While the holidays may be Santa’s busiest month of the year, the Christmas and New Year period are one of the slowest for the equity markets. Managing your execution performance when trading multiple markets across Asia, Europe and the US …
Traders should take note of market profiles in Asia Pacific during the holidays
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Australia has moved to a three-venue trading environment but treads cautiously
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It has been a year of significant change for Australia’s equity market structure at both a regulatory and a practical level. Experts from ITG in Asia Pacific discuss what the introduction of PureMatch means for markets and competition as well …
Regulators continue to tackle complex market structure issues as we approach the new year
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Jamie Selway discusses regulatory issues on the docket including the limit up/down mechanism, market-wide circuit breakers, LT reporting, and the Volcker rule. He also touches on other upcoming regulations in addition to Global Trends in market structu…
MiFID II draft will require substantial negotiations before consensus
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A review of MiFIR/MiFID shows that the EC left important technical detail to future secondary legislation. This allows for flexibility and means a greater understanding of the market can be achieved along with any further analysis which may be required …
Rise of FX agency model puts a partner in the buyside’s corner
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Relative to equity markets, FX trading has held on to its “wild west” reputation. But according to ITG’s Sean Hefkey, that may all be part of the past in light of the up-and-coming FX agency model. Traditionally FX trading has …
