Trading & Execution Archive

Stronger input into MiFID II should be a priority for the UK's new regulatory body, the Financial Conduct Authority, theTRADEnews.com's April poll has found. read more>

Tuesday's Twitter-inspired mini-crash confirmed the US equity market's vulnerability to misinformation in the social media age, but a rapid rebound suggested the resilience of trading systems, industry experts have stated. read more>

The UK's legal challenge to the proposed European financial transaction tax may lead to delays, but asset managers must keep up to speed to respond quickly when implementation details emerge, an expert has warned. read more>

How will Britain’s new financial markets regulatory structure change how the City is represented in Europe? read more>

Emerging markets are showing distinct trends that intrinsically set them apart from developed markets, experts debated at the TradeTech 2013 London conference this week. read more>

A breakdown in the consensus over market structure has left investors confused in conditions of “near savagery” as they scour the margins for advantage, according to California-based Jones Trading. read more>

Market changes driven by regulation and technology offer opportunities that should not be stifled by uninformed fear of the unfamiliar, regulators and stakeholders agreed on the opening morning of TradeTech 2013 in London today. read more>

A "healthy deterrent" is needed to discourage high-frequency trading firms from cluttering the market with thousands of orders that are never executed, Investment Company Institute's Ari Burstein told TradeTech's high-frequency trading event in London yesterday. read more>

A loophole created by the exception of OTC derivatives from the issuance principle in the European financial transaction tax proposal needs to be closed as it could "prove detrimental" to the tax's success, a European Parliament report says. read more>

Liquidity in derivatives instruments on Deutsche Börse's Eurex platform could shift to competitors NYSE Liffe and Nasdaq's new NLX venue as a new German law requires high-frequency trading firms to register with national regulator BaFin. read more>