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2 May, 2025

How Accessible is Off-Book On-Exchange Trading?

A category of trades that has seen increased discussion due to its growing market share is ‘Off-Book On-Exchange’ trades. These are OTC trades that are executed away from an order book, but are reported to an exchange and traded under exchange rules. An important question is - what proportion of this liquidity is accessible to any market participant?

30 April, 2025

Coming back full circle: my unexpected path to re-joining a historical data provider

Gavin Carey, Head of Content at BMLL, has over 25 years’ experience leading business development, content, technology, and product management teams in the real-time and historical market data space.

24 April, 2025

The Hive Mind Guide to: Historical Data 2025

In an environment where every player can access up-to-the-minute information, the true differentiator is the ability to harness historical data to forecast trends, optimise algorithms, and refine execution strategies.

16 April, 2025

The Trump Effect: How Tariffs Rocked Global Equity Markets - in Five Charts

In the ten days since the announcement, global equity markets have gyrated wildly. Using five charts, we examine the magnitude and character of the market's response - through trading volumes, message traffic, and options activity.

16 April, 2024

US Equity Options, and what you need to know to trade them

Key features of the US options market, and how market participants can leverage the right data to better understand the market, whether that is for traders and researchers generating alpha, brokers looking to improve execution, or exchanges looking to better understand market structure.

9 April, 2025

How did Trump’s tariffs impact global market structure?

With recent market volatility, we examined the impact of Trump's tariffs on market structure and how people traded.

31 March, 2025

2025 Vision: Data Consumption is Evolving across Capital Markets

BMLL is proud to be named in the Harrington Starr ‘Most Influential Financial Technology Firms’ list. In this year’s report, BMLL CEO Paul Humphrey identified five key trends shaping the future of our markets, centred on the insatiable demand for granular data and analytics that drive trading decisions.

24 March, 2025

TabbFORUM at FIA Boca 2025: BMLL’s Paul Humphrey on the ‘Sophistication’ of Markets

Paul Humphrey, CEO, BMLL, spoke to TABB Group CEO Bruce Morris at FIA Boca 2025, where they discuss the rapid growth and increasing sophistication of quantitative and systematic trading, a trend that continues to evolve across all asset classes.

3 March, 2025

FinTech Focus TV - Leveraging Data as a Differentiator

BMLL’s Elliot Banks and Ben Collins discuss how high-quality historical data is unlocking the real value in AI, trading strategies, and market analytics – with FinTech Focus TV.