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Retail trading volumes reached record levels in 2023, accounting for roughly 23 per cent of global trading volumes in one week during Q1 2023. Below, GreySpark explores the reasons for surging retail trading interest, and pinpoints how financial institutions can capitalise on this growing trend (link in comments).

Financial firms’ digital infrastructures continue to increase in complexity, in part because some elements of the trade process are outsourced to third parties, and in part because trading depends on a wide variety of technologies. Consequently, it is essential that firms monitor all critical systems, data flows and processes to detect, respond to, and recover from any emerging issues that might threaten or interrupt their ability to operate. In this article, GreySpark and ITRS explore the pitfalls firms can face when they fail to comprehensively monitor market data in real-time and what can be done to avoid them. To read the full article, please click: https://lnkd.in/eHVfQDTD #marketdata #marketdatamonitoring #monitoring

Fulfilling FCA requirements for algorithmic trading remains a challenge for financial institutions. In a recent engagement, GreySpark Partners enabled its client, a large financial institution, to fulfill these regulatory requirements by providing a gap analysis, after which the client was able to plan and undertake remediation activities. To learn more about how we did this, take a look at our Substack article below (link in comments).

Last week, GreySpark Partners spoke to Markets Media Group about current short selling trends in the capital markets industry. Record levels of short selling by traders across the globe is coming at a time when illegal short selling practices are increasingly under the regulatory microscope. The full article can be viewed at: https://lnkd.in/ex6ZDNnz Additional coverage can be found via our Substack platform (link in comments). #HongKong #ShortSelling #InTheNews #PriceDrops #Regulator #GlobalTrading

Last week, GreySpark Partners spoke to Markets Media Group about current short selling trends in the capital markets industry. Record levels of short selling by traders across the globe is coming at a time when illegal short selling practices are increasingly under the regulatory microscope. The full article can be viewed at: https://lnkd.in/ex6ZDNnz Additional coverage can be found via our Substack platform (link in comments). #HongKong #ShortSelling #InTheNews #PriceDrops #Regulator #GlobalTrading

The definition of investment risk has evolved significantly this decade, with investors increasingly factoring in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) attributes of a company as part of their investment analysis processes. A fresh approach to this is harnessing the power of generative AI, which can quantify the ESG impact of a firm by providing a dollar-weighted risk-return profile and provide sentiment analysis that goes beyond traditional methods. To learn more about, take a look at our latest Substack article (link in comments).

The UK's transition to a T+1 trade settlement period is gaining momentum. This structural shift should reduce market and counterparty risks, improve liquidity and crucially, bring the UK into alignment with the US market, which transitioned to a shortened T+1 settlement period in May 2024. To learn more about how this will impact the UK's capital market, take a look at our latest Substack article (link in comments).

This week, a key development has taken place in the journey toward institutional adoption of cryptoassets. Find out more on our Substack page below.

Interesting piece recently published by our Capital Markets Intelligence unit

Created to escape the centralisation and control of financial intermediaries, the cryptoasset industry is, ironically, now one of the main developments in capital markets. 2024 has seen growing institutionalisation and maturation of the sector, which is apparent in the rising institutional cryptoasset trading volumes seen this year. Below, GreySpark takes a closer look at the factors driving these higher institutional cryptoasset trading volumes. https://lnkd.in/e_6GgiVq