The fuse is burning

Issue 10 Q3 2008
Automated Trader Magazine

As the momentum of change increases in European equity markets, some obvious similarities with US markets are emerging – but so also are some striking differences. Joe Wald, Managing Director and Co-Founder of EdgeTrade, a Knight Capital Group subsidiary, ponders these similarities and differences, while outlining some of what he anticipates for buyside traders in Europe.

Joe Wald, Managing Director and Co-Founder of EdgeTrade
Joe Wald, Managing Director and Co-Founder of EdgeTrade

Although European markets have started to see substantive structural change, the party has barely started; with most new trading venues still on the horizon, many of the challenges relating to fragmentation and aggregation have yet to fully materialise. Nevertheless, it is possible to identify some of the opportunities and obstacles that European buyside traders are likely to face in the near future – some similar to those already apparent in US markets, some entirely different. ...

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