Trading Systems
47 white papers and resources
Trading Systems
COVID-19 and LIBOR Transition: Taking a Market-led Approach
This white paper examines regulatory pronouncements with regard to COVID-19 impacts on LIBOR transition plans and recommends how financial institutions must continue LIBOR project execution, in parallel with their business-as-usual activities.
Cloud: The future of FX trading
This whitepaper details the key trends set to impact the institutional FX markets in 2021 and beyond, using research conducted by FX Markets and Integral with heads of FX trading and senior FX managers around the globe. The paper explores how 2020 has changed and accelerated trading and workflow…
The LIBOR transition: current challenges on the long road to resolution
The transition away from the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) represents one of the most fundamental changes in the history of capital markets. With a mere 14 months until the publication of LIBOR is due to cease (at the end of 2021), serious questions remain. In this report, Acuiti analyses…
Institutional ETF trading: 4th annual global institutional ETF trading survey report
This report presents the findings from Risk.net’s fourth annual global ETF trading survey, commissioned by Jane Street. It includes responses from 285 institutional investors, as well as qualitative interviews from six buy-side firms.
EDM client case study: Managing SRI-ESG data
This case study reveals how Mirabaud Asset Management is using IHS Markit’s Enterprise Data Management (EDM) platform to establish a strong foundation for the its long-term SRI-ESG (socially-responsible / environmental, social and governance investing) strategy. This includes empowering Mirabaud’s…
Equity Life Cycle Management
The equity swaps market has an inefficient, labour-intensive, and manual T+N affirmation process – particularly during reset periods. Buy-side and sell-side participants face uncertainty around settlements, with delays identifying and fixing breaks in a timely manner. This video showcases a…
LIBOR: The use and benefits of an index for RFRs in cash products
This whitepaper explores the complications caused by the changes in interest calculations when using RFRs and how they can be addressed through use of an index. This paper explores the complications and how they can be addressed through use of an index.
SPAN-2: enhanced margining framework
SPAN has been the industry standard for margining for decades. In recent years, the demands on margin methodologies have increased due to the growth in the diversity and complexity of products and the greater need for portfolio and capital efficiency driven by regulatory change.
As Covid‑19 impacts the autocallables business, solutions to navigate new challenges are crucial
As the Covid‑19 pandemic has severely impacted derivatives activity, the importance of a software solution for autocallables has been underscored.
Moving forward with Libor transition and Ibor reform
This report provides a guide to figuring out what is at stake with Libor and other interbank offered rates (Ibors). It addresses the challenges and risks, the development of alternative data or reference rates, and begins the process of replacing Libor well ahead of the expected end-2021 deadline.