Trading platforms

Algo trading to double, says Eurex

"The rise in activity of algorithmic traders is impressive, and it’s changing the nature of electronic trading,” said Andreas Preuss, chief executive of Eurex, a Frankfurt-based futures and options exchange that is jointly operated by Deutsche Börse and…

Gauging the MiFID effect

Despite uncertainty over its exact implementation, the EU's Markets in Financial Services Directive is set to utterly transform the financial services industry. Paul Kennedy says those firms that prepare for change now will fare best in the new landscape

Coping with complexity

The demand for risk-based technology has never been higher due to changing business practices, growing regulatory burdens and burgeoning demand for cross-asset class products. But new entrants can still gain market share in niche areas.

More IT for MiFID

MiFID's success hinges on IT prospects, write Choongo Moonga and Phil Craig . But many in the industry are balking at the costs involved

MiFID: the race to comply

The EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive has been described as one of the most far-reaching overhauls of the financial industry ever. But with Basel II dominating the headlines, few firms have yet started to prepare in earnest for the 2007…

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