Best execution
Asia balks at swallowing Mifid whole
Local regulators are right to cherry-pick elements of Europe’s new regime for their own versions
Best execution in Asia faces data deficit
Lack of trade information undermines Mifid-style shake-up of investment activities
Questions remain on scope of Mifid extraterritoriality
Global firms confused about reach of trading obligation and best execution rules
Mifid fuels Asian equities e-trading surge
Firms with European clients find low-touch channels help to prove best execution
Number of banks per RFQ jumps in EU, posing risk to prices
Some requests for quote are sent to over 20 dealers, raising worries about information leakage
Single-dealer platforms win in Mifid forex shake-up
Best execution rules not driving liquidity away from sole dealer platforms as expected
Market players struggle to access Mifid trade-report data
Approved publication arrangements break the spirit of new transparency rules, says lawmaker
Mifid drives ETF trading on to platforms
Best execution rules push Tradeweb ETF volumes up 32%, but smart order routers may alter trend
Fintech start-up of the year: BestX
Risk Awards 2018: Cost analysis service set to expand into rates next year, after transforming forex
Esma navigates a Brexit maze over equivalence
Regulator offers share-trading reprieve for EU firms without relaxing rules for UK
Mifid II research unbundling hits Japan’s asset managers
Japanese and European investors may face different payment models for investment research
Front-office backlash: the EU gets tough on research unbundling
Three EU watchdogs – including CNMV and AFM – say front-office content can still be Mifid II research
Why Robert Almgren no longer trades using Almgren-Chriss
Co-author of popular model says market nuances are critical in optimal execution
The changing face of European interest rate swaps trading
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Managing FX risk: How to prepare for the unpredictable
Sponsored feature: HSBC
Size-discovery protocols are not on the efficient frontier
Practice improves allocations but more can be done, says Darrell Duffie
Traders wary of censure for being a ‘few bips out’
Mifid II best execution requirements intrusive and painful, say asset managers at Buy-Side Risk Europe 2017
Mifid II threatens best execution data 'nightmare'
Buy- and sell-side critics attack requirement to publish all RFQs
Best execution woes ongoing for small hedge funds
Investors prize best execution more and more as hedge funds strive to comply
AHL, ISAM unmoved by liquidity concerns
Quant hedge funds revamp algorithms since crisis, soothing liquidity woes
Price is sole factor in best execution – Pimco
Portfolio manager calls for tougher oversight of market-makers
Best price is best execution in new OTC market – Risk.net poll
Focus on price could threaten old swaps trading relationships
Swap reforms force best execution rethink
Arrival of limit order books means old policies may no longer cut it
Asia exchanges set for overhaul as competitiveness wanes
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