Articles from the print editions of Best Execution.
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
SVP, Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation, State Street What was your career journey? Looking back, I do not
Independent Consultant and former Deputy Global Head of Trading and Securities Financing at AXA IM Tell us about your career
Having led from the front in many innovative market developments, Alasdair Haynes, CEO of Aquis Exchange reveals the keys to delivering
By Andy Ross, CEO, CurveGlobal The shockwaves of the deepest financial crisis in living memory are still reverberating globally. Ten
Michael Sparkes, Director, ITG Analytics looks at how the TCA industry has developed and what the future might hold. The
CEO, Market Structure Partners Can you please tell us about your career journey? Was this the field you had intended
Global GM, Head of Insurance, Finance, Payments & Post Trade Sectors & Products at BT Tell us about your career
Head of EMEA Market Structure & Strategy, Liquidnet Tell us about your career journey? My original career plan was to
Co-Founder, Seismic Foundry Tell us about your career journey? Was this the field you had intended to go into? I
Co-Founder, RSRCHXchange Can you please tell us about your career journey? Was this the field you had intended to go into?
Julia Streets, CEO, Streets Consulting Which came first, the buzzword or the bandwagon? I’ve always argued that fintech innovation was
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