Autumn 2014

The Autumn 2014 issue of Best Execution

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Derivatives trading focus : Dan Barnes

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INTO THE ETHER. Dan Barnes assesses why volumes on SEFs have not materialised. Artificially low interest rates and high capital requirements are depressing fixed income trading...

Derivatives trading focus : OMS : Jon Batty

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F&O TRADING: DO WE NEED AN OMS?   Jon Batty, Managing Consultant, Technology Consulting at GreySpark Partners examines the argument. The futures and options trading platform has...
PJ DiGiammarino

Derivatives trading focus : The cost of compliance : JWG Group

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FIVE REASONS TO EXPECT BAD NEWS. JWG Group explains why market participants should brace themselves. The challenges of gaining clearer oversight of the financial system are...

Derivatives trading focus : CLOB vs RFQ : George Harrington

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ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL. George Harrington, Global Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodity Trading, Bloomberg L.P., gives Best Execution his view on the...
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Derivatives trading focus : Electronic trading : Sassan Danesh & Tim Healy

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 SEFs to OTFs. The migration of swaps trading in the US onto SEFs has resulted in a seismic shift in OTC derivatives markets towards electronic...

Derivatives trading focus : Impact of EMIR : Irene Mermigidis

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SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. 2014 has been an important year for OTC derivatives trading with the implementation of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation’s (EMIR) trade reporting requirements....

Market opinion : Brian Reid : Systemic risk

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LESS RISK, NOT MORE. Brian Reid, Chief Economist of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), looks at the age of asset management. As banks learn to live...
Bob Almanas, SIX Securities Services

Viewpoint : Post-trade : Market harmonisation : Robert Almanas

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A BLUEPRINT FOR EUROPE. Robert C. Almanas, Head of International Strategy and Alliances at SIX Securities Services outlines his thoughts on bringing down barriers and...

Viewpoint : Best execution : Caroline Brotchie

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ART NOT SCIENCE. Caroline Brotchie, Sales Manager at Algomi, explains why best execution will always be an art and not a science. For several years now,...
GBST, Denis Orrock

Post-trade : Viewpoint : T+2 : Denis Orrock

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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN. Denis Orrock, Chief Executive, GBST Capital Markets. In an earlier article for Best Execution, we looked at some of the likely impacts of...