Transaction cost analysis (TCA) can have very positive effects on everything from trading to the investment process, if it is implemented well. However, while equity TCA is relatively mature, there are serious challenges in other asset classes, which require traders to track down robust data sources and conduct rigorous appraisals…
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Integrating automation within your primary market operations
By increasing the level of automation that traders and portfolio managers can access in primary markets, asset managers can increase engagement and access to allocations. This requires careful alignment of systems, counterparts and data flows. In this video, the third in a three-part series with Herb Werth, managing director at…
Streaming prices: The right protocol for the trade
Trader TV: New trading protocols like streaming prices can boost bond trading execution, but buy-side traders must determine when is best to use them. Across the range of fixed income instruments and markets different ways to trade can create optimal execution based upon the portfolio manager’s investment goals. Chris Bruner,…
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Volatility and Technology Are the Fuel Enabling Buy-side Traders to Stay in the Lead
The pressure has never been greater for buy-side traders and portfolio managers to ensure that they have the technological foundation to capture alpha in times of volatility. Will you stay in the lead or fall behind? Speed to market is critical and competition for capital more intense than ever. Macroeconomic…
To Connect to Multi-Asset-Class Trading, Banks Must Prioritize Flexible, Integrated Systems
When we look back at 2019, we’ll remember this year as not only a time of unrelenting shifts, but as a technological game-changer for bank trading desks. Will you stay in the lead or fall behind? The stage is set for the most intense competitive race the industry has ever…
Net Spotting: Reducing Trading Costs for US Corporate Bonds
US corporate bond investors face challenges when trading bonds on spread due to interest rate risk in the Treasury market. Specifically, any purchase (sale) of a corporate bond on spread needs to be accompanied with the sale (purchase) of a US Treasury to offset the interest rate risk inherent in…