Equity Markets:
Use of commission sharing agreements grows in support of increased investment efficiencies – says MPI Survey
The MPI Europe market wide survey of several hundred senior staff in financial institutions looks into trends and challenges for commission sharing agreements. This found that the increase in commission sharing agreement usage globally would continue and will benefit sophisticated firms by delivering increased efficiencies in their investment process.
0 CommentsLiquidity, fragmentation & consolidation – post MiFID European equities trading landscape
Adam Toms MD & Head of Market Access Group for Nomura, gives his perspective on the post MiFID equities trading landscape, particularly around liquidity, fragmentation and now consolidation and also the importance of technology in this arena.
Are you a machine?
With two specific “machine readable” news services from Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg there is an increasing trend for businesses to use software to filter, aggregate and analyse the mass of news that hits us every day. These services are aimed at traders to help them rapidly sift through the fire-hose of news by adding specialised tags to the news feeds.
Are the days of Direct Market Access numbered?
Even before Wall Street’s massive intraday free fall last month, the practice of Direct Market Access (DMA) was coming under scrutiny from regulators, particularly in the US. If the regulators get their way we can expect significant and potentially draconian controls being imposed on this practice – the time for being able to use judgement they may argue is over.
Spotlight on insider trading
As a rash of regulatory activity again spotlights insider trading, a survey from financial sector specialists MPI Europe delivers objective information on what the market thinks.
