Equity traders looking to stay ahead of the curve—and the competition—are turning to alternative trading systems (ATSs) that are experimenting with new innovative features to improve trading outcomes.
Thanks to their experiences during the pandemic, large European companies have become much more skilled at overcoming disruptions to their supply chains. Today, they are managing to work around a new set of obstacles to keep businesses running and international trade flowing.
New competition in the market for trading and clearing interest-rate futures and swaps is causing the industry to refocus on margin optimization, a process that allows market participants to reduce margin requirements – and ultimately the cost of trading.
The issues that snarled global trade during the pandemic have morphed into a new set of problems, largely geopolitical and financial in nature, which continue to disrupt trade flows and corporate supply chains.
Europe’s investors are bullish. Across Europe, companies that distribute investment funds expect the investors on their platforms to pour assets into a range of products spanning both equities and fixed income, and traditional and alternative products.
Outdated systems for managing and sharing data are costing capital markets firms millions of dollars every year and leaving them exposed to operational and regulatory risks, according to a new study in collaboration with Axoni.
Demand for small business loans dropped in the first half of 2024 as companies reevaluated borrowing needs in the face of elevated interest rates and concerns about a possible economic downturn.
Companies that distribute investment funds to retail investors in Asia expect to see strong demand for both equity and fixed-income products in the coming year.
An explosion of data, communication channels and a series of costly regulatory actions are driving a compliance overhaul by asset management firms, hedge funds and other investment organizations around the world.
More than 80% of asset managers globally launched new private asset funds during the past three years, and almost 85% plan to target private markets with new funds in the next three years.