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Necessity is the mother of invention: Covid catalysed creativity in capital markets
The idea that market makers, as electronic liquidity providers, are some kind of offshoot in liquidity provision has finally been put to bed during the recent pandemic. The market making community is becoming an increasingly large part of capital markets; a...
Meet the Institutional Trader, Tom Murphy (Maven Securities)
What is a typical day like for you? A typical day for a trader involves a fairly early start. For me, this is just before 6am. I study what happened overnight, particularly in the US and Asia, before the European markets open. So when I arrive in the office, I...
Certainty amidst uncertainty: How the Covid-19 pandemic catalysed a paradigm shift for market makers
Interview with Piebe Teeboom, Secretary General at FIA European Principal Traders Association (FIA EPTA) Q. FIA EPTA’s latest thought leadership report, Liquidity in the Time of Covid explores how the Covid-19 pandemic changed the role and reputation of...
Lockdown restrictions liberated market making firms to reap the benefits of difference
Interview with Ian Firla, Head of Innovation, OSTC Ltd. Q. The #WeAreMarketMakers campaign has been launched to help the world to better understand who market makers are and what they do. As a senior figure within a global market making firm, what would you want...
Paradigm shift as market makers take center-stage
Paradigm shift as market makers take center-stage in European liquidity provision during Covid-19 pandemic New research report reveals independent market making firms becoming trusted partners to European buy-side after stepping up to support institutional...