FT Alphaville’s main takeaways from the secretive trading firm’s bond prospectus
Sector pushes to harness latest tech tools as competition from hedge funds intensifies
Move by Alex Gerko’s market maker bucks trend among financial firms to outsource to Big Tech
Miami-based market maker’s shift shows developing relationship between Big Tech and financial markets
The US takes a big step to a shorter settlement cycle for securities trade this year and Europe needs to catch up
We’re all just its counterparties
Plus, Sony gets cold feet on an Indian mega-deal and Blackstone pitches billion-dollar buyouts to millionaires
$7.4bn software company at heart of Silicon Valley accused of trying to trade customers’ shares without consent
CEO of investor tracking group blames rogue employee for soliciting sale of stock in start-ups
Small-cap stocks affected in incidents that appear identical to glitch in October
Online trading platforms and blockchain ledger technology are transforming the way people save and invest. Here, FT journalists explain the potential of these new developments in the retail and institutional financial services industry Supported by Infosys
The technology has yet to make significant inroads into the traditional banking sector
Incident means investors limited to trading shares in FTSE 100 and 250 indices and depositary receipts
Exchange operator in talks with UK government and regulators over new trading venue
Jane Street beset by toxic flow
Smaller, faster, stronger, better?
Diamond Standard creates bars and coins of measured values of gems but faces hurdles to launch futures contract and ETF
Thumping electronic beats
Feeds are suddenly cut under new regulations, prompting traders to rely on chat rooms to set prices
Eighty-one stocks ‘erroneously’ had short-selling restrictions applied to them
Features such as celebratory messages could lead amateur investors to take high-risk bets, says FCA
The $3bn Active Bond ETF uses a combination of electronic trading and the ‘human touch’
Clearinghouses rule everything around us
The complications of testing algorithmic trading strategies for extraordinary times.
Regulators clamp down on ‘payment for order flow’ and a lack of carbon offset disclosure. Plus: Traditional and digital exchanges compete for crypto futures trading, and the EU seeks to unify its fragmented trading venues with live databases
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