Articles by Luke Clancy
Quantum trading and the search for the perfect clock
Government push to overhaul satellite technology could improve time-stamping accuracy for trading firms – and for regulators
Banks invest in futures utility to guard against tech snafus
FCMs, including Goldman and JP, stump up $44 million to fund FIA Tech push to standardise trade processing
Quantum computing experts voice explainability fears
Risk Live: big speed-ups for quantum-powered models could prompt bigger questions from regulators
Quantum kit offers HFTs ‘100-fold’ speed boost
After spotting FX arbitrage opportunities, new tech faces real-world test in Japanese stocks
BlackRock faces an early climate change test in China
The firm is the main Western investor in three of the worst emitters. It has yet to change their ways
The bond venue using blockchain technology to plug leaks
LedgerEdge trading system aims to stop prices moving against users requesting quotes in larger sizes
‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo says DLT could have aided in Archegos
Former CFTC chair says managing collateral by distributed ledger technology would enable better oversight of risks
Users clash with ASX over changes to its DLT settlement system
Industry groups and tech experts worry that proposed last-minute changes will introduce new risks
Refuge of ‘chancers’: Spacs draw criticism from big investors
Poor disclosure, sub-par returns and share dilution are highlighted as risks of so-called ‘blank-cheque’ companies
Ethical ratings stir debate over saints and sinners
Asset manager Aegon hits out at “flawed” ESG ratings methodologies
Cracks start to show in US reflation bets craze
Some hedge funds believe popular bets on rise in US inflation have run out of steam
Deutsche Börse eyes quantum computing
Pilot application to model enterprise risks cuts computation time from 10 years to 30 minutes
Utility is success? Row brews over futures post-trade workflows
Industry confronts competing models and hard questions in search of better allocations workflow
All roads lead to Bergamo: Euronext eyes new home for its tech
Market participants fear a “horrible” relocation project and more room for latency arbitrage
UK snuffs out hopes of end to midpoint trading ban
Financial Conduct Authority resists calls to diverge from EU’s tick size regime
Held in suspense: late futures orders blamed for Covid meltdown
Buy-side use of average pricing contributed to rash of failed trades and give-ups last March
Futures industry weighs need for new post-trade utility
Three large FCMs say standardising trade allocations could prevent a repeat of breaks seen during Covid volatility
End ‘senseless’ ban on midpoint trading, asset managers urge
Investors decry European rule that forces them to trade some equities in whole tick sizes
US pension fund teams up with academics to cut through ESG fog
State fund and MIT’s business school look to improve ESG data and to reflect all investors’ views
Trading heads call for reform of double volume caps
Asset managers endorse UK move on caps and back changes to EU’s unloved share trading restrictions
UK offers unlimited dark trading on lost EU stocks
FCA gives London dark pools an edge over EU rivals, but will fund managers use it?
Inconsistent ESG scores force USS to make its own decisions
Pension fund needs ESG alternatives to bonds to help close its funding deficit
Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti
Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks
Canada pension fund Hoopp goes cool on bonds
$70bn investor rethinks LDI strategy to take into account paltry yield from fixed income