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Sell-Side Fixed Income Connectivity Platforms

March 27, 2023

Acquisitions of Fixed Income Connectivity Solutions Spotlight the 60% Growth Potential of This Market

Bloomberg’s acquisition of Broadway Technologies follows on the heels of AxeTrading being acquired by Trading Technologies and the 2021 acquisition of LIST Group by ION. With so much activity in this space in recent years, you may be wondering, “Why all the interest in fixed income connectivity solutions?” The surge in fixed income electronic trading has significantly increased the importance...

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Vinod Jain

December 23, 2022

ESMA's Updated EMIR REFIT Guidelines Will Benefit From Industry Input

On December 20, 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidelines to enhance the harmonization and standardization of reporting under EMIR with broader global standards. The rules are being rewritten to enhance transparency and increase data quality in the reporting process. The guidelines have a broad impact across trade, transaction, life-cycle events,...

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Vinod Jain

November 17, 2022

Will FTX Bankruptcy Be Enough to Revolutionize the Cryptocurrency Market?

In the institutional market, understanding the business model of your counterparties is paramount. Following the financial crisis of 2008, regulatory initiatives in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market have made this a key focus. The question is: Will the FTX bankruptcy be enough to push through new reforms in the digital assets markets? A lot more will be uncovered in the coming...

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Vinod Jain

September 6, 2022

How the Private Credit Market Is Evolving

The idea of a one-stop capital provider may soon become a reality thanks to a growing number of alternative investment managers. Private credit markets offer strong cash yields and high returns, as well as the chance to diversify an investment portfolio. But the increase in private market deals means that capital markets firms need better processes to manage their deal life cycles. There...

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Vinod Jain

July 14, 2022

Meme Stock Market Event: The Super-Broker Gamification Business Model Challenges Market Infrastructure and Risk Management

The “super broker” business model pioneered by Robinhood took advantage of digital advancement, accelerated the adoption of gamification, made it easier than ever to participate in the stock market, and revolutionized the account opening process to commission-free trading. With so much to offer, it looked revolutionary—and it still is. But the meme stock event in January 2021 challenged the...

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Vinod Jain

July 21, 2021

Data for Data Scientists

A data scientist’s dream is to get consistently clean, complete, accurate, and on-demand data sets—and in the form they can use. Data scientists measure and analyze multiple data sets including economic, social, market, environmental, and political information. Portfolio managers expect their data scientist teams to analyze large/disparate data sets within their models to provide the most...

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Vinod Jain