Sunday, December 22, 2024

FLASH FRIDAY

Flash Friday
FLASH FRIDAY: Recapping the Year in Market Structure

FLASH FRIDAY: Recapping the Year in Market Structure

Kevin McPartland of Coalition Greenwich provides his annual look back at a look ahead.

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Traders Feature

EXECUTION MATTERS: High Volume Days Test Options Market Structure

The 10 busiest options trading days were all in 2023 and 2024. 

LATEST NEWS

Outlook 2025: Steve Sanders, Interactive Brokers

EVP of product development sees significant demand for overnight trading hours.

Outlook 2025: George Rosenberger, Broadridge

In 2025, there will be continued investments in technology particularly around data analytics, Head of NYFIX said.

EXECUTION MATTERS: Year-End Not So Quiet for Markets 

Quad witch, index rebalancing, and end of quarter/year are reasons for traders to stay plugged in.

Outlook 2025: Magnus Haglind, Nasdaq

Head of Products for Marketplace Technology expects Gen-AI to gain momentum in 2025.

Outlook 2025: Stephen Callahan, Firstrade

Trading Behavior Specialist is pleased with the current bull market and hope it continues in 2025.

Outlook 2025: Josh Krugman, Fidelity Investments

High trading volumes are expected in 2025, SVP Brokerage said.

Outlook 2025: Stephanie Farrell, Northern Trust

Asset managers are evolving their operating models to match a changing market, said Head of Integrated Trading Solutions.

Third-Quarter Trading Revenue Increases 25%

Industry report shows bank and savings association trading revenue was $16.5 billion in Q3 2024.

Interactive Brokers Enhances IBKR Desktop Trading Platform

Aim is to combine streamlined design with powerful trading technology.

TECH TUESDAY

TECH TUESDAY: Trading Speed, AI Among Hot Topics in 2024

A look back at some of this year’s most-read Tech Tuesday articles.

Commentary

Managing the Liquidity Maze in Modern Markets

Managing the Liquidity Maze in Modern Markets
By George Rosenberger, Broadridge Trading and Connectivity Solutions, and Linda Giordano & Jeff Alexander, Babelfish Analytics

ON THE MOVE

BUYSIDE

Reversing the Decline of CFA Candidates: A Call to Action

Reversing the Decline of CFA Candidates: A Call to Action
By Don Steinbrugge, CFA, Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners

Bloomberg Survey Reveals Geopolitical Risk is Top of Mind for Market Participants

Bloomberg Survey Reveals Geopolitical Risk is Top of Mind for Market Participants
Industry focus is on automation and real-time data to drive front office efficiencies and manage market dynamics.

Broadridge Announces First-of-its-Kind AI-Powered Algorithm Insights Service

Broadridge Announces First-of-its-Kind AI-Powered Algorithm Insights Service
Aim is provide buy-side firms with more accuracy, better workflow integration, and cost efficiency.

ICI Welcomes Paul Atkins as SEC Chair Nominee

ICI Welcomes Paul Atkins as SEC Chair Nominee
Industry group says Atkins understands that registered fund companies play a major role in the US economy.

REGULATION

SEC Office of the Investor Advocate Issues Report on 2024 Activities

Director highlighted efforts to combat retail investor fraud and the formation of the Interagency Securities Council.

Paul Atkins’ SEC Nomination is ‘Regulatory Singularity’

He dissented against Reg NMS as an SEC commissioner, so a review of equity market structure is likely.
Traders Feature

SEC Approves 24 Exchange

Upstart venue plans to trade listed NMS stocks 23/7.

RETAIL REPORT

Peak6 Investments Plans Bruce ATS for After-Hours Trading

New platform will use Nasdaq technology with the aim of providing efficient, robust, and fair trading.

Interactive Brokers Launches AI-Powered News Summaries for Smarter, Faster Investment Decisions

Brokerage says new feature enables traders to act on market-relevant information in seconds.

Brokerage

EDX Markets Deploys Eventus’ Validus for Digital Assets Trade Surveillance

EDX CEO says the Validus platform is widely accepted by regulators and was seamless to integrate.

OneChronos Aims to Enter FX, Fixed Income Markets

US firm aims to deploy periodic auctions to address certain market structure issues in Europe.

CME Micro E-mini Equity Index Futures Surpass 3bn Contracts

More than 700 firms and 620,000 unique accounts have traded the contracts in the past year.

Northern Trust Asset Servicing Aims for Clients to Reach Zero-Touch Processing

Firm has partnered with CloudMargin to launch an enhanced active collateral management platform.

Retail Investors Want More Education, Support

Finimize survey shows retail investors want to do business with firms that provide genuine educational value.

Digital Assets

Tokenization in Financial Services: Ready for Prime Time? 

By James Hiester, Ervinas Janavicius and Bhavik Domadia, Capco

EDX Appoints Jamil Nazarali Executive Chair; Tony Acuña-Rohter Named CEO

EDX appoints Jamil Nazarali Executive Chair, Tony Acuña-Rohter to serve as CEO EDX Markets Holding Co., Inc. (“EDX”), a...

CoinShares Expands Operations in the US

The European investor makes strategic move in the US digital asset market.

Digital Assets in Focus at FIX Americas Trading Conference

The technology has great potential but for now, industry adoption in the US remains muted.

SEC Approves Options on Bitcoin ETFs

The regulator has consented to the new contracts on NYSE and CBOE.

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