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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
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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