Fireside Friday with… La Française Systematic Asset Management’s Denisa Čumova

The TRADE catches up with Dr Denisa Čumova, head of portfolio management and quantitative research at La Française Systematic Asset Management, to explore how FX is becoming more data and technology-driven, with durable performance still depending on high-quality signals, rigorous out-of-sample testing, realistic cost assumptions, and stronger model governance.

A closer look at the EU equities consolidated tape: The new market standard?

With Europe’s first equity consolidated tape now operational, effective today, 14 September, market participants are expected to gain a clearer view of liquidity and pricing. The TRADE sits down with EuroCTP’s chief executive to unpack how far it will change the way firms trade, assess execution and source liquidity, and what might come next.

Europe’s consolidated tape: ‘It’s not going to be a revolution’

Ahead of the launch of Europe’s consolidated tape this month, Rosa Armesto, director general at the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE), discusses why the initiative should not be viewed as a silver bullet, stressing the fact that it is “simply adding to something that already exists”.

Fireside Friday with… Nasdaq’s Femi Opeodu

The TRADE catches up with Femi Opeodu, head of EMEA data at Nasdaq, to unpack the importance of prioritising better-quality, sustainable market data and stronger price formation in Europe, while ensuring regulation does not undermine the venues that create it.

FCA lays foundations for UK equities consolidated tape

In a recent package of reforms, the industry body stated that the tape would be delivered within 18 months; the proposals have attracted support from all corners of the industry, including names such as AFME and Goldman Sachs.

A closer look at the UK fixed income consolidated tape: Concept becoming reality

As the UK consolidated tape for bonds goes live today, 22 June - spanning 98% of contributor coverage at launch - Natasha Cocksedge catches up with Sassan Danesh, Etrading Software chief executive, to lift the lid on the implementation plan, and unpack both the challenges and opportunities of the initiative set to transform the UK bond market.