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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

February 15, 2023

The Cloud and Capital Markets: Tomorrow’s Leaders Will Leverage Today’s Cloud for Growth

“The Cloud.” The term conjures up images of a utopian technology world. A plug-and-play technology stack where applications, data, and workflow integrate seamlessly. But dropping a single application into the cloud doesn’t solve the challenges of legacy code or connectivity with disparate applications with various reference databases and integration formats. As a result, the realities to date...

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Gavin Little-Gill

January 18, 2023

Aligning Business, Technology, and Operating Models to Thrive in an Evolving Competitive Landscape

Changing product dynamics, fee compression, geopolitical unrest, weaponization of commodities, and an aggressive regulatory agenda have been recurring drivers in the capital markets industry. As the broader capital markets ecosystem enters 2023, it is tempting to think the same long-term trends will shape the coming year, and perhaps they will. But Aite-Novarica Group believes there are more...

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Gavin Little-Gill

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 22, 2022

Will “Dark Green” Funds Be the Last Ones Standing in Europe?

Recent data shows that in the first nine months of 2022, investors in Europe favored “dark green” investment funds with specific sustainable investment objectives over those that broadly integrate or promote environmental, social, and governance (ESG) characteristics. The EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) lays out three categories for investment funds to identify with...

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Adler Smith

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

November 1, 2022

The Evolved Front-to-Back Tech Operating Model: The Industry's Final Destination

Investment firms designing their technology stack historically had a choice: best-of-breed or integrated solutions. Best-of-breed applications offered strong functionality, but firms struggled with integration, upgrades, adding new functionality, and an exponential increase in cost and complexity that often left them stuck on legacy and unsupported versions of software. Alternatively,...

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Paul Sinthunont

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

August 10, 2022

Hedge Funds Demand More Customization Capabilities and Deeper Dark Aggregation

In 2021, the hedge fund industry posted double digit returns for the second year in a row, but not everything was rosy. According to the Barclays Hedge Fund Index, hedge funds returned 10.22% in 2021, significantly lagging the S&P 500, which posted a 26.89% return over the same period. Last year’s performance was truly nonlinear, punctuated by disparate returns across strategies. Managing...

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Adler Smith

July 21, 2022

The Great Resignation and Resulting Talent Gap

The Great Resignation—a phenomenon in which an unprecedented number of employees worldwide quit their jobs over the past few years—has ushered in novel ways of thinking about workplace culture. Employees are prioritizing a better work-life balance, remote and hybrid options, and higher pay. Many companies have sought to adapt to these shifting expectations, but a talent gap—or labor shortage—...

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Gabrielle Inhofe