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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
(FLASH FRIDAY is a weekly content series looking at the past, present and future of capital markets trading and technology. FLASH FRIDAY is sponsored by Instinet, a Nomura company.)As automation continues to redefine equity trading, industry professionals are increasingly focused on a more nuanced question: not whether discretionary traders still matter, but how their roles are evolving alongside algorithmic systems.
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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
The next generation of managers—from newly launched funds to maturing multi-strat platforms—requires more from their trading partners than just execution, according to Andy Volz, Chief Commercial Officer, Clear Street. “The industry has reached an inflection point. Outsourced trading must now provide strategic insight, operational leverage and real-time technology,” he told Traders Magazine.
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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
Global derivatives markets are experiencing a transformative moment in 2025, driven by a powerful combination of heightened volatility and structural innovation. With trading volumes hitting record highs in the first half of the year, market participants are turning to advanced technologies—particularly generative AI and tokenization—to help manage operational complexity and scale for continued growth.
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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
As the Global Head of Asset Servicing at BNY, Emily Portney stands at the helm of a business that anchors the global investment ecosystem. With a career that spans investment banking, CFO leadership, and now one of the most critical operational roles in financial services, Portney brings a unique blend of strategic foresight and operational depth.
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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
Morgan Ralph has joined Clear Street as Head of Outsourced Trading to lead the outsourced trading platform, a recently launched initiative. Ralph has deep expertise in trading solutions and joins Clear Street from UBS, where he led business development and platform management for the outsourced trading business. Previously, he helped launch the outsourced trading offering at State Street Global Markets, serving as Head of Business Development for the Americas.
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1 week ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
Morgan Ralph has joined Clear Street as Head of Outsourced Trading to lead the outsourced trading platform, a recently launched initiative. Ralph has deep expertise in trading solutions and joins Clear Street from UBS, where he led business development and platform management for the outsourced trading business. Previously, he helped launch the outsourced trading offering at State Street Global Markets, serving as Head of Business Development for the Americas.
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2 weeks ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
At Consensus 2025 in Toronto, CoinDesk’s longest-running event, the conversation surrounding cryptocurrency was less about market movements and more about momentum in Washington. During Nasdaq TradeTalks with host Jill Malandrino, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and CEO of AlphaPoint, Igor Telyatnikov both emphasized that legislative clarity is now the most critical factor in determining crypto’s future as a mainstream financial asset class.
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2 weeks ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS), an institutional brokerage firm based in Dallas, has strategically strengthened its position within the commission recapture and commission management market by acquiring the Plan Sponsor Services business from TD Securities. The deal, which became effective on April 1, 2025, represents a pivotal move in CAPIS’ expansion plans, furthering its capabilities in serving institutional clients such as pension funds, endowments, foundations, and mutual funds.
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2 weeks ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
Institutional FX trading firms are accelerating investment in advanced technologies as they prepare for rising volumes and increasingly fragmented liquidity, according to a new report by Acuiti in partnership with Avelacom. The study, titled FX Trading in 2025: Growth Amid Fragmentation, AI and the Shift to Direct Connectivity, found that 82% of survey respondents expect spot FX trading volumes to increase over the next 12 months.
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2 weeks ago | 
tradersmagazine.com | Anna Lyudvig
At his first SEC Speaks conference as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul S. Atkins delivered a sweeping and assertive address, outlining a bold, innovation-centric vision for the agency’s future. With a firm, pragmatic tone and a clear message to both regulators and the financial industry, Atkins signaled the beginning of a new era—one that seeks to support, rather than suppress, innovation in the capital markets.
