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Successful consolidated audit trail Phase 2c go live

Equities

May 26, 2021

On April 26, ION Markets marked a significant Consolidated Audit Trail milestone: the Phase 2c go-live. Although official FINRA CAT...

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Similarities between Apple’s new M1 chip and a trading system design?

Equities

May 6, 2021

I started my new Apple Mac with its new M1 processor this morning and I was simply amazed by its...

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Low-Touch woes vs Restaurant Wars

Equities

April 26, 2021

The other night, I was rewatching an episode from the popular US TV show ‘Top Chef’, where contestants form teams...

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Regulatory challenges of trading Asian equities and the growth of the Swaps market

Equities

April 15, 2021

When trading equities around the world, most investors understand the developed markets of Europe and North America. However, when it...

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The future of trading system display technology

Equities

January 21, 2021

Following my recent article on trading screen design, I had many comments about what technology would be coming next! This...

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Brexit: Liquidity shifts post transition period

Equities

January 19, 2021

After a difficult 12 months, Brexit finally happened. However, the equivalence many hoped for was not granted to UK finance...

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Brexit: Cross-border trade publication

Equities

January 11, 2021

Under MiFID post-trade transparency rules, equity trades must be published within a minute for market price-forming purposes. In practice, this...

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A new asset class comes to town!

Equities

December 14, 2020

We often hear in the press of new trading venues, and in more recent months trading venues merging, but rarely...

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The benefits of a good order management system during a pandemic

Equities

December 2, 2020

Trading rooms of the world have been shrinking since the advent of digital automation throughout the banking industry, with algorithmic...

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Three display functions that all trading systems should embrace

Equities

November 27, 2020

When trading moved from trading floors and into the digital world, the data presented to dealers started to multiply rapidly....

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