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November 27, 2023

The importance of sell-side relationships to investing in regional markets

Key Takeaways Sell-side relationships in regional markets are essential for institutional investors navigating ASEAN’s diverse and fragmented trading landscape. Local…

Opinions

November 21, 2023

Remote Working in a Post-Pandemic World

Key Takeaways Remote working in a post-pandemic world can help firms attract skilled talent, improve retention, and support productivity, but…

Opinions

August 23, 2023

The Future for Adopting Trading in the Cloud

Key Takeaways Trading in the cloud is becoming more viable for capital markets firms as major providers invest in financial…

Trading Technology

August 1, 2023

Cloud-Based Trading: Key Functions to Move to the Cloud

Key Takeaways Cloud-based trading is most effective when firms apply it selectively across the trading workflow rather than treating it…

Trading Technology

July 25, 2023

Is Cloud Trading Infrastructure Ready to Transform Capital Markets?

Key Takeaways Cloud trading infrastructure can help capital markets firms improve agility, scalability, innovation, and data processing, but it is…

Opinions

June 16, 2023

Are Capital Markets Firms Really Benefitting From Cloud?

In our earlier blogs, we discussed the factors driving increased adoption of cloud technology by capital markets firms seeking to…

Opinions

June 2, 2023

What’s Driving Capital Markets’ Interest in Cloud?

As we pointed out in our last blog, after an extended period of reticence – based mainly on sensitivities around…

Trading Technology

May 25, 2023

Trading in the Cloud – Has Its Time Finally Come?

The structure of capital markets and how they are traded are shaped through the technology adopted by market participants over…

Trading Technology

January 31, 2023

Platform for Growth – an Emerging Approach to Making Better Trading Technology Decisions

In this article, orginally published on Best Execution, our CEO, Mike Powell, looks at an emerging approach to making better…

Trading Technology

Real-Time Trade Monitoring Solutions - Key Requirements for sell-side firms

October 13, 2022

Real-Time Trade Monitoring Systems: Key Requirements for Sell-Side Firms

Key Takeaways A robust real-time trade monitoring system gives sell-side firms transparency over orders, configurable alerts for operational efficiency, and…

Opinions

July 8, 2022

The Future of Trading Technology

Kevin Houstoun shares his thoughts on impactful trends and his outlook on the future of trading technology during an interview…

Opinions

April 11, 2022

New Wave of Fintechs Helping Change the Industry Dynamic

I recently attended an in-person industry conference for the first time in two years. I must admit it felt sightly…