US corporate bond trading automation pegged as key technology priority for 2024, finds report

With trading volumes for US corporate bonds up 34% year-on-year, the only feasible way to meet this demand is to price and quote bonds faster than a human could via point-and-click, finds Coalition Greenwich report. By Wesley Bray Building on top of the increased electronification of the US corporate bond market over the past decade, trading…

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The DESK: Systematic trading

The DESK discusses effective systematic trading, the benefits to end investors, and the skills needed to create and run systematic workflows with Chris Minck, BlackRock’s EMEA head of systematic execution, and Meredith Herold, CEO of BlackRock execution services and global head of systematic execution.  Operations 1. What are the precursors to effective systematic trading in…

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Beyond the Data: Algo providers successfully address hedge funds’ cost concerns but execution performance is declining

In the build up to the 2024 iteration of The TRADE’s Algorithmic Trading Survey, Hedge Funds, Claudia Preece takes a deeper look at last year’s findings which saw execution performance experience the largest year-over-year decline in terms of ratings from users of any category, falling 1.60, while ‘better pricing’ jumped from 7.36 to 8.25. By Claudia Preece…

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