COVID-19 has boosted institutional demand for technology solutions that enable outsourcing and automation.

With Mark Davies, Co-founder and CEO, S3

Invesco survey shows more than half of institutional investors expect most ESG investments to be in passive products by 2025.

Trading-technology provider stays focused on transparency, execution quality, and analytics.

By Don Steinbrugge, Founder & CEO, Agecroft Partners

By Travis Schwab, CEO, Eventus Systems

Periodic auctions offer an on-exchange alternative for executing block trades and attracting natural interest.

R3 and Nasdaq collaborate to ensure the technology is user-friendly for market participants.

Exec says a half-dozen of the largest FX liquidity providers are on the platform already.

Firm aggregates liquidity from more than 22 fixed income trading venues, into one desktop application.

Regulators are concerned adding Refinitiv will give LSEG too much concentration in electronic bond trading.

Vontobel research shows companies with more diverse boards generate more earnings per share growth.

Portfolio trading enables an institution to buy or sell up to hundreds of individual bonds in one shot.

Firms need to have the right data to determine the unique factors that generate alpha.

Exchange operator is introducing options on its popular micro E-mini equity futures.

With Bill Bierds, President and CBDO, BCC Group, and Bill Fenick, VP Enterprise, Interxion

By Jonathan Rick, Director of Research, Tradeweb

CEO Larry Fink cites advantages in technology, cost, price discovery, transparency and liquidity.

Early indications are that data quality is high and the vast majority of reports are passing validation.

By Phil Mackintosh, Chief Economist, Nasdaq

By Adam Gould, Head of U.S. Equities, Tradeweb