Spring 2019

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Viewpoint : EMEA FIX Trading Conference : Neena Dholani

BUYSIDE AMBITION. Neena Dholani, Global Marketing Programme Director of the FIX Trading Community summarises the political, data, regulation and technology

Spring 2019

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Viewpoint : Exchange traded funds : Umberto Luca Restione : Banca IMI

A EUROPEAN JOURNEY THROUGH EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS. By Umberto Luca Restione, Banca IMI, Market Hub, Brokerage & Execution Exchange traded

Market Opinion

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Market opinion : Crypto-assets : Jannah Patchay

TIME TO REGULATE. Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution, evaluates the need for regulation of crypto-asset trading, and why now is the

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : Turquoise

TURQUOISE PLATO SETS NEW RECORDS. Dr Robert Barnes, Chartered FCSI, Global Head of Primary Markets & CEO Turquoise, London Stock

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : Exchange innovation : Aquis

AQUIS FORGES AHEAD. Brexit notwithstanding, the exchange is planning for the future. By Lynn Strongin Dodds Geo-political tensions have hung

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : Machine learning : James Hilton

MACHINE LEARNING IN PRACTICE. James Hilton, Head, AES Sales, EMEA at Credit Suisse “No man is better than a machine, and

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : TCA : Michael Richter

THE CHANGING FACE OF TCA. Michael Richter, Executive Director, Trading Analytics at IHS Markit dissects the reality from the myth of

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : Equity derivatives : Russell Dinnage

TECHNOLOGY IS KEY. Russell Dinnage, Head of the Capital Markets Intelligence Practice at GreySpark Partners In 2019, equities Delta One

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : Donna Nemer & Merlin Rajah : JSE

MAKING TRADING RELEVANT IN EMERGING MARKETS. Donna Nemer, JSE Director of Capital Markets and Group Strategy and Merlin Rajah, JSE

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : VWAP : Chris Sparrow : LiquidMetrix

EXPLAINING VWAP PERFORMANCE – ATTRIBUTION OF PERFORMANCE. Chris Sparrow, Head of Research at LiquidMetrix The VWAP algorithm (algo) is used

Equities trading

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Equities trading focus : SIX Swiss Exchange : Adam Matuszewski

BUILDING BLOCKS WITH A ‘PLUS’. Adam Matuszewski, Equities, SIX If you squeeze a half-inflated balloon on one side, the other side

Best practice

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FIX EMEA Trading Conference 2019 – What happened?

The FIX Trading Community EMEA conference opened with Verena Ross, Executive Director, ESMA, as the keynote who set the stage

Buyside

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FX trading focus : Buyside profile : Andreas König : Amundi

Andreas König, Head of Global FX at Amundi Asset Management, assesses how FX markets are responding to the unwinding of

Profile

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Profile | David Karat & Glenn Lesko | Dash Financial

SHINING AN EVER BRIGHTER LIGHT ONTO THE EXECUTION LIFECYCLE. Dash Financial’s David Karat, co-founder and chief creative officer, and Glenn Lesko,

FX trading

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FX trading focus : Sellside profile : Christopher Purves & Rebecca Thomas : UBS

Christopher Purves, Head of FRC Strategic Development Lab at UBS and Rebecca Thomas, Executive Director, UBS Client Office – FX,

Post-trade

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Post-trade | Euro clearing | Lynn Strongin Dodds

THE EURO CLEARING CONUNDRUM. As the UK teeters on the edge of a ‘no-deal’, regulators and industry players are making

Regulation

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Regulation & compliance | Unbundling | Gill Wadsworth

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. Unbundling has been a long time coming but as Gill Wadsworth explains, it may not level the playing field as

Regulation

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Viewpoint | Research unbundling | Rebecca Healey

RESEARCH UNBUNDLING – ONE YEAR INTO MiFID II. Rebecca Healey, EMEA Head of Market Structure and Strategy, Liquidnet. The central aim

Buyside

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Buyside focus | Relationships | Dan Barnes

BUYSIDE INDEPENDENCE INCENTIVISES BROKER SERVICE BATTLE. Relationships are being renegotiated as services evolve to match new landscape. Dan Barnes reports.

FX trading

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FX trading focus : FX post-trade : Neena Dholani

INNOVATIONS IN FX TRADING Neena Dholani, Global Marketing and Programme Director at FIX Trading Community explains the evolution, from integration

Regulation

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Viewpoint | The impact of regulation | Peter Moss

MIND THE GAP! Peter Moss, CEO of the SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU), takes a look at the gap in

Technology

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Fintech : AI & robotics : Chris Hall

FROM DEALER TO ROBO-TRADER IN THREE STEPS Chris Hall looks at how the industry is preparing for the next generation

FX trading

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FX trading focus : Overview : Lynn Strongin Dodds

THE UNDERCURRENTS IN FX MARKETS. Lynn Strongin Dodds assesses how FX markets are responding to the latest macro, regulatory and

FX trading

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FX trading focus : Swissquote : Muamar Behnam

FROM LITTLE ACORNS… Muamar Behnam, Head of Global Sales HQ at Swissquote Bank spoke to Best Execution about their operations and

FX trading

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FX trading focus : Algos : Mark Goodman & Declan Graham

FX ALGOS: MEETING THE DEMAND FOR SMARTER EXECUTION Mark Goodman, Global Head of Electronic Execution at UBS (left) & Declan

Market Opinion

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Market opinion : Equivalence & Brexit : Jannah Patchay

SEPARATE BUT EQUAL Jannah Patchay, Markets Evolution, assesses the equivalence regime with a post Brexit lens. At the time of writing,

Viewpoint

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Industry viewpoint : Plato Partnership

TURQUOISE AND PLATO PARTNERSHIP DEEPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW LIT AUCTIONS PARTNERSHIP Dr Robert Barnes, CEO, Turquoise & Mike Bellaro, CEO, Plato

Market Opinion

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Market Opinion : The impact of regulation : Silvano Stagni

CHANGING RELATIONSHIPS. Silvano Stagni, Managing Director of Perpetual Motion Consulting and Research, asks whether we have the data to navigate

FX trading

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FX trading focus : Technology is key : Mathieu Ghanem

HOW LONG WILL CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES WAIT? Mathieu Ghanem, Global Head of Sales and Marketing for ADSS. Through 2018

Derivatives trading

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SARON® Futures: Transitioning the CHF-denominated market smoothly to the new risk free rate

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