Best execution
A closed-form solution for optimal mean-reverting strategies
The heat potentials method is used to find the optimal profit-taking and stop-loss levels
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Choppy markets revive quest for RFQ’s ‘magic number’
Deutsche argues for smaller, stronger panels; Citi offers better prices for 'full amount' trades
Investors trade the drama out of the crisis
How LGIM, Axa IM, Manulife and other buy-siders tackled the toughest markets since 2008
Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs
Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms
Equivalence failure threatens European share trading
UK and EU investors may be forced to trade dozens of shares on less liquid exchanges, analysis shows
Spot FX could be dragged into Mifid II
EC tells Risk.net it is studying Australian-style approach to regulating currency trading
FX aggregators flirt with scrutiny over brokerage charges
Making dealers pay for trades raises ‘payment for order flow’ questions
Mifid’s free data mirage vexes markets
Users struggle to access post-trade data despite European regulator’s push for transparency
Initial margin – A regulatory bottleneck
With the recent announcement of an extended preparation period for those smaller entities needing to post initial margin under the uncleared margin rules, the new timetable could cause a bottleneck for firms busy repapering derivatives contracts linked…
Buy-side risk manager of the year: Vanguard
Risk Awards 2020: Fund giant gave more risk work to machines this year - from duration hedging to op risk
Poor data hurting buy side’s automated bond trading
Spotty bond liquidity creates gaps in trading data that could harm best execution, insiders warn
How Virtu trained its intelligent algos
Firm has sought to meld traders’ instincts with insights from ‘massive scale’ data
Buy side seeks more clarity on FX trade rejects
Schroders and BoE criticise code mish-mash, as Investment Association presses for standardisation
Outsourcers eye bigger role in funds’ fixed income trading
Research suggests 20% of large asset managers will outsource part of overall trading by 2022
Relationship banking isn’t dead, just different
Some asset managers are pumping banks for liquidity leads. But what can they offer in return?
The low flow blow
Traders can’t make flow rates business hot again, but their colleagues in tech and ops might be able to
Dealers suffer in euro rates desert
Analysis shows collapse in swap and bond bid/offer spreads, as traders say business is “unsustainable”
Investors bemoan Mifid II best-ex failings
Lack of consistency in data provided by trading venues undermines transparency drive
Trading costs versus arrival price – An intuitive and comprehensive methodology
Craig Niven, managing director, cash equity execution at Societe Generale Prime Services explores how a five‑month study allowed the organisation to develop a market impact model using historical data, and why it is key for clients in the long term to…
Asia embraces intelligent automation
Asia’s adoption of new tools and processes has gained significant momentum, with increased automation now a primary focus for many financial firms. Paul Worthy, head of Japan at Tradeweb, explores how this change has come about, and how firms can use the…
Institutional ETF trading: Liquidity improving, trade sizes growing
Sponsored survey report: Jane Street
Ripple effect: The impact of moving away from Libor
Sponsored Q&A
Asia balks at swallowing Mifid whole
Local regulators are right to cherry-pick elements of Europe’s new regime for their own versions