Buy-side need to invest in alternative data to gain an informational edge
Speakers at this year's TradeTech conference laid out how buy-side firms can take advantage of untapped alternative data.
News
ELP SIs opening access to liquidity despite industry transparency issues
Market maker-run systematic internalisers are bedding in to market structures but transparency concerns are still lingering.
Demand for TCA dropping despite sell-side investment, says Citi market structure head
Despite buy-side citing use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) as a larger focus post-MiFID II, Citi's market structure head for EMEA says the bank is actually seeing the converse in action.
Diverse trading skill sets essential for the buy-side desk, says BlackRock’s head of trading
Building a flexible, diverse skill set on the trading desk is essential to adapting to evolving market conditions and growing at scale says Supurna VedBrat.
Credit Suisse makes raft of investment grade trading hires in New York and London
Bank adds a number of new hires across its global investment grade trading desks from rivals including JP Morgan, Citi and Deutsche Bank.
Brokers leading the next generation of algorithmic trading
The TRADE’s 2019 Algorithmic Trading Survey finds brokers are stepping up to the plate in the post-MiFID II landscape as banks struggle to keep pace.
Liquidnet launches buy-side multiple order optimisation and execution tool
Ecosystem Pro to provide buy-side traders with simultaneous access to its Virtual High Touch suite across multiple orders.
Settlement processes still far behind the technology evolution, finds DTCC paper
The research explained how, for some firms, most settlement communications still occur through email instead of through secure networks.
Report shows buy-side are the least optimistic about derivatives revenue increasing
Low volatility, regulation and Brexit are factors dampening optimism for buy-side derivatives participants.
Buy side
Carl James: Changing with the times
Carl James has been a fixture of the buy-side world for the past 25 years, having run trading operations and desks around the world before taking on his current role as global head of fixed income trading at Pictet Asset Management. John Brazier talks to the winner of The TRADE’s prestigious buy-side lifetime achievement award about his career to date, embracing change and where the fixed income world is heading.