Trading through the lens of COVID 19
Countermeasures to tackle COVID 19 and the pandemic itself are changing our view of risk at a macro, firm-wide and…
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Investors are already benefitting from auto bond trading
Consistent execution quality, reduced bias and greater resources to handle complex trades are all advantages that KBC Asset Management has…
Optimising remote working for traders
Remote working is breaking up the physical communication and workflows that buy-side traders and portfolio managers use in the office.…
Buy-side trading skills make bond ETFs and mutual funds safer for investors
The levels of volatility in markets are making it harder to price the underlying instruments in any fund. The buy-side…
The 2020 liquidity crisis: How traders can handle it
The liquidity crisis in March 2020, brought on by a combination of coronavirus, oil trade wars and the central bank…
Data analysis is core skill for trading desks
New research by Greenwich Associates in partnership with Refinitiv (read the report here: https://refini.tv/37biTXb) found that traders see data analysis…
Managing ‘data risk’ for bond traders
If data is mismanaged on the trading desk, it can trigger individual trading errors or even flash crashes. Jon Williams,…
Fixing the repo market while the sun is shining
The repo markets are a marked cause for concern amongst market participants, regulators and central banks today. They offer a…
Review and analysis of a market event
Following a rate decision by a central bank, or an election, the process that investment managers took to approaching the…
Trading through a market event
How can traders manage risk and opportunity during a market event? While portfolio managers will take positions prior to the…
Bracing for impact: What if you are misinformed ahead of a market event?
When an interest rate decision looms, portfolio managers (PMs), traders and dealers build a matrix of possible outcomes, decide their…
Full episode: Trader TV Live – trading around market events
In light of ongoing uncertainty around interest rate decisions, elections and economic data outputs, we held a live discussion about…