to mandatory clearing for this systemically important market after years of industry...