The Copenhagen-based multi-asset broker, SAXO Bank on Thursday has published its interim financial results for the first half of 2018. The company in its first-half […]
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UBS Appoints Former Goldman Executive Ronald Jansen as Managing Director to Head its Data Lab
The Swiss-based multinational investment banking company UBS has secured Ronald Jansen as Managing Director as Head of Data & Analytics for Corporate Client Solutions this month. […]
Vela Appoints Former NYSE VP, Peggy Sullivan as its Chief of Staff
Vela, the global leader in providing trading, market access technology software has appointed former NYSE VP, Peggy Sullivan as its Chief of Staff.
TABB Group Appoints Heads of Fixed Income And Derivatives Research
TABB Group, a leading international research and consulting firm focused exclusively on capital markets, has added two capital markets industry veterans to its team. George […]
ADSS London Appoints Andrews and Steven Whittet to Lead its Institutional Sales Division
ADSS London, the subsidiary of ADSS Abu Dhabi has been aggressively moving forward with the expansion activities of its UK unit and has done two key […]
Feature Articles
FINRA Staff Talk About Innovation Initiative
Artificial intelligence is helping the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) spot spoofing. That promising statement was made by Kavita Jain, Director, Office of Emerging Regulatory Issues, who was on the FINRA Unscripted. “Internally, we’re adapting the technology in various different areas. In the market surveillance program, for example, we are using artificial intelligence to assist […]
FIA Supports De Minimus Threshold
Industry leaders wrote a letter in support of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission’s proposal to keep a swap threshold in place. The Futures Industry Association (FIA) wrote a letter this week in support of CFTC’s proposal to keep the swap de minimus at $8 billion. “FIA supports the Commission’s proposal to establish a permanent swap […]
CFTC Does Flash Crash Analysis
So-called flash crashes are not increasing, and these sorts of events are rarely caused by humans in US futures markets. That was the result of analysis led by Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staffer, John Coughlan, and he joined the head of CFTC’s Market Intelligence Branch, Andrew Busch, on Busch’s latest podcast. Prior to joining […]
Industry Thought Leadership
Equity Market Innovation Leads to Venue Proliferation
Several startups are planning to launch either new venues or order types, and even listing standards, to solve problems in US equity trading. At last month’s SIFMA Equity Market Structure conference, executives with the following three startups and one established exchange discussed their particular market innovations and how each one fits into the existing equity market […]
SEC Steers Pilot on Equity Trading Fee and Rebates Amid Headwinds
By Ivy Schmerken Diving into one of the more controversial issues in equity market structure, U.S. regulators are moving forward with the transaction-fee pilot that will force stock exchanges to lower the fee caps on rebates they pay to brokers and market makers. “I think the SEC is about to embark upon a productive time […]
Artificial Intelligence Gains Momentum: From Machine Learning to Deep Learning
Artificial intelligence has quickly evolved from science fiction to digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri learning about our daily lives. A.I. applications are interpreting MRIs and will soon be operating self-driving cars. In personal finance, many of us interact with chat boxes on bank web sites. And in the investing world, robo-advisors are managing […]
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