Technology has been both the cause and effect of massive change across the capital markets. Whereas technology was once fighting to keep up with the demands of the business, trading desk heads...
Descriptions of the foreign-exchange market tend toward the cliché. First, it’s inevitably highlighted as the largest market on Earth, turning over $5 trillion a day. Second, most note that it...
Electronic trading is an essential part of institutional investors’ workflow, and buy-side traders are increasingly asking brokers to customize trading algorithms to meet their specific...
The market structure for U.S. Treasury securities has been dominated by its clearing arrangements, which are little known and less understood by the great majority of market participants....
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Diminished liquidity in global bond markets is fueling demand for fixed-income ETFs among institutional investors in Europe and the United States. A large majority of the institutions in the...
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Over the past decade, companies across industries and around the world have embraced the customer experience as a strategic priority.
However, despite senior-level commitment and big...
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Trading and investing would grind to a halt without market data. Alternative data is shaking up the investing landscape, and order management systems are increasingly instrumental. Both would...
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This year’s massive cryptocurrency sell-off, with the overall market down over 70% from its peak, has done little to dampen the enthusiasm of players seeking to create a more institution-friendly...
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The credit default swap (CDS) market has been in decline for many years, inducing some market participants to shift to other products for their hedging needs.
Whether the CDS market can be...
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ETFs help institutions manage their cash flow, hedge risk, gain quick exposures to illiquid market segments and more. But for institutional use of ETFs to grow and mature, long-held structures...