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TradeTech 2019: The key takeaways
The rise of artificial intelligence and new data sets dominated discussions at this year’s conference, while Brexit casts a long shadow over future plans.
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Invesco’s head of trading rules out outsourcing equities trading, saying ‘nobody can do it better than us’
Asset manager says its experience, technology and size mean that outsourcing the equities trading desk is not on its radar.
‘We can’t do what we did 20 years ago’: AXA’s trading head sees need for AI and predictive analytics due to information overload
AXA’s global head of trading and securities financing says the asset manager will have to rely on AI and predictive analytics to give traders condensed information.
Industry slams regulatory ploy to shift trading volumes to lit venues
Market participants at TradeTech have agreed that trading volumes have failed to shift to lit venues under MiFID II, but the regulation has led to unintended positive developments in the form of periodic auctions.
Patience is a virtue when it comes to machine learning say experts
Industry experts talk down immediate results from machine learning and that there are no shortcuts to success.
‘Get away from the index’ Mark Mobius tells active managers in emerging markets
Emerging markets expert sees opportunity in active management and says now is the time to move away from the index.
Buy-side need to invest in alternative data to gain an informational edge
Speakers at this year's TradeTech conference laid out how buy-side firms can take advantage of untapped alternative data.
ELP SIs opening access to liquidity despite industry transparency issues
Market maker-run systematic internalisers are bedding in to market structures but transparency concerns are still lingering.
Demand for single-broker TCA dropping despite sell-side investment, says Citi market structure head
Despite buy-side citing use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) as a larger focus post-MiFID II, Citi's market structure head for EMEA says the bank is actually seeing the converse in action.
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Diverse trading skill sets essential for the buy-side desk, says BlackRock’s head of trading
Building a flexible, diverse skill set on the trading desk is essential to adapting to evolving market conditions and growing at scale says Supurna VedBrat.