electronic trading

In this report, Finadium delivers the results of conversations with over a dozen market participants using electronic repo trading platforms. We heard from these firms what’s working and what isn’t,…

Cboe goes electronic on covid-19 outbreak, modifications enable complex trading strategies

March 16, 2020

CBOE, electronic trading, Securities and Exchange Commission

Cboe announced that it will temporarily close its open outcry options trading floor as a precautionary measure to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19, and the US Securities and Exchange…

Electronic RFQ repo markets and the social quest for liquidity

September 26, 2019

Ed Tyndale-Biscoe

Repo, RFQ, Technology

electronic trading, Ion, Repo, RFQ, social networks, topstory

New regulations and a drive for efficiency are accelerating the move towards e-trading in repo markets, while advanced platforms and tools are reinventing how liquidity is sourced and accessed. And…

BNP Paribas launches FX platform with digital assistant “ALiX”

September 12, 2019

artificial intelligence, BNP Paribas, electronic trading, FX

BNP Paribas launched its latest single dealer platform (SDP), Cortex LIVE, with an inbuilt digital trading assistant, ALiX. The platform is intended to meet client demand for more intelligent execution…

SecFinTech: GLMX is a repo platform speaking Google’s language (Premium)

June 27, 2019

Automation, Repo, Technology

electronic trading, GLMX, Repo, topstory

Repo electronic trading platform GLMX describes itself as a marriage between Wall Street executives and Silicon Valley technologists. We talked to Phil Buck, managing director of GLMX’s European arm about…

MarketAxess developing live order book for institutional fixed income

May 11, 2019

electronic trading, Fixed Income, MarketAxess

MarketAxess Holdings, the operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets, announced the development of…

Barclays launches “next generation” trading platform

May 9, 2019

advanced analytics, Barclays, electronic trading

Barclays announced BARX as its newly integrated, cross-asset electronic trading platform across equities, fixed income, futures, and FX. It will: harness Barclays’ data science capabilities to deliver better trade analytics;…

genesis launches Automated Quoting System for fixed income trading

February 28, 2019

electronic trading, Fixed Income, genesis, RFQ

Software company genesis announced it’s launched AQS, which automates internal workflows between the trading desk, institutional clients, asset managers and wealth managers. As the market continues to go electronic, trading…

Dutch regulator approves MarketAxess for EU trading and reporting

February 27, 2019

Brexit, electronic trading, market data, MarketAxess, Netherlands, post-trade, regulatory reporting

MarketAxess announced it’s received approval from the Dutch regulator, the AFM, to operate a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) and act as a Data Reporting Service Provider (DRSP) in the Netherlands.…

ICE consolidates fixed income execution platforms and data analytics

February 15, 2019

electronic trading, Fixed Income, Intercontinental Exchange

Intercontinental Exchange announced the launch of ICE Bonds, which offers access to liquidity pools, multiple trading protocols and fixed income data and analytics. ICE’s president Ben Jackson said in a…

Regtech, online platforms, digital assets among FINRA enforcement priorities

January 27, 2019

digital assets, electronic trading, FINRA, regtech

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority published its Annual Risk Monitoring and Examination Priorities Letter to highlight issues of importance to FINRA’s regulatory programs. Highlighted items include online distribution platforms, regtech…

Tradeweb: 2018 highlights of fixed income market electronification

December 12, 2018

electronic trading, electronification, Fixed Income, Tradeweb

The growing quantity of data that the street could see on screens defined fixed income markets in 2018. Interest rates – and yields – flickered up, prices scuttled down, international…

How electronic trading is shaping the fixed income market

December 4, 2018

Automation, Technology

AQR Capital Management, automation, electronic trading, J.P. Morgan, Jump Trading, non-bank, NY Fed, T. Rowe Price

While it’s general knowledge that electronic trading continues a relentless march on fixed income, the stats are always worth an update. The figures discussed on a recent NY Fed event…

J.P. Morgan: reinforcement learning in electronic trading

December 4, 2018

electronic trading, J.P. Morgan, reinforcement learning

The globalization of asset trading, the emergence of ultrafast information technology and lightning fast communications made it impossible for humans to efficiently compete in the routine low-level decision making process.…

BIS Markets Committee analyses changes in fast-paced electronic markets

September 18, 2018

Josh Galper

News and Notes

BIS, electronic trading, Liquidity