Latest special reports and features
Transparency in service provider ratings
ServiceMatrix has published service quality ratings in Securities Services, Foreign Exchange and Pre-trade/Trading based on evaluation of 20+ service providers. Some of the world's most prestigious financial institutions have engaged directly with the new platform for meaningful, transparent...
Success comes from letting go
The traditional operating model for in-house middle and back offices has become unsustainable for brokers and dealers – bulge-bracket firms need to simplify, while all players need to strip out costs, reduce risk and boost transparency. Outsourcing processes and systems offers a panacea,...
China Stock Connect three years old
The trading link between the Hong Kong and Shanghai bourses celebrates its third birthday tomorrow. Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect brought China a controlled mechanism to open up its capital markets. Mutual access between the Mainland and Hong Kong stock markets was subsequently expanded with the...
Serenity from Sibos
The word 'serenity' is not one that might immediately associated with the annual organized mayhem that is the Sibos gathering. But it is one that Eric de Nexon, Head of Strategy for Market Infrastructures at Societe Generale Securities Services, deployed almost immediately when discussing...
