The job is not particularly glamorous, a fact that is hardly compensated for by the pay. Nonetheless, Edward McNicholas has seen the future. In it, he is standing in a pit at the Chicago Board of ...

With an increasing number of buy-side firms turning to outsourced trading providers in recent years, Hayley McDowell finds out how providers really operate and differ from agency brokers, and examines ...

Outsourced trading desks may look similar on the surface, but the wiring underneath tells a different story. For buy-side firms, understanding how a desk is built - and who it’s built for - is key to ...