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IN-DEPTH 40
Reviving research
As the AMF in France looks to revive the declining
research market in Europe under unbundling, The
TRADE finds out that providers who can supply
high-quality ESG research could be the winners of
an upcoming review of MiFID II.
Leveling up 58
The best bad idea ever 64
SURVEY 73
As a new decade begins, The TRADE looks at
how the role of the buy- and sell-side trader has
evolved since the flash crash of 2010, and finds
that while the buy-side has levelled up with
brokers, progression has not always been smooth.
Stock links and connects are highly contrived and
usually unnecessary, but when they are needed,
they tend to work well.
The 2020 Algorithmic
Trading Survey
The long-only results of The TRADE’s 2020
Algorithmic Trading Survey show that dark pool
access remains a key focus for asset managers, as
providers see largest jump in score in connecting
the buy-side to dark liquidity.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Front offices must evolve to
achieve alpha in passive era
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Ed Gouldstone, COO for Northern Europe at
Linedata Asset Management, outlines three areas
where active managers and hedge funds can
deploy technology in the front-offices to achieve a
market edge.
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