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One More Corporate Bond Electronic Trading Platform; Still None…
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Well Matilda, as if the universe of corporate bond electronic trading platforms isn’t crowded enough, despite clear signs of consolidation taking place for this still nascent stage industry (e.g. upstart Trumid’s recent acquisition of infant-stage Electronifie) , one more corporate bond e-trading platform has its cr0ss-hairs on the US market. The latest entrant is UK-based […] Read More

5 May, 2017
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Trump, Mnuchin, Russia & Estonia Share Common Bond: 1927…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
MarketsMuse Exclusive: The Trump-Russia-Estonia Government Bond connection, first disclosed three weeks ago by a MarketsMuse investigative report that linked US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to a cache of rare, $1000 USD denominated 1927 Estonian Govt bond certificates, has a new layer of intrigue. According to Trump White House sources, last week Estonian Finance Minister Sven Sester […] Read More

22 April, 2017
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Buy-Side Managers Say: Hooray for High-Touch
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
High-Touch or High-Tech? That is The Question.. Virtually any industry professional will acknowledge the now two-decade evolution of financial markets whereby the electronification of equity, options, currency and even fixed income markets has been the primary catapult for business models wrapped in high-tech trading services, trading software applications and niche offerings advanced by trade execution providers […] Read More

19 April, 2017
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Thiel-backed e-Bond Trading Platform Trumid Rolling Up w Electronifie;…
In Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
The notoriously fragmented universe of upstart electronic bond trading platforms that aim to address “the lack of liquidity” concerns voiced by institutional fund managers and deliver e-bond trading tools that enhance transparency and make trading fixed income products easier for buysiders is starting to consolidate. This week Trumid, founded in 2014 and funded by among others VC […] Read More

28 March, 2017
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Giving Credit When Due- IWD & Women on Wall…
In Fixed Income, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
Credit Markets Are More Than Just Selling Credit; Includes Giving Credit When Due: to The Women on Wall Street! MarketsMuse Fixed Income Curator Sara Abel spotlighted a superb salute to one of the top Women on Wall Street in connection with a bond issuance brought yesterday by Citigroup which was ‘dedicated to’ International Women’s Day […] Read More

14 March, 2017
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Trump SecTreas Mnuchin Wants to Cash In Cache of…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
So-called President Trump’s Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin is hoping to cash in on a cache of US $1000 dollar-denominated 1927 Republic of Estonia Bonds, according to credible sources who were privy to wire-tapped discussions between Mike Flynn, the one-time National Security Advisor to Donald Trump and Sergey Kislyak, the Russian Ambassador to the United […] Read More

11 March, 2017
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Institutional Investor 2017 Top 40 Trading Tech Top Guns
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
And The Winner Is….Institutional Investor Presents 2017 Top 40 Trading Tech Top Guns Who says trading technology wonks are under-appreciated within the context of recognition by industry followers? Certainly not MarketsMuse fintech curators, and definitely not Institutional Investor Magazine, which brings us their annual ranking of the top trading technologists on the planet. “The Trading […] Read More

9 March, 2017
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Interactive Brokers to Retreat From Options Market-Making
In People Profiles, Strike Price, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
(FinanceMagnate)–Electronic trading firm Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) aka “IB”has announced its plans to put an end to its options market making activities globally. The operations, which are conducted through the Timber Hill companies, are expected to be phased out over the coming months. The broker will continue carrying out certain trading activities in stocks […] Read More

9 March, 2017
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Will God Bless These Biblically-Responsible, Sin-Free ETFs?
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Curator
It didn’t take Michael Douglas aka Gordon Gekko to remind investors that Greed is Good or that Sin Stocks (aka Vice Stocks) have long been the traditional vehicle to benefit from this investing thesis. Those trafficking in Booze, Butts, the other kind of Butts, Betting, and Bullets (as well as companies within Warren Buffet’s Berkshire […] Read More

1 March, 2017
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Bitcoin Price Surge in Advance of SEC Decision to…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Curator
Speculators betting on the SEC approving the very first Bitcoin ETF listing helped push the price of the digital currency aka crytopcurrency to a record high in advance of a March 11 SEC meeting in which regulators are scheduled to determine whether the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF [proposed ticker NASDAQ:COIN] is fit for every day […] Read More

26 February, 2017
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Marijuana ETF Issuer Tokes On Listing-Trump SEC Head Could…
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
Let’s guess that more than 65% of ETF traders and investors have been clamoring for a marijuana ETF, but just when it seemed to be on the verge of happening, a bunch of folks sponsoring such an exchange-traded fund got hit with what could be a ‘bad high.’ The ink was barely dry on the […] Read More

24 February, 2017
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Finance Industry Vet Behind Non-Profit Borders.Org
In Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
Business Plans Without Borders aka Borders.org is a novel non-profit intended to provide wind in the sail for startups launched by immigrants, refugees and under-served inner-city entrepreneurs.  Created by long-time finance industry veteran Paul Azous, the altruistic initiative defies current political in-sensibilities and embraces the simple notion that small businesses are the lifeblood of a […] Read More

24 February, 2017
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A Fond Fairwell to Fintech Pioneer Neil DeSena
In People Profiles, Strike Price, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Those of us who have worked in and/or around the world of electronic trading for more than 15 minutes readily know about REDI, the ubiquitous direct access execution platform for stocks and options that was introduced by Spear Leeds & Kellogg in 1987 to its professional clearing customers, a universe that grew to thousands of […] Read More

20 February, 2017
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OTC Pink Sheet Rehabilitation-Listing Repair Services: Big Demand
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
OTC Pink Sheet Companies Need Rehab….With the stock markets percolating, book-runners across ECM syndicate desks are hopeful the backlog of pending IPOs will finally open. With that, a broad universe of Issuers are finding their way to OTC Markets and NASDAQ’s OTC Pink Tier. All good news, other than for some bad news for many […] Read More

16 February, 2017
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Trump Team Bungles Fiduciary Duty Rule Edict
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
Chaos is the active word to best describe the impact of President Trump’s team of executive order writers, evidenced not only by the contentious ‘ban on immigrant visas’, but also when considering the walk back within hours of the President thinking he had signed an executive order to white wash the long-planned Dept of Labor […] Read More

6 February, 2017
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Bats Europe Enables Direct Access for Buy-Side Managers
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
According to MarketsMuse market structure mavens, if you can say “dis-intermediate” five times in under 5 seconds, or if you can simply spell the word (without looking at this blog post), then “you’ll get the joke” i.e. exchange operator Bats Global Markets (acquired last year by CBOE for $3.2bil) is a disrupt-or. After sell-side firms […] Read More

3 February, 2017
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ETF Funds and Folks Nominated for 2016 Best Of…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Curator
The 2016 BEST ETF funds and People in the ETF industry...Each year, ETF.com and Inside ETFs orchestrate a list of Best Of-the top ETF funds and ETF industry players who have made the greatest positive impact on the industry and investors in exchange-traded funds. The nomination process and voting process is overseen by five of […] Read More

18 January, 2017
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Fintech, Fixed Income Trading & Fragmentation-Now a Private Placement…
In Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Fintech Fixed Income Trading & Fragmentation-What’s Next? A Venue for Private Placement Bonds & MTNs Despite the seeming oversupply of electronic bond trading initiatives, the convergence of fintech and fixed income trading continues to spawn new electronic trading start-ups, bringing the total industry count to 128 venues.  The latest player, dubbed “Origin Markets”, aims at […] Read More

12 January, 2017