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DLT, Beyond Settlement: A Roundtable Write-up

Sister publication Global Trading sponsored a Thought Leadership Roundtable entitled DLT: Beyond Settlement. The event took place October 3 at the ASX office in Sydney.

Traders Poll

As the retail brokers have raced to lower commissions to zero for trades, will this translate into a profound change in the institutional equity marketplace?

Yes

40%

No

32%

A slight change at best

28%

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GreySpark Reports Examines Big Data Usage

- New report looks at how to maximize value an usage of data.


Traders Magazine Ready to Unveil New Website and Look

- The new website features a more contemporary look and feel, utilizing a more graphics-driven interface and reorganization of existing and additional content.


Weekly Corporate Event Highlights

- Staying on top of corporate events is critical for any investment firm. Here are the selected events from Wall Street Horizon impacting the most widely held securities scheduled for this week.


European Asset Managers’ Marketing and Sales Functions Are Evolving Rapidly

- Euro asset management marketers are taking on a more strategic role and their sales colleagues are building their technical skills.


FLASH FRIDAY GALLERY: Instinet 2019 Annual Quant Conference

- In this week's FLASH, Traders Magazine looks back to this year's Instinet Annual Quant Conference.


SIFMA’s Board of Directors Announces Newly Elected Officers

- The market regulatory and advocacy group names new board members for 2020.


IHS Markit Offers Buy-Side Real-Time Muni Issuance Data and Management

- The new service, Ipreo Muni, transforms market workflow with first buyside portal for new issue data.


Operational Use of Advanced Analytics Set to Grow 180%, Alt Data by 70% in Next Three Years

- This comprehensive study revealed explosive growth is anticipated in the use of advanced analytics and alternative data over the next three years but firms need to keep pace.


Hedge Funds See Near $15 Billion In Redemptions in September

- Hedge Fund redemption trend extends to four months in September as industry experiences $14.7 billion in outflows, according to Backstop BarclayHedge.


Who Pays for Price Discovery?

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- Nasdaq's Phil Mackintosh examines the efficiency of price discovery in the market structure and how it has been achieved.


Passive Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing is Set to Grow

- Consultancy reveals more indices are tilting and weighting benchmarks in line with investors' ESG priorities.


A Volatility Based Momentum Indicator for Traders

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- In this guest post, author Steve Roehling argues that since traders orient their trading around volatility, a variation on ROC which is based upon volatility rather than percentages offers numerous advantages.


Potential Acquisition Opportunities Within the RIA Market Amount to More Than $2T

- An impending succession crisis, advisor migration toward independence,and growth challenges set consolidation in motion among RIAs, according to a new report from Cerulli Associates.


Asset Managers Hesitate to Ink Their Commitment to ESG

- Challenged by myriad factors around clarity and standards of terminology, asset managers are reluctant to document their commitment to responsible investing in prospectuses and other formal investment documents.


CryptoCompare’s Latest Exchange Benchmark Reveals U.S. Venues Score Highest

- The analysis reveals the top five exchanges to be: Gemini, itBit, Coinbase, Kraken and Bitstamp.