The TRADE sits down with Dale Klynhout, managing director, Lazarus, and Oscar Bernardi, dealing associate, Lazarus to discuss how the buy-side’s priorities are shifting when selecting a prime broker and how Lazarus is addressing the current gaps in the market.

The TRADE speaks with Cboe Europe president Natan Tiefenbrun, the exchange’s head of European derivatives, Iouri Saroukhanov, and Vikesh Patel, president, Cboe Clear Europe, about how Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX) is bringing a pan-European and capital-efficient market structure to European single stock options.

INDATA’s David Csiki discusses the challenges that buy-side firms face and how traditional and emerging technology tools can be used to solve these data challenges.

Euronext is the venue for price formation

Selin Duz Tan, Cboe Europe’s head of execution consulting, discusses the exchange’s recent market share growth and some metrics that demonstrate its leading levels of price quality and stability, with a focus on French stocks.

Bill Stephenson, CEO of Plia, and Mike Bellaro, CEO of the Plato Partnership, discuss the benefits of a centralised web portal, including a wide range of data management, trend analysis, and comparison over time.

Jens Quiram, global co-head of FIC derivatives and repo sales at Eurex, sits down with their first live Nordic OTC clearing broker, Danske Bank’s chief sales manager for investor services sales and product owner for central clearing, Kristine Åsblom and Sebastian Strömbäck, to explore the Nordics clearing landscape and buy-side challenges amid the UMR Phase 6 deadline, upcoming expiration of the clearing exemption for PSAs in June and the end of temporary equivalence for UK CCPs in 2025.

“The Times They Are A-Changin.” Jason Rand, global head of electronic trading and distribution at Berenberg, sets out how democratising access to quantitative execution analytics and data visualisations can lead to better trading outcomes for participants, irrespective of size.

As EU policymakers continue their negotiations on the Mifir review, The TRADE speaks with Nick Dutton, chief regulatory officer at Cboe Europe, and Niki Beattie, chief executive of Market Structure Partners, to reflect on some of the key topics and overall importance of the process to the EU.

As European trading volumes continue to grow, RFQ 2.0 meets a need for better liquidity outcomes and post-trade efficiency.