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A short piece of coverage by The Desk after we spoke about adopting new technology from the gaming and streaming media industries.

Waters Technology has recognised TransFICC the 'Best Communication Infrastructure Provider' at the American Financial Technology Awards 2019

Steve speaks with TABB Group’s George Bollenbacher, head of Fixed Income research about the challenge of connectivity in Fixed Income - for market data, order placement and post-trade reporting.

Steve has just returned from FILS in Barcelona, with a couple of key takeaways - Direct Connectivity and Regulation (again)

TransFICC was featured in an article in The OTC Space about FinTechs bringing innovation to FICC markets

Financial markets are going through a period of fundamental change. Driven by innovation in both the front- and back-office, continued regulatory pressures and advances in technology, the market structure continues to evolve.

TABB Forum recently published Steve's article, written about how the Fixed Income is evolving, rapidly migrating away from the phone onto electronic venues. E-trading delivers significant benefits (capturing accurate data and reporting it to regulators, transparency, liquidity, and increased efficiency). BUT it is resulting in market fragmentation, meaning connectivity is a hot topic.

Fixed Income, FX, Equities and Compliance were discussed at Q15 in London. We were joined by executives from the sell-side, buy-side, FinTechs and RegTechs.

Steve talks with FinTech Focus TV about the start-up journey - addressing a gap in the market, attracting investors, signing up clients, getting the right team in place, then scaling the business

Steve has just come back from the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Philadelphia, where he met a lot of people, listened to some great panels, and presented “What Fixed Income can Learn from Gaming and Netflix"

Notes from the panel - "Collateral damage? Opportunities and risks for the Repo market"

A full house for EmTech Futures event this morning, organised by IA Velocity. The overriding theme is how FinTech’s can help to drive innovation in the Asset Management industry

The Financial Technologist has just published the most influential FinTechs for 2019. TransFICC joins an impressive list of firms operating in consumer markets, commercial and capital markets - all of whom solve real issues for their clients.

Godfried is a recognised authority on European financial and political issues, engaging with the European central banks and treasuries, the European Commission and European Parliament.

E-trading has grown between 77% and 56% across bond asset classes since the introduction of MiFID II

TransFICC won the Risk Award because it resolves the market-wide problem of fragmentation - simply and cheaply.

Regulation, Brexit and Market Fragmentation all got a lot of airtime. But our key takeaway was how trading desks are dealing with automation.

Remember MiFID II? It's back in the news - seen as the catalyst for recently reported platform volume growth

Steve has just returned from the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Singapore. Perhaps unsurprising, the two themes that dominated discussions were accessing China’s $9tn Bond Market and the continued adoption of electronic trading in Asia.

TransFICC is one of 20 FinTechs to join Tech Nation's first programme, delivered as part of HM Treasury's FinTech strategy

TransFICC has secured a strategic investment from Citi. In addition, it has joined Citi's Innovation Lab in London, the first external company to do so.

Steve talks with Colin Lambert from Profit & Loss about easing the pain of fragmentation, similarities (and differences) between FI and FX and 'David versus Goliath'

Last week Steve attended the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Hong Kong - which was dominated by talk of China (of course)

Last week Steve attended the Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Boston, where the overriding theme was the challenge presented by the growing volume of data.