The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to shake up the crypto industry with its recent string of enforcement actions. There are major implications for institutional traders as the regulatory status of digital assets and...

Demand for high-quality market data and cloud computing coupled with the changing dynamics of data budgets has caused providers to rethink the way they work with clients. I recently discussed these and related market data trends with Matt Nurse...

On May 28, 2024, U.S. equity trades will settle next day. While this might evoke a sense of déjà vu, it is different this time. Really. In 1995, U.S. securities settlement shortened from T+5 to T+3. Soon after, advocacy groups and management...

What started as panic selling from the Fed’s extreme tightening in Q1 2022 turned into excited buying by retail investors in Q4, with tax-loss harvesting and tax-free (and low-risk) yields nearing 5% offering what many saw as the chance of a...

After years of mediocre growth, FX execution algorithm adoption is looking up. Most buy-side segments have witnessed a healthy rise in the use of algos since 2020, especially on the real money side. Both fund managers and hedge funds have seen an...

So it goes. The SEC's equity market proposals are as bewildering as they come, even for those of us who live and breathe market structure. As the industry digests the proposals and initial reactions morph into responses, the overall tone...

A recently published Coalition Greenwich research study found that trading in credit-focused ETFs has grown notably relative to the underlying corporate bond market (what we’re calling the ETF-to-cash ratio). In notional terms, the volume traded in...

Most buy-side and sell-side firms are seeking to implement modern technology (e.g., cloud computing, AI, APIs) across the trade lifecycle for many reasons, from cost reduction to increasing their competitive position. As with much of today’s tech,...

For the past few years, a large percentage of the digital asset community has gravitated to vertically integrated platforms to trade, settle, custody, and lend/borrow digital assets. Vertically integrated business models have been a convenient way...

Fixed-income ETFs have proven to be the savior the bond market never knew it needed. Not everyone agrees, of course, (active managers among them), but from my perspective, it was ETFs that brought automated market makers into corporate bonds, which...