Alexis Atkinson, head of order driven markets at NEX Markets, talks to The TRADE about the relationship between cryptocurrency and foreign exchange (FX) markets, and explores the lessons that both markets can learn from each other.

Constantinos Antoniades, global head of fixed income at Liquidnet, discusses the firm’s place in the current market structure and the next frontiers of innovation in corporate bonds.

Unexpected events can instantly impact markets, and as a result traders are starting to turn to non-traditional information sources – i.e., alternative data – to get ahead of the news cycle and maintain their edge. 

Mike Bichan, global head of FX distribution and knowledge network, and Christian Gressel, global head of electronic sales trading, at UBS discuss the latest developments to the bank’s FX algo trading business.

ITG examines the growth in the relative share of Market on Close (MOC) auctions around the globe.

NEX Data offers comprehensive US Treasury price discovery sourced from BrokerTec’s market leading electronic trading services, offering the most in-depth perspective of the Wholesale US Treasury markets in a single view.

Simon Steward, head of European equity trading at Capital Group, and Mark Pumfrey, head of Liquidnet EMEA, consider how market participants can encourage an innovative and positive trading environment in which they embrace next generation technology to benefit their business, their clients’ experience, and the industry.

Avoiding the pain points of pre-trade risk controls may be tough, but it is possible, through the use of API-based systems that normalise information across markets, identify gross exposures and allow controls to take account in real time of any risk offsetting.

With more than a full quarter of trading activity since MiFID II took effect, ITG provides an update on the significant changes in equities markets.

The TRADE talks to Chris Hollands, head of European sales and account management at TradingScreen (TS), about the increasingly pivotal role of the EMS in the capture, aggregation and accessibility of data across the order life cycle.