Schroders taps Commcise for global research evaluation platform
UK-based asset manager implements platform for research and interaction evaluation, broker voting and allocations.
Transparency concerns linger around artificial intelligence despite proposed industry benefits
Speakers at this year’s TradeTech conference were keen to extol the virtues of artificial intelligence and machine learning, but perceptions around transparency and trust must be addressed.
Regulation
T. Rowe Price’s trading head dubious on MiFID II and the emergence of new venues
Global head of systematic trading and market structure at US firm throws doubt on systematic internalisers and periodic auctions.
Buy-Side
TradeTech 2018: The key takeaways
Systematic internalisers, periodic auctions, artificial intelligence, data and diversity were among the key talking points at this year's TradeTech conference.
ASX blockchain post-trade system to go live by 2021
Testing of ASX's new blockchain-based post-trade system to begin in Q2 next year, with industry-wide testing in Q1 2020.
Trading Venues
Market complexity growing alongside large-in-scale trading and periodic auctions
TradeTech keynote discussion panel finds that while large-in-scale trading and periodic auction activity is on the rise, so too is market complexity.
TORA introduces AI-power algo wheel for best execution
TORA has launched an artificial intelligence-powered algo wheel enabling buy-siders to assess, monitor and justify algorithm and broker choices to regulators.
Cboe Periodic Auction smashes €1 billion daily barrier
Cboe European Periodic Auction book exceeds €1 billion daily notional volume traded for the first time.
Mosaic Smart Data partners with ESA for new frontier of FinTech
FICC data analytics firm to adopt ESA algorithms to improve market surveillance technology.
Technology
The Big Interview: Adam Toms
Adam Toms, CEO, OpenFin Europe, discusses the recently launched Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium (FDC3) initiative and how it aims to revolutionise the buy-side trading desktop through universal standards.