THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Time to unlock the payments processing conundrum in 2021

Laurence Jones, director of post-trade strategy at CME Group’s Traiana, explains how post-trade processing remains fragmented and manual in nature, but 2021 is the year that firms should focus on optimising efficiency of payments and settlements.

Equity swaps: the acceleration to automation

Ryan Spencer, senior director and head of securities business development at Traiana, looks at the challenges buy-side clients faced during the pandemic and outlines how automation and centralised processes can revolutionise the equity swaps market.

Trade strategy and volatility surprises

Global head of sales at ISS LiquidMetrix, Henry Yegerman, considers which trading strategies preform best when markets are at their most volatile in this in-depth execution analysis.

Moving forward with the LIBOR Transition

David Bull, director of data management and strategy at Refinitiv, analyses what needs to be addressed during the LIBOR transition, including identifying a suitable replacement, LIBOR legacy issues, and why the financial services industry needs to act sooner rather than later.

Xetra Trade-at-Close: a simple way to trade at the official closing price

Severine Vandelanoite, senior vice president for products and regulation at Deutsche Börse AG, outlines how traders can gain access to additional liquidity and the official closing price with the recently launched Trade-at-Close mechanism.

Reflections and opportunities

CEO of Turquoise, Dr. Robert Barnes, head of sales and global business development, London Stock Exchange cash secondary markets and Turquoise, Scott Bradley, and CEO of Plato Partnership, Mike Bellaro, reflect on 2020 and outline how opportunities lie in the year ahead.

Challenges of backtesting alternative data

Paul Humphrey, CEO of BMLL Technologies, outlines how hedge funds and asset managers can gain meaningful insights from alternative data, such as Level 3 data, without the heavy lifting.

SIs: The good, the bad and the ugly

Henry Yegerman, global head of sales at ISS LiquidMetrix, explores recent execution trends in bank and non-bank systematic internalisers.

Eurex Improve: For guaranteed execution at the best price

Markus-Alexander Flesch, Market Development at Eurex, tells The TRADE about the launch of Eurex Improve earlier this year and explains how the tool delivers benefits to all participants of a transaction.