TORA, a provider of industry leading trading technology, has integrated its order and execution management system (OEMS) with global institutional investment network, Liquidnet’s IA Trader.
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Although DirectBooks is keeping its cards close to its chest, Liquidnet has revealed it will help by applying natural language processing (NLP) to communications between buy and sell-side firms through the application of machine learning tools, thereby taking the unstructured data and making it structured. Constantinos Antoniades, Head of Fixed Income at Liquidnet, explains.
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Today’s news marks the official launch of Liquidnet’s third business, Investment Analytics (IA).
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Liquidnet has won the best agency broker category in this year’s Waters Rankings. Decided exclusively by WatersTechnology’s readers, Liquidnet was recognized for its recent investments in its data and analytics portfolio, and several prominent leadership changes to drive its technology, analytics and equities strategies.
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FlexTrade Systems, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, announces direct availability of Liquidnet’s Targeted Invitations in its multi-asset trading blotter for equities.
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Liquidnet is set to launch a new service to help money managers unearth hard-to-find information which could affect investment decisions. Investment Analytics will rely on AI to analyze financial reports and earnings calls. Vicky Sanders was appointed Global Head of IA at the end of January. Larry Tabb, founder of TABB Group, said combining the technologies in Liquidnet's recent acquisitions could make for a ‘powerful package'.
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The rise of passive investing and trading algorithms is amplifying the daily closing auction on stock exchanges, creating a shift in the rhythm of daily trading on stock markets in Europe. A Liquidnet report suggests the proportion of each day's dealings done in these closing auctions rose to a record 25% in Q4 2019, up from 17% in Q1. This reflects shifts in market structure such as the rise of passive equity investing through ETFs.
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Institutional investors in Asia have begun 2020 much more active in the financial markets than the second half of last year. Lee Porter, Head of APAC at Liquidnet, said investors are looking for trading opportunities as subsiding geopolitical worries have increased volatility. January was Liquidnet’s second-best month in Asia since operations began in 2007.
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In a series of articles looking at the challenges facing the financial services industry over the next decade, Financial News asked London senior decision-makers whether a global or UK recession is likely in 2020. Mark Pumfrey, Global Head of Equities and Head of Liquidnet EMEA, said it seems unlikely that there will be a let-up in economic nationalism. Tariffs and higher prices could therefore restrict economic growth.
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Traders are arguing that if a single desk can trade all liquid instruments for an asset manager, it could see significant cost and process efficiencies. A 2018 report found that buy-side firms with a centralized desk have a number of low-touch orders to which traders cannot add value. Constantinos Antoniades, Head of Fixed Income at Liquidnet, says currently only some asset managers split high-touch and low-touch flows.
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