Archive for category: derivatives

EMIR: What is it? No, really. What is it?!

EMIR: What is it? No, really. What is it?!

0 / February 17, 2012 4:50 pm

As literally everyone who deals with derivatives will know by now is that the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) makes no sense grammatically, but has nonetheless been agreed by the all-seeing druids of the European Commission. The intentions seem laudable [...]

Industry perspectives of how MiFID II will impact business

Industry perspectives of how MiFID II will impact business

0 / August 31, 2011 12:30 pm

Since the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was implemented less than four years ago, the structure and environment of secondary market equity trading across Europe has been modified enormously. If investment firms are to navigate the ongoing regulatory change, [...]

“The leader who can’t delegate will always fail”  – Our Top 30 Tweets @tradetech 2011

“The leader who can’t delegate will always fail” – Our Top 30 Tweets @tradetech 2011

0 / April 19, 2011 4:35 pm

So TradeTech Europe, the biggest event from the TradeTech stables, is done and dusted for another year and what an event it was! Over 2,200 attendees came to London for 3 days of discussion on electronic trading, regulation, HFT, equities and [...]

High Frequency Trading reduces spreads and brings new & improved liquidity to the marketplace

0 / April 11, 2011 1:11 pm

Today’s post features our new and exclusive video podcast series on TradeTech TV where we will be getting in-depth industry insight in bite-sized chunks from some of the world-leading electronic trading professionals. Kicking off the podcast is part one of [...]

Dark pool trading should be an extension rather than the rule

0 / March 29, 2011 9:34 am

Specially selected by Deutsche Börse, Prof. Dr. Peter Gomber, Chair of Business Administration (e-Finance) at the University of Frankfurt/M since 2004, and keynote speaker at TradeTech Deutschland 2011, gave us his insight on MiFID II, dark pool trading and the [...]