By: Samuel Belden, Forefront Communications Originally published on TabbFORUM Here is a look at how five Wall Street firms in different parts of the market handled the difficulties associated with the pandemic and remote work. They include an agency broker, a market maker, a block trading venue, a risk management provider and a market […]
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Hear from industry leaders, Eventus Systems and Sterling Trading Tech discuss third-party trading technology – from pre-trade to real-time risk and post-trade surveillance. Travis Schwab, CEO at Eventus Systems and Andrew Actman, Managing Director of Business Development at Sterling Trading Tech focus on what’s changing and evolving in the industry, including volatility, new technology, as
On September 9, 2020, the FIA published a helpful set of guidelines for surveillance and market abuse in the UK and Europe. We have previously highlighted guidelines 5.5, 5.19, and 5.34, which generally require market participants to consider the broadest possible definition of MAR-identified behaviors, maintain triggers to prompt a review and update of risk
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Travis Schwab, CEO of Eventus Systems, joins The TRADE to discuss a recent report from the FICC Markets Standards Board on the use of machine learning to monitor markets, and explains the concept of marrying machine learning with human ability. Click HERE to watch the interview. Eventus Systems is a leading global provider
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THE CRYPTO RUNDOWN 73: HUNTING CRYPTO MANIPULATORS CRYPTO HOT SEAT GUEST: TRAVIS SCHWAB, CEO OF EVENTUS SYSTEMS WHAT IS EVENTUS SYSTEMS? DISCUSSING THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH DIGITAL ASSET/CRYPTO EXCHANGES WHAT HAS THIS PAST SIX MONTHS BEEN LIKE FROM A SURVEILLANCE PERSPECTIVE AMIDST RECORD VOLUME AND VOLATILITY? ARE THERE ANY INTERESTING CHALLENGES POISED BY THE CRYPTO MARKET?
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A lot is going on at Eventus, a financial compliance and trade surveillance software firm based in Austin, Texas. JLN spoke with Eventus CEO Travis Schwab for a look at the market for such technology in exchange traded products, including fixed income, FX and digital assets. He also discussed competition, regulation, and Eventus’ expansion into
On June 25th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) withdrew the proposed Regulation Automated Trading (Reg AT) and approved a proposed rule on Electronic Trading Risk Principles. The proposed “Risk Principles” focus on three concepts, including; (1) safeguards aimed at the mitigation of market disruptions associated with electronic trading, (2) pre-trade controls for electronic orders
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On June 24th, the London-based FICC Markets Standards Board (FMSB) published a new Statement of Good Practice (SoGP) on Algorithmic Trading in FICC Markets and invited all interested parties to comment on the proposal by Friday, August 21st. The SoGP seeks to further enhance the integrity and effective functioning of FICC markets by promoting good
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On Wednesday, July 1st, we held a Reg NMS II webinar hosted by our CEO, Travis Schwab with special guest speaker, Adam Inzirillo, Head of Equities at Cboe Global Markets. We kicked this off with a game to spice things up for our audience. Every time either Travis or Adam would say “unintended consequences” or
A common thread for Asian regulators is that firms should focus on building out data and surveillance infrastructures to detect and mitigate risks relating to market abuse and AML/CFT efforts. Most importantly, regulators are focused on the expanded capability and use of technology to detect and mitigate relevant risks. This is well reflected in the
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