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Asia FinTech Funding Initiative 2x That of US and…
In Global Macro Strategy, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Latest Chinese Fintech FOF Completes Raise of 10-billion-yuan (US $1.8b) as Asia fintech funding continues to eclipse North America and EU allocation to financial technology initiatives.. (Econotimes.com) 28 December 2016- In a move to advance China as a financial and technology hub, Asia FinTech FOF, a foundation that aims to seek investment opportunities and fuel […] Read More

28 December, 2016
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2016 Top Fintech Financiers According to Institutional Investor
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Identifying the top fintech financiers is no easy task these days. It seems like only yesterday when MarketsMuse curators were among the first to advance the phrase “fintech” in the course of profiling startups seeking to disrupt the financial services sect, many of which have been led by sell-side veterans who made their best trades building […] Read More

16 November, 2016
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Buy-Side Beefs Up Use of ETF Products; They Finally…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
ETF product use among the Buy-Side is no longer viewed as “just a portfolio re-balance or transition management tool,”  according to a survey of the investment industry’s largest portfolio managers. More PMs than ever are finally ‘getting the joke’ with regard to the value proposition of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), according to a recent report by […] Read More

4 November, 2016
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Veteran-Owned Broker-Dealer Pays Tribute to Veterans Day
In Fixed Income, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
Veteran-Owned Minority Broker-Dealer Mischler Financial Group Makes 2016 Veterans Day Month Pledge Courtesy of MarketsMedia – Stamford, CT & Newport Beach, CA –Veterans Day is observed by Americans each year on November 11; the day that is dedicated to honoring and extending our gratitude to the millions of men and women who have served within […] Read More

3 November, 2016
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What’s Next? Buy-Side Traders Plot To Embrace Market-Making
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
For exchange-based specialists, prop floor traders and upstairs sell-side market-makers, the notion of buy-side traders putting on the hat of risk-taking market-making is a head scratcher. Sure, there’s a cadre of hedge fund wonks who have interned on a sell-side trading desk, then moved up to Greenwich to grab a slot at one of the […] Read More

28 October, 2016
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Bond Boy Rutter Adds Tackling UST HFT to List…
In Fixed Income, People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Nobody can accuse veteran government bond market broker and fintech poster boy David Rutter of being single-minded. The former Prebon Yamane exec, who later migrated to inter-dealer broker ICAP where he became of head of electronic trading, then did a stint as CEO of fixed income and FX platform BrokerTec, and who more recently has […] Read More

17 October, 2016
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Insurance Co PMs Getting The Memo: ETF Products Make…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Curator
Insurance Co PMs are increasingly getting  “the memo” : Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Make Sense.. (Pensions & Investments) Exchange-traded funds have permeated almost every corner of the financial markets, but insurance companies have primarily kept their distance. That may be changing. Though several U.S. insurers have navigated the $2.4 trillion ETF marketplace through variable-annuity products, integration […] Read More

4 October, 2016
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Circus Comes To Town-Global Macro Guru Heads to Hofstra
In Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
MarketsMuse inhouse political pundits are headed to Hempstead, NY, home of Hofstra University where the Circus Comes to Town disguised as the first tranche of 2016 US Presidential debates. While our inhouse politicos battle the LIE rush hour traffic in effort to get a ring-side seat for the Ringling Bros Bake-Off circus, our curators pass […] Read More

26 September, 2016
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FinTech Fever Spreads Across Globe; Government-Sponsored Investments Surge
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
FinTech Fever is spreading across the globe, as government-sponsored and regional private equity investments in financial technology startups and fast-growing initiatives is becoming the cool kid place-to-be. MarketsMuse fintech curators profile a crisp selection of this week’s latest stories out of London, Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, India and Russia.. Abu Dhabi Financial Services Regulatory Authority Bets […] Read More

26 September, 2016
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Land of Rising Sun Embraces FinTech Sector; Japan’s Biggest…
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
The FinTech Sector is red hot now in Japan as Land of Rising Sun Banks now looking to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into fintech start-ups after the abolition of a law that prevented them from owning more than 5 per cent of a technology company. (FT) 25 September The changes are part of […] Read More

26 September, 2016
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What’s Next? Reuters Gets Redi; EMS Icon Acquired by…
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Reuters execs say “Why build an expensive EMS platform to integrate with your buy-side focused analytics platform when you can buy one that already has captive customers?” If it’s the right price, then the answer  would seem to favor Buy v Build! That is apparently the calculus of market data provider  Thomson Reuters, which just […] Read More

23 September, 2016
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Options Mart CBOE Rumored to Merge with BATS Exchange
In ETF News, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Curator
Following a decade of new exchange launches, which led to a series of aggressive fee competition to attract order flow and elevated the ‘pay-for-order-flow’ game, the more current trend towards consolidation, fueled by an industry-wide race to zero fees and commissions is sparking rumors that the CBOE and BATS are planning to marry..This on the […] Read More

23 September, 2016
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Land of the Rising None; Fed is Fed Up…
In Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Curator
The Fed is Fed Up re Rates Talk…or at least they must be, according to MarketsMuse pundits who have frequently guessed wrong within the context of how much and when the FOMC will decide to upend the current interest rate regime and return to normal. Below excerpt is courtesy of expert debt capital market commentary […] Read More

22 September, 2016
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If History Is Any Guide-Sell Every Rally, Now! Says…
In Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
If History is Any Guide….more than one “markets muse” should be running for cover, faster than if they found themselves strolling the streets of NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood this past Saturday evening. And, one global macro muse is extending that warning.. Stock market technicians, i.e. those who hang their hats on technical analysis and the notion […] Read More

19 September, 2016
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Virtu Says NO to Corporate Bond ETF Market-Making
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Virtu Says NO to Corporate Bond ETF risk-taking; Top Market-Maker Opines “Unable to Hedge ETF Constituents Due To Limited Liqudity” During the better part of three years, MarketsMuse Fixed Income curators have often pointed to concerns expressed by market professionals who argue that the unfettered growth of corporate bond ETFs are masking the inevitable likelihood […] Read More

19 September, 2016
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What’s Next? A Blockchain-Powered ATS for Equities
In People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
“What’s Next? Well, for those familiar with Patrick Byrne, the controversial and innovative founder of Overstock.com, one of the first online retailers to embrace the use of bitcoins, it should not be a surprise that Overstock’s chief honcho would ‘get the joke’ and realize its all about the underlying technology that powers cryptocurrency applications, known […] Read More

9 September, 2016
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What’s Next? A Fintech ETF!
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Curator
Just when you were about to ask “What’s the next type of exchange-traded fund that nobody else has come up with?, PureFunds has launched a fintech ETF! If you’re not familiar with the phrase ‘fintech’, you’re likely not qualified to put assets into this latest exchange-traded fund that specializes in one of the hottest trends-financial […] Read More

1 September, 2016
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Strong Demand For Yield-Outsize Demand For IG Corporate Bonds
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Curator
MarketsMuse Fixed Income Curators have been keeping tabs on the seemingly insatiable and outsize demand for yield and in particular, the demand for IG Corporate Bonds aka  investment grade corporate debt. With that, we roll to opening excerpt of Aug 9 notes from “Quigley’s Corner”, the financial industry award-winning commentary produced by Ron Quigley, Head […] Read More

10 August, 2016