News review : Regulation
REGULATIONS TOPS THE LIST OF CONCERNS IN 2015.
Not surprisingly, the plethora of new rules that continue to sweep over the global financial community will...
News review : Fixed income
PROJECT NEPTUNE MOVES FORWARD.
Project Neptune, a plan for boosting liquidity in the European and US corporate bond market, have agreed to a common protocol...
News review : Fixed income
BONDS SLIDE AS OIL PRICES PLUMMET.
The euro hit a nine-year trough and bond yields in several euro zone countries reached record lows at the...
FX trading focus : FX options : Russell Dinnage
FX OPTIONS LESSEN AS E-TRADING TAKES HOLD.
By Russell Dinnage, senior consultant at GreySpark Partners’ Capital Markets Intelligence practice.
Earlier in the year, GreySpark Partners released...
News review : Equities
A REPRIEVE FROM FULL UNBUNDLING.
In its MiFID proposals, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) requested greater transparency over the payment of broker research...
News review : Derivatives
GMEX AND EUREX JOIN FORCES.
Instead of launching its own platform, Global Markets Exchange Group (GMEX), a European derivatives start-up backed by Deutsche Börse, has...
FX trading focus : Digital currencies : Simon Hamblin
2015: BITCOIN'S YEAR OF ADOPTION IN FX?
By Simon Hamblin, CEO of Netagio.
Over the past few years, bitcoin has generated a great deal of buzz....
Deutsche Börse AG : Intraday auctions : Miroslav Budimir
The Xetra intraday auction: Growing potential for strong price discovery.
by Miroslav Budimir, Senior Vice President, Deutsche Börse AG
Several weeks ago the London Stock Exchange (LSE)...
FX trading focus : Dan Barnes
CHANGING OF THE GUARD IN FX
Dan Barnes looks at whether HFT firms will become the new liquidity providers.
The fallibility of trading FX via a...
FX trading focus : Buyside perspective : FX benchmarks : Patrick Fleur
A YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
A personal view by Patrick Fleur.
Last year was volatile not only in terms of market movements but also around claims...