Trading & Execution Archive

The impact of a regulatory pipeline on attitudes to securities lending is more significant than any of the individual regulations themselves, according to a new survey by research and consulting firm Finadium. read more>

President Barack Obama has chosen a former federal prosecutor to replace Mary Schapiro as chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission. read more>

Knight Capital has revealed plans to combine its sales trading and electronic execution businesses. read more>

Schroders Investment Management has distanced itself from a rogue trading scandal involving an employee of the asset manager. read more>

A European financial transaction tax came a step closer today after the Council of the European Union agreed to a proposal that would levy a fee on equity and derivatives trading across 11 member states. read more>

Asian equity brokers made 13% less last year as commissions contracted and the region experienced a trading slowdown, according research firm Greenwich Associates. read more>

The cost of trading swaps is set to rise under new legislation, requiring the buy-side to reassess whether OTC derivatives can still meet their hedging needs in the most efficient way. read more>

Ever since the Dodd-Frank Act came into law on 21 July 2010 the financial industry has tried to wait patiently for US regulators to issue the final versions of the Act's 398 rules. Entering into 2013, the process probably won't change, according to experts. read more>

Renaissance Capital's electronic trading group CEO Damian Bunce says a prospective takeover of the emerging markets-focused investment bank by Russian private investment fund Onexim will let the firm tap into capital to support its trading ambitions. read more>

Citi plans to offer a wider range of emerging market instruments on its new fixed income trading platform but will not extend the offering to corporate bonds due to fears of liquidity fragmentation. read more>