Articles from the print editions of Best Execution.
MIND THE GAP! Peter Moss, CEO of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU), takes a look at the gap in
FROM DEALER TO ROBO-TRADER IN THREE STEPS Chris Hall looks at how the industry is preparing for the next generation
THE UNDERCURRENTS IN FX MARKETS. Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses how FX markets are responding to the latest macro, regulatory and
FROM LITTLE ACORNS… Muamar Behnam, Head of Global Sales HQ at Swissquote Bank spoke to Best Execution about their operations and
FX ALGOS: MEETING THE DEMAND FOR SMARTER EXECUTION Mark Goodman, Global Head of Electronic Execution at UBS (left) & Declan
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution, assesses the equivalence regime with a post Brexit lens. At the time of writing,
TURQUOISE AND PLATO PARTNERSHIP DEEPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW LIT AUCTIONS PARTNERSHIP Dr Robert Barnes, CEO, Turquoise & Mike Bellaro, CEO, Plato
CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS. Silvano Stagni, Managing Director of Perpetual Motion Consulting and Research, asks whether we have the data to navigate
HOW LONG WILL CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES WAIT? Mathieu Ghanem, Global Head of Sales and Marketing for ADSS. Through 2018
SARON®Futures: Transitioning the CHF-denominated market smoothly to the new risk free rate. Following the introduction of the Three-Month SARON®Futures to help
Yann Couellan, Head of FICC Trading at BNP Paribas Asset Management assesses how fixed income is and will change going
Mazy Dar, CEO and Adam Toms, CEO Europe at OpenFin explain how they are bringing the traders’ desktop into the
GENERATION Z WON’T NEED YOU! It is less than six months to Brexit, the volume of transactions in Bitcoin is now
THE PROMISE OF DLT. Heather McKenzie looks at the latest developments and whether the technology will live up to the
TRANSPARENCY THROUGH BETTER ALGORITHMS. Getting access to proprietary liquidity, from high-frequency trading firms and brokers, is now a key differentiator
MOVING FROM THE DARK SIDE. Gill Wadsworth looks at how the industry is adapting to a brighter post MiFID II world. If
LIQUIDITY LANDSCAPE IN EUROPE POST MIFID II. Big xyt shares independent insights on European trading derived from a consolidated view
TO BE OR NOT TO BE AN SI: THAT IS THE QUESTION. By Umberto Menconi, Business Development & Market Structure,
CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the rise of block trading in the post MiFID II
ELECTRONIC BLOCK TRADING IS NOW A FEATURE OF THE MARKET. Dr Robert Barnes, Chartered FCSI, Global Head of Primary Markets
DATA WILL TRIGGER THE CHANGE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN PREDICTING. By Silvano Stagni, Managing Director of PMCR – Perpetual Motion Consulting
ADOPTION OF CRYPTO ASSETS INTO THE INSTITUTIONAL MAINSTREAM. By Sean K. Ristau, Co-Chair Digital Currency/Blockchain Working Group, FIX Trading Community
Andrew Simpson, Advisor to BME (Bolsa y Mercados Españoles) In the book Freefall, 2001, Joseph Stiglitz says that, “the only
As the sagacious Richard Balarkas points out in these pages, ‘Competition is the best policy’ and it was with this
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks back at the post-2008 world and how MiFID has altered the landscape. Long before the financial
Richard Balarkas advocates lighter touch regulation as the take-away lesson from the last ten years. Richard Balarkas is considered a
Rob Boardman, CEO EMEA at agency broker ITG offers his account of the impact of the global financial crisis and
Best Execution spoke to Carl James, Global Head of Fixed Income Trading at Pictet Asset Management, Christophe Roupie, Head of
Michael Sparkes, Director, ITG Analytics looks at how the TCA industry has developed and what the future might hold. The
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