Q&A - Ali Pichvai

The managing director of trading technology provider Quod Financial talks about multi-asset trading and how this technique can benefit both buy and sell sides

Q: Multi-asset trading: what is it and why is it important?

A: Multi-asset trading can be defined simply as the ability to trade different asset classes on the same system. There are many platforms on the market that incorporate multiple asset classes onto one screen, so this is not a radically new phenomenon. Going one step further, however, the trend of cross-asset trading is only now starting to gain momentum. The distinction here is not simply the ability to trade different asset classes