Winterflood Securities joins OptimX liquidity provider pool
Partnership aims to “elevate trading services” for buy-side traders by allowing them to access Winterflood’s trading flow directly via OptimX’s platform.
Sell-Side
The TRADE predictions series 2025: The liquidity landscape
Participants across TD Securities, Comgest, OpenGamma, Six Swiss Exchange and XTX Markets explore the changing liquidity landscape unpacking the increasing dominance of new players, fragmentation and navigating the macro landscape.
Kepler Cheuvreux launches Asia-Pacific direct market access
Clients can now execute orders using algorithms in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Thailand.
Liquidity, it’s a two-way street
Annabel Smith explores the growth of bilateral trading volumes in European equities, unpacking how the ascension of this increasingly complex segment could impact future liquidity and if it’s something regulators will assess further.
Avanza Fonder outsources trading to Northern Trust
The move will consist of outsourcing the firm’s global, emerging market, European and US equity market index funds.
Morgan Stanley joins LCH’s CDSClear as part of US credit derivatives clearing expansion
LCH said the move will enable Morgan Stanley’s clients to benefit from margin offsets and operational efficiencies by accessing a broader range of cleared credit default swaps (CDS) products.
Buy- and sell-side cooperation on IPOs and block trades key to modernising UK capital market says Investment Association
Automating IPOs and block trades should be the industry’s main priority going forward, says the Investment Association (IA).
Fireside Friday with… Northern Trust’s Amy Thorne
The TRADE sits down with the head of integrated trading solutions for EMEA at Northern Trust, Amy Thorne, to explore what is driving change in the outsourced trading sphere, the ever-relevant T+1 debate, asset class diversification, and the evolving provider landscape.
Leaders in Trading 2024: Industry Person of the Year shortlist revealed
The winner of the Industry Person of the Year Award 2024 will be decided by a live industry vote that will take place at Leaders in Trading on 7 November.
The prime brokerage pie is growing, which means bigger slices for everyone
Prime brokerage is a business driven by growth in its client base, and in 2024, players of all shapes and sizes are reaping the rewards of navigating an eventful few years to post record numbers off the back of positive trends in the hedge fund space, writes Jonathan Watkins.