Advanced Trading Platforms (Market Focus)

Introduction

As financial institutions battle with ongoing competitive pressures, there have been radical transformations in trading systems in global markets. Institutions are looking for advanced trading platform functionality in order to gain the ever important competitive advantage.

Scope

• Discusses current business trends in the US, Europe and Asia
• Examines the drivers leading to financial institutions demanding automated solutions

Highlights

The move to better manage executions has been prompted by a number of key factors. Firstly, competitive pressures in the market are causing margins to be eroded, thereby hitting top line growth figures and pushing cost driven strategies.

Sophisticated trading tools are rising in demand for lowering transaction costs, discovering hidden liquidity located amongst abundant data volumes and generating superior returns, whilst maintaining a view of risk management.

Algorithms provide a way for institutions to break down large orders into smaller lots to obtain the best possible price without significantly increasing the stock price. This solution is by no means exhaustive and must be cautiously managed.

Reasons to Purchase

• Learn about business drivers behind automation in the front office
• Understand the full trade flow and how algorithms can be used to achieve best execution
• Learn about how algorithms are being implemented across the globe and the various regional structural factors that are affecting implementation