Friday, April 4, 2025

FLASH FRIDAY

Flash Friday
FLASH FRIDAY: Looking Back at 2010 STANY Event

FLASH FRIDAY: Looking Back at 2010 STANY Event

Expect to see fewer ties at this year's conference compared with 15 years ago.

FEATURED

Traders Feature

Building the Future: How Citadel Securities is Shaping Miami’s Finance Scene

Rodrigo Parada Valencia, COO of US Options Market Making, says the Magic City offers a wide variety of lifestyle and professional opportunities.

LATEST NEWS

Global Spending On Financial Market Data Rose 6.4% in 2024

Burton Taylor report shows growth decelerated by about half from the year-earlier period.

Bloomberg Elevates Front Office Efficiency With Real-Time Events Data 

Market event feeds that extract and normalize data from unstructured sources in real time.

STANY’s 89th Markets Conference Offers Insights, Innovation, and Networking

STANY CEO Kim Unger shares insights on what to expect at the April 7 event.

Corporates Focus on FX Risk Management Amid Growing Geopolitical Uncertainty

The U.S. administration's shifting policies and rising trade tensions are underlying factors.

OCC March 2025 Monthly Volume Data

Q1 total volume increased 21% from the year-earlier period.

DTCC Announces New Platform for Tokenized Real-time Collateral Management

Platform marks industry-first use of AppChain financial infrastructure to support institutional decentralized finance.

Trading Success: Flexibility is Key 

Quod Financial's Medan Gabbey envisions a trading ecosystem with free-flowing data, integrated workflows, and evolving infrastructure.

Retail Investors Reshape Options Trading

With access to powerful tools and data, retail investors are executing sophisticated options strategies.

Interactive Brokers Launches Prediction Markets in Canada

Contracts will cover outcomes of economic data releases, political decisions, and climate trends.

TECH TUESDAY

TECH TUESDAY: Why I’m Not Freaking Out…Yet!

Recent market gyrations have been driven by survival instinct in the modern economic savannah, Nasdaq's Kevin Davitt writes.

Commentary

Futures are Back

Futures are Back
By Peter Snasdell, Senior Vice President, Devexperts

ON THE MOVE

BUYSIDE

Market Uncertainty? Four Benefits of Indexes as a Tool for Investors

Market Uncertainty? Four Benefits of Indexes as a Tool for Investors
By Kirsten Wegner, CEO, Index Industry Association

BlackRock Debuts Public-Private Model Portfolios

BlackRock Debuts Public-Private Model Portfolios
Aim is to simplify and enhance advisors’ ability to allocate across public and private markets.

Liquidnet Reviews Next Innovation of SuperBlock Matching

Liquidnet Reviews Next Innovation of SuperBlock Matching
Aim is to help buy-side firms with their larger and more difficult trades.

Climbing the Ranks: Carrie Benz’s Career Built on Opportunity and Innovation

Climbing the Ranks: Carrie Benz’s Career Built on Opportunity and Innovation
Janus Henderson Global Investments COO discusses industry shifts shaping the future of asset management.

REGULATION

SEC Votes to End Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules

Acting Chairman Uyeda said the Commission will no longer defend "costly and unnecessarily intrusive climate change disclosure rules."

Atkins’ SEC Chair Confirmation Hearing Scheduled for March 27: Equities Outlook

By Khody Azmoon, CEO and Co-founder, BLOX Markets

Eliminating All PII from CAT

By Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA

RETAIL REPORT

Dynasty Financial Collaborates With Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions will be a preferred custodian for Dynasty’s Independent RIA Network.

Robinhood Launches Prediction Markets Hub

Initial rollout will include contracts on the target fed funds rate and college basketball tournament outcomes.

Brokerage

Larry Fink’s 2025 Investor Letter: Unlocking Private Markets

BlackRock CEO notes a mismatch between the demand for investment and the capital available from traditional sources.

Archax Establishes US Base with Broker-Dealer Acquisition

UK-based digital and traditional asset exchange, broker and custodian has purchased Globacap Private Markets.

Trading Technologies Muscles Into FX

Technology platform provider is leveraging its distribution network to gain traction in a growing market.

Market Data as a Service: Unlocking Cost Savings for Trading Firms 

By Cia Fatemi, Global Head of Sales, Market Data Services, Transaction Network Services

Wall Street Bonus Pool Reaches Record

The average bonus paid to employees in New York City’s securities industry was $245K last year.

Digital Assets

The Road to Digital Asset Securities: What’s Driving Adoption and Innovation

The transition from traditional electronic markets to digital asset securities is actively reshaping market infrastructure.

Kraken Introduces Colocation Service

The service is designed for fairness, accessibility and high speed execution.

24/7 Trading: Are Markets Ready?

Panelists at FIA Boca examined the expansion of global trading hours.

Tokenization Could Save Asset Managers $135 Billion

Tokenization could eliminate long-standing inefficiencies in fund issuance, administration, and distribution.

UBS Whitepaper Advocates for Blockchain-Driven Capital Markets

Bank proposes a hybrid model that blends traditional and decentralized finance.

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