Key themes

Key themes

Distilling the opportunities for cost saving into six key themes

Automation
  • Small trades
  • Next-gen automated trading
  • Algo wheels
  • Stock picking
  • Backtesting quant strategies
  • Trade documentation
  • Trade settlement
  • Client reporting
     
Best execution
  • What is best ex?
  • Timestamps        
  • TCA
  • Clobs vs streams
  • Blocks, portfolio, lists
  • C2C trading/P2P netting
  • Buy side central risk books
  • Dealer APIs
People and organisation
  • Training and skills
  • Offshoring
  • Outsourced execution
  • Outsourced PB / clearing / custody
  • Agile tech dev
  • Total cost of ownership model
Software and systems
  • EOMS
  • Desktop interop
  • In-house connectivity
  • In-house and 3rd-party connectivity
Post-trade
  • FCM costs
  • Collateral optimisation
  • UMR threshold
  • The future of settlement
  • Regulatory reporting
Supplier savings
  • Symphony vs Bloomberg
  • DIY indexes / benchmarking
  • Smarter use of research
  • Capture and use own data