Articles from the print editions of Best Execution.
Seth Merrin, founder and CEO of Liquidnet, explains how he has leveraged opportunities over the past ten years and more,
Peter Randall suggests that the challenge for the financial services industry is to turn customers into its unpaid employees, and
Haytham Kaddoura, CEO of SmartStream explains how the financial crisis changed the vendor model. Haytham Kaddoura has been the CEO
MiFID I helped open the door to alternative trading platforms, and Dr Robert Barnes, Global Head of Primary Markets and CEO of
CEO, Innovate Finance Can you please tell us about your career journey? Was this the field you had intended to
LESS IS MORE. Dr Sam Priyadarshi, Head of Portfolio Risk and Derivatives at Vanguard explains how his small team is
WHEN ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS THREE. Best Execution speaks to Doug Cifu, CEO of Virtu. Last year Virtu bought KCG.
FINDING THE RIGHT FIT. Multi-asset trading requires particular skillsets that not all traders possess. Gill Wadworth looks at the challenges in
ON SOLID GROUND. Data management may be critical but many financial service firms are still lagging behind in developing the
LIQUIDITY LANDSCAPE IN EUROPE POST MIFID II. Big xyt shares independent insights on European trading derived from a consolidated view on
DERIVATIVES’ STEADY MARCH ONTO ELECTRONIC VENUES. Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses the ongoing trends and challenges of regulation on the derivatives
FINTECH RISKS DRIVE NEW REGULATORY MINDSET. Regulators are getting to grips with the fintech’s transformative power, but will need new
LIBOR: BETTER TO FADE AWAY THAN BURN OUT. Dan Barnes looks at the different moving parts in LIBOR. Like the
BUYSIDE TAKES CONTROL: THE CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND REGULATION . By Chris Jackson, Head of EQS, Liquidnet Europe It is
DATA IS STILL KING. Silvano Stagni, Managing Director of PMCR (Perpetual Motion Consulting and Research), explains why about 50% of the work in the forthcoming
Brave new world? Huw Gronow assesses the impact to date of MiFID II and how Newton Investment Management is responding.
OW.THE EBB AND THE FL Thomas Biotteau, Deputy of Global Head of Electronic Execution Services and Mark Freeman, Head of
FORGING A NEW RESEARCH PATH. While MiFID II’s research unbundling rules may be an impetus, Jon Foster and his co-founders realised
A DECADE OF CHANGE. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks back at the post-2008 world and how MiFID has altered the landscape. Long
SEC MAKER-TAKER PILOT REFLECTS LONGSTANDING CONCERN. Concern about maker-taker impact on order routing leads to regulatory response. Dan Barnes reports.
NAVIGATING THE NEW LIQUIDITY LANDSCAPE. By James Baugh, Head of EMEA Market Structure and Sai Dharmayogan, Head of EMEA Execution
THE DATA CONUNDRUM. Heather McKenzie looks at the impact of the new MiFID II reporting regime. In January, the MiFID
SELLSIDE CASH EQUITIES TECHNOLOGY AND WORKFLOWS CONVERGE. In 2018, the role of the sellside equities trader is still undergoing change,
AFRICA’S TIME. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is staying ahead of the pace required for a modern exchange, improving efficiencies through
THE DARK SIDE. MiFID may want to shine an ever brighter light but traders are looking to avoid the glare.
TICK SIZES, PASSIVE EXECUTIONS AND THE INNOVATIVE ORDER TYPES FOR SWISS EQUITIES. By Adam Matuszewski, Senior Equity Manager, SIX. Harmonisation
UNLOCKING RETAIL LIQUIDITY. John Owen, COO of Stifel Europe, discusses the post MiFID II market structure and how retail liquidity offers
ENABLING FLOW. By Scott Bradley, Head of Sales and Marketing, LSE Cash Secondary Markets and Turquoise. We saw some very
AT YOUR SERVICE: A NEW MODEL FOR TECHNOLOGY IN THE FRONT OFFICE GAINS TRACTION. By Ollie Cadman, Head of Business
THE RISKS OF THE TECH REVOLUTION. Innovation is encouraged but Chris Hall looks at why fintech may be doing more harm