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The Arkansas boutique grabbed nine traders for its New York office. Also, check out the names of some of the Lazard traders that joined FBR. Plus, a veteran Nasdaq market maker lands on the buyside.

During a lunch with a bulge firm, Traders Magazine discussed a range of topics, but perhaps the most pertinent was the changing nature of the buyside-sellside relationship during these slumping times.

Broadridge study shows many buy- and sell-side firms need to make progress on multiple tech and talent fronts.

The European Union reached its latest milestone in creating a single capital market union when four European central securities depositories (CSDs) went live on the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) settlement engine in late June. See what the effects are right here.

The buy-side still wants their sell-side trader, whether they are considered high- or low-touch, to be a part of their execution strategy. As such, the sell-side trader is being asked by their institutional counterpart to empower them with the latest real-time technology and color that gives them a leg up in executing trades.

Firms can use public reports from clients, competitors, and vendors to their advantage, Michael Post of BXS writes.

This week was possibly the most active ever in terms of capital markets firms adding or expanding crypto capabilities. 

Like in the U.S., the growth in low-touch trading in Europe isn't helping equity commission growth. As a matter of fact, equity commissions in 2014 will be down versus 2013.

Jeffrey Bell, the former executive VP in charge of Wedbushs market-access business, and Christina Fillhart, a senior VP in the market-access division, were responsible for the violations, says the SEC.

In this contributed piece from Andrew Upward of Weeden & Co., the broker analyzes how regulator have gone on record with some new thoughts about how best execution should be pursued in light of new technologies and practices.