Wednesday, January 15, 2025

FLASH FRIDAY

Flash Friday
FLASH FRIDAY: 2.5 Stars for Dumb Money 

FLASH FRIDAY: 2.5 Stars for Dumb Money 

Comedy-drama chronicling the 2021 GameStop short squeeze is okay but hardly a must-see.

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Traders Feature

Outlook 2025: Jim Toes, STA

The impact of new legislative committee appointments in the US Senate and House should not be underestimated.

LATEST NEWS

Coverage Gaps and Delays in Data Pose Major Obstacles for Quants, Analysts, and Data Scientists

Findings also indicate a preference for moving to the cloud for historical data management needs.

AI Must be Better Integrated into Investment Process

Buy-side survey shows a need for support with investment analysis, decision making, risk management, and more.

Trading Technologies launches TT Broker Scorecard

Monthly report ranks global and regional equity brokers by liquidity and execution quality.

Pico, BMLL Partner on Data Integration

Quantitative and high-performance traders can streamline their workflows with a unified set of technologies.

Wall Street Faces 200,000 Job Cuts as AI Transforms the Workforce

Back office, middle office and operations are vulnerable areas, Bloomberg Intelligence report says.

Clearwater Analytics to Acquire Enfusion for $1.5 Billion

Aim is to create a unified, cloud-native front-to-back platform to serve institutional investors.

Trading Technologies: ‘All Engines Firing’ for 2025

Leading global capital markets technology platform services provider has five businesses “at the foothills of opportunity,” CEO Keith Todd says.

ON THE MOVE: Northern Trust Names Melanie Pickett; Rostin Behnam to Leave CFTC

The weekly recap of new hires, promotions and job changes in capital markets trading and technology.

Sentiment Rose Across Derivatives Markets in Q4 2024

The US election and strengthen in Asia helped drive derivatives industry sentiment higher vs Q3.

TECH TUESDAY

TECH TUESDAY: Top 10 Charts from 2024

Topics of interest ranged from introductions to options and short selling to latency to making markets better for issuers and investors.

Commentary

The Call for Automation to Enhance Compliance and the Investor Experience is Here – Will Asset Managers Respond?

The Call for Automation to Enhance Compliance and the Investor Experience is Here – Will Asset Managers Respond?
By Terry Flynn, Managing Director - Asset Management and Insurance, Fenergo Asset...

ON THE MOVE

BUYSIDE

DTCC Executive Predictions for 2025

DTCC Executive Predictions for 2025
CEO Frank La Salla says the firm will lead on the transition to the SEC's US Treasury Clearing rule.

The Era of Data Modernization, Quality and Governance is Here

The Era of Data Modernization, Quality and Governance is Here
By Bryan Dougherty, Head of Product and Technology, Arcesium

Top 10 Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2025

Top 10 Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2025
By Don Steinbrugge, Founder and CEO, Agecroft Partners

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

REGULATION

Outlook 2025: Jim Kaye, FIX Trading Community

The tokenization of securities and AI are poised for significant development.

Outlook 2025: Steve Marshall, FinScan

Director of Advisory Services expects more focus on compliance and implementation of new regulations.

Outlook 2025: Khody Azmoon, BLOX Markets

The equity market structure changes to Reg NMS could be delayed until 2026, CEO said.

RETAIL REPORT

Outlook 2025: Anthony Denier, Webull

24 hour trading is a natural progression of retail investor demands and expectations, Group President said.

Outlook 2025: Andrew Waters, TradingHub

Global Head of Regulatory Affairs expects trade manipulation and fraud to be regulatory focus areas.

Brokerage

Bridging the Liquidity Divide: A Path to Smarter Options Trading

By Gino Stella, Sales and Trading Manager, TradingBlock

Outlook 2025: Alan Polo, Liquidnet

Custom algo solutions are being deployed to meet specific trading strategies and risk profiles.

Imperative Execution Hires Keith Fortier as Managing Director of Operations

Technology and client service veteran joins from BMO, where he was an IntelligentCross routing partner.

Outlook 2025: Joseph Saluzzi, Themis Trading

Co-head of equity trading expects that many of the SEC’s pending proposals will not survive 2025.
Traders Feature

Outlook 2025: Stephen Cavoli, Virtu Financial

The demand for intelligent and transparent liquidity access has evolved, said Global Head of Execution Services.

Digital Assets

Crypto is Poised to Improve Regulated Markets, Not Disrupt Them

By Aaron Kaplan, co-CEO, Prometheum Inc.

Lessons from a Decade of European Crypto ETPs: Insights for the U.S. Market

By Jean-Marie Mognetti, CEO of CoinShares

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.

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...

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