Clearinghouses rule everything around us
The complications of testing algorithmic trading strategies for extraordinary times.
Regulators clamp down on ‘payment for order flow’ and a lack of carbon offset disclosure. Plus: Traditional and digital exchanges compete for crypto futures trading, and the EU seeks to unify its fragmented trading venues with live databases
Portfolio trading is HOT, a new Barclays report shows
Co-founder of $20bn bond trading platform says new leader is needed for next cycle
Automated trading by investors can lead to ‘robo-herding’ in markets
Markets take a turn for the worse as inflationary pressures weigh on our personal finances
BondCliQ faces stiff competition in forum dominated by investment banks, brokers and trading venues
Ability to buy and sell digital assets 24/7 is driving calls for weekend trading of forex and shares
More accurate price data and more fixed income tracker funds have moved markets forward five years
Backers for start-up include Point Break Capital Management, BlackRock and TPG
Pyth Network seeks to use digital ledger to distribute conventional and crypto market information
The business of transacting is barrelling down a path of unstoppable change
App owner valued at $29bn after first day of trading in IPO with high retail allocation
London’s metals trading ‘Ring’ lives on while Covid-19 hastens market modernisation
Companies behind digital trading are moving into gambling, real estate and property
The industry has grown as companies adjust to risks from increased online activity
A series of shutdowns last year put failures — and how to avoid them — in the spotlight
If institutions could predict the future, if only for nanoseconds, it would be enough to sweep up
UK’s largest trading platform’s clients made 6m share deals in first 4 months of 2021
Extensive glitch affects Eikon terminals and FXall currency platform
Plans for a move to all-electronic dealing meet with stiff resistance from some participants
We meet a 19-year-old trader keen to develop a longer-term investment strategy
UK broker makes move in response to new wave of retail trading in volatile stocks
Shift of fixed-income markets from analogue to electronic speeds up
