THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Periodic auctions 2.0: A growing source of price improvement opportunities

As operator of Europe’s largest periodic auction – and pioneer of the category – Cboe is continuing its innovative approach to deliver the execution quality benefits of the mechanism more widely, says Natan Tiefenbrun, president, Cboe Europe.

Broker-dealers in the modern post-trade financial landscape

Alessandro Cavallari and Steve Gutowski of Societe Generale Securities Services discuss the evolving post-trade landscape, emphasising brokers’ need for technological adaptability and strategic partnerships with settlement agents.

Fine-tuned efficiency drives performance in an orchestrated ecosystem

What do the high-performance sports of Formula 1 motor racing and America’s Cup class yacht racing have in common with portfolio investment performance? Northern Trust’s global head of capital markets client solutions, Gerard Walsh, frames an analogy that all require an orchestrated ecosystem of solutions to help drive the highest possible performance outcomes.

The evolution of data in the fixed income market

With ongoing regulatory changes and the continuous push for digitalisation, the fixed income market is poised for further evolution in the coming years says Anya van den Berg, VP of data and analytics at Deutsche Börse.

Connecting the dots for a future-proofed FX trading platform

For the FX industry, managed services may be the catalyst for businesses to completely rethink the way that they access and manage high-cost, high-maintenance operational resources, data storage and distribution and client connectivity and engagement, writes Ganesh Iyer, chief marketing officer at IPC Systems.

Leveraging outsourced trading for growth

As institutional investors look to optimise returns in competitive markets, how can outsourced trading help maintain efficiencies while focusing on outcomes aligned with their strategies?

Dispelling the myths around FX futures liquidity

CME Group unpacks the benefits associated with centrally cleared futures in FX and how best to target liquidity in the highly fragmented global FX market.

As the needs of a buy-side trader evolve, so should their technology

Chris Gizmunt, principal product manager, EMS product management at FactSet, explores the use of automation tools by the buy-side for consistency and measurability in decision making, as well as how automation has evolved far beyond being used for simple, mundane tasks.

Winsorisation: How to outsmart the outliers and address bad input data

In a world of large data sets, techniques such as winsorisation can be used to handle outliers by keeping the observation but reducing its influence on aggregate metrics like value weighted performance, writes Chris Sparrow, principal product manager at FactSet.