Abdullah Hiyatt

Capital markets trading tech advisor. Helping firms modernise execution and trading stacks.

Market Structure

MiFID Got Fixed Income Wrong Where It Matters Most

Mar 17, 2026

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12 min read

MiFID Got Fixed Income Wrong Where It Matters Most

How venue-centric workflow, not just venue regulation, became the real market structure problem.

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Digital Sovereignty

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

Feb 13, 2026

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6 min read

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

The rules changed. Now platforms need to survive scrutiny, outages, and jurisdiction risk.

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Market Structure

Consolidated tape in Europe, finally, sort of, maybe

Jan 15, 2026

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12 min read

Consolidated tape in Europe, finally, sort of, maybe

Two tapes, two regimes, one messy truth.

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FinTech

The Global AI Rulebook Isn’t One Rulebook

Jan 2, 2026

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8 min read

The Global AI Rulebook Isn’t One Rulebook

How builders, deployers, and agentic systems stay in control across a fragmented regulatory landscape.

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Market Structure

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Dec 28, 2025

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4 min read

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Why the ESAs’ CTPP designations turn vendor risk into front-office execution resilience.

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Market Structure

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

Oct 15, 2024

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7 min read

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

RFQ workflows feel bilateral. Regulators care about multilateral interaction. This is where the MTF line actually sits.

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Emerging Technology

Sep 4, 2024

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6 min read

Breaking the chains

Why buy-side firms struggle to embrace innovation in trading technology

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Emerging Technology

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

Jan 3, 2024

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5 min read

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

If you are steering the ship at buy- and sell-side firms, you're already witnessing a landscape evolving more rapidly than a trader's shout of 'Buy!'.

Abdullah Hiyatt

Abdullah Hiyatt

MiFID Got Fixed Income Wrong Where It Matters Most

When the Platform Becomes the Battlefield

Consolidated tape in Europe, finally, sort of, maybe

The Global AI Rulebook Isn’t One Rulebook

DORA’s Critical Third Parties List Just Became Your New Baseline

Could you be operating an MTF without even realising it?

Breaking the chains

Will the rise of AI autopilots replace traders in 2024?

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