Trading systems
Start-up bond platform OpenYield prepares to launch
Start-up aims to give retail brokers the same electronic liquidity used by the professionals
Opra outages cause consternation in options markets
UBS warned clients they were looking at “bad data” on options screens
Tradeweb treads fine line as API trend brings challenges
Buy-side rates traders look to dodge platform’s interface but remain barred from cross-venue price-shopping
Futures industry must hone comms after Ion hack
Operational resilience hinges on maintaining communication channels in a cyber outage
UBS found no advantage in quantum computing – ex data chief
Swiss bank tested various use cases in the trading business before giving up on the technology
Pricing and trading system of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Awards 2022
Banks prepare to unleash FX swap bots
BNP Paribas, JP Morgan build execution algos to plug into platforms – but swaps liquidity needs to catch up first
Decrypting crypto: explaining the market from an institutional perspective
This white paper series takes an institutional perspective, examining the multiple dynamics of the cryptocurrency space. Part one explores the increasing range of crypto derivative products attracting more capital to the sector and how growing…
Markets Technology Awards 2022: the joy of flex
Tech users want the freedom to tweak and change their systems – not always an easy ask for rigid, legacy software
The bank, the vendor, the turrets and the golf day
After DBS switched supplier, a row broke out, raising questions about entertainment and influence
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
US Treasuries: a venerable market in need of fresh thinking
The world’s most important market has evolved ad hoc; bringing order to it will be no small task
CDS trading remains stubbornly human
Buy-siders sceptical of benefits of algo execution for credit derivatives
Italian job: the real UK stock trading heist
Italy has not been seen as a candidate to pick up business from the UK – until now
Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached
Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business
Pricing and trading system of the year: Murex
Asia Risk Technology Awards 2020
Moonshots shelved: banks spend on home-working tech
Dealers made success of remote working switch – now they’re investing in its future, and pausing grander ambitions
Ion forced to ditch Broadway rates business
Remedy satisfies UK competition watchdog – but “a big defeat” for acquisitive tech giant
Common domain model needs infrastructure push, says Barclays
Bank wants market infrastructures to drive adoption of Isda CDM
UK watchdog has competition concerns over Ion-Broadway deal
Trading tech giant has five days to address issues, or face months-long investigation
Buy-side firms reject EMS brokerage charges
Some users favour licence fee over per-trade charging – and have forced vendors to switch