The TRADE sits down with EU equity electronic sales trader and market structure consultant at RBC Capital Markets, Hayley McDowell, to discuss the state of play of the Czech Mifid II compromise approved at the end of last year.
A real-time, electronic data stream aggregating post-trade reports, the consolidated tape has topped the wish list of market participants in Europe for many years.
Senior reporter Hayley McDowell examines ESMA’s investigations into periodic auctions and asks what it could mean for the future of trading post-MiFID II.
Head of trading, Alex Roselló, and equity trader, Gustavo Iglesias, at Bestinver, tell Hayley McDowell about adapting to a surge in trading volumes following the Spanish asset manager’s acquisition of Fidentiis, and the challenges that Brexit has posed for European buy-side firms.
As the fallout of the collapse of Archegos Capital sent shockwaves across the global community, Hayley McDowell examines this tale of winners and losers as questions about the future of prime brokerage are brought to the fore.
Following the $700 million acquisition of institutional trading network and dark pool operator Liquidnet by TP ICAP, Hayley McDowell sits down with TP ICAP’s group head of strategy, Joanna Nader, and CEO of agency execution, John Ruskin, to investigate the merger.
Head of EMEA equity trading at BlackRock, Paul Battams, sits down with Hayley McDowell to discuss evolving market structure trends and his top priorities as a buy-side trading leader at the world’s largest asset manager.