Asian Institutional Investors & the $3 Trillion Imbalance
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How regulatory shifts, capital flows, and index mechanics are creating the next decade’s alpha opportunity. Want to know the alpha-generating opportunity that’s going to define the next decade? For Asian institutional investors, the opportunity lies ...
Overnight Trading Strategies: How Hong Kong Traders Exploit the Asia-US Time Zone Gap
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It’s 9 PM in Hong Kong’s Central district. While your colleagues are sipping cocktails in Lan Kwai Fong, you’re glued to your screens, watching US futures tick. Sounds familiar? You’re not alone. Currently, thousands of ...
The Evolution of Securities Lending Technology
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Securities lending, once a behind-the-scenes component of capital markets, has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years. Technological advances, regulatory pressures, and rising demands for transparency have turned the industry from an opaque, relationship-driven business ...
How Proprietary Trading Teams Successfully Navigated Market Volatility Triggered by Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs
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The financial markets experienced unprecedented volatility in early April 2025 following the announcement and implementation of the widely publicized ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. Designed to reshape global trade relationships, these tariffs triggered sharp movements across major ...
How Innovative Brokers Capture Systematic Short Sellers
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Systematic short sellers represent one of the most sophisticated and influential segments in modern finance. These hedge funds, quantitative trading firms, and proprietary traders deploy billions in capital and execute trades within milliseconds. They constantly ...
How Hard-to-Borrow Stocks Became The Next Big Alpha Opportunity for Systematic Short Sellers
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Hard-to-borrow (HTB) stocks are no longer niche assets tucked away in the corners of global markets. They have become a critical battleground for short sellers who are seeking alpha opportunities as traditional strategies in liquid ...
Why Transparency and Quality Are the New Currency for Brokerage Clients
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For years, brokers in Europe operated in a world where relationships and reputation counted for more than transparency. Clients often had little choice but to accept opaque pricing, limited information, and the hope that their ...
Why Smaller Brokers Are Winning Over Institutional Clients in a Changing Market
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For decades, global brokerage giants stood as the gatekeepers of institutional finance. Their sprawling operations, global reach, and deep benches of personnel made them the default partners for asset managers, pension funds, and family offices. ...