By Angela Wilbraham, Chief Executive Officer, A-Team Group

All eyes will be on Paris in April for TradeTech Europe, a Mecca for the electronic trading community. Nothing signifies progress in the industry like the onward march of algorithmic trading. With some firms reporting as much as 40 per cent of European equity order flow now being handled by algorithms, this is a business on a path of significant growth.

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By Andrew Delaney, President & Editor-in-Chief, A-Team Group

With Sibos in Boston this year, and Regulation NMS already having its impact in the US, all eyes could be forgiven for being focused on North America as we enter this “fall” season. But back in the Old Continent, it’s a sweeping pan-European regulation called MiFID that’s got everyone’s attention.

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By Angela Wilbraham, Chief Executive Officer, A-Team Group

Launching this fine magazine (which we hope you’re enjoying); diving into the online world of portals, blogs and podcasts; jet-setting around Asia supporting the launch of a new Asia Markets IT newsletter; juggling all manner of client deadlines ahead of the crucial SIFMA Show; (oh, and dealing with the usual administrative nonsense associated with running your own company). It’s keeping us more than busy here at A-Team HQ. But we have a feeling this mirrors what is becoming an astounding level of activity in our industry in general – everyone is just so under the gun it seems.

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