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      • 10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      • Debating "The Great Rotation": Will it Lift Trading Volumes?
      • Chile, Latin America's Rising Star
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    • Derivatives

      • Tradeweb Completes Electronic Pre-Trade Credit Check on Buy-Side Swaps Trade
      • Eris Exchange Reduces Contract Size to $100k to Broaden Access to Asset Managers
      • Key Banks, Clearing and Trading Firms to Support NLX
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      • 10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • Structural Change In The Credit Markets
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  • Algos
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      10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
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      • Have We Hit Peak HFT?
      • 66% of Buy Side Traders Value Execution Consultants
      • Czech Republic's RSJ Chooses KX Systems for Algo Trading
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      • Have We Hit Peak HFT?
      • 66% of Buy Side Traders Value Execution Consultants
      • Capital Markets: Managing Intelligence Optimization vs. Big, Diverse Data
      • Citi Launches Open and Close Algos in Major Trading Tech Upgrade
  • HFT
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      High Frequency Trading Loses Its Luster
      With profits down due to lower volumes and declining volatility in U.S. stocks, high-frequency traders face growing pressure to find new markets and innovate when speed is not enough.
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      • HFT Firms Flood DC with Donor Dollars
      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      • HFTs Chase Speed Despite Risks and Regulations
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      • High-Frequency Shops Poach Talent From Exchanges and Bulge-Bracket Firms
      • Eladian Closure an Ominous Sign for High-Frequency Trading
      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      • Why Didn't Microsoft Add OMS Functionality to Excel?
  • Exchanges
    • Top Story

      Wall Street’s 9 Worst Bets Ever: From Nick Leeson to JPMorgan
      In the wake of JPMorgan’s ill-conceived hedging strategy, which cost the bank its sterling reputation along with $2 billion and counting, Advanced Trading decided to highlight some of Wall Street’s worst bets ever.
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      • Q&A: Market Surveillance Demands 20-20 Vision
      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • EU Dark Pools Regs Blast Buy Side
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    • Quick Links

      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • LSE Takes Control Of Rival Trading Platform Turquoise
      • GETCO Buys BofA Merrill's Market Making Unit
      • NYSE's Trading Floor of the Future
  • Dark Pools
    • Top Story

      10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
    • Dark Pools News

      • The Dark Pools’ Choice: Go Into the Light or Down the Drain
      • EU Dark Pools Regs Blast Buy Side
      • ConvergEx Reduces Latency of Millennium ATS By 75%
      More Dark Pools News
    • Quick Links

      • The Dark Pools’ Choice: Go Into the Light or Down the Drain
      • Structural Change In The Credit Markets
      • LSE Takes Control Of Rival Trading Platform Turquoise
      • EU Dark Pools Regs Blast Buy Side
  • EMS/OMS
    • Top Story

      10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
    • EMS/OMS News

      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • TradingScreen Adds FX Functionality for Dodd Frank Compliance
      • Patent Issued to RealTick EMS for Staging of Electronic Orders
      More EMS/OMS News
    • Quick Links

      • The Buy Side Wrestles with the OMS-EMS Dilemma
      • Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • Why Didn't Microsoft Add OMS Functionality to Excel?
  • Data Infrastructure
    • Top Story

      10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
    • Data Infrastructure News

      • Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile
      • Dutch Equities and Options Venue Migrates to London Data Center
      • BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi and Goldman Sachs Join Markit's Credit Checking Hub
      More Data Infrastructure News
    • Quick Links

      • Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      • Structural Change In The Credit Markets
      • Getco, Virtu Pursuit of Knight Signals Consolidation Trend
      • Re-Thinking Operational Risk on Wall Street
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      Wall Street’s 9 Worst Bets Ever: From Nick Leeson to JPMorgan
      In the wake of JPMorgan’s ill-conceived hedging strategy, which cost the bank its sterling reputation along with $2 billion and counting, Advanced Trading decided to highlight some of Wall Street’s worst bets ever.
    • Regulation News

      • Q&A: Market Surveillance Demands 20-20 Vision
      • SEC Fines CBOE $6M for "Systemic Breakdowns" in Oversight
      • Clearing Connectivity Standard Wins Support from Large Brokers
      More Regulation News
    • Quick Links

      • The Dark Pools’ Choice: Go Into the Light or Down the Drain
      • Re-Thinking Operational Risk on Wall Street
      • Morgan Stanley Revamps Trading Platform Ahead of 'Naked Access' Ban
      • Creditex Rolls out Electronic Auction To Reduce Risk in Credit Default Swaps
  • Managing The Desk
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      Have We Hit Peak HFT?
      The number of shares traded via high-frequency trading are down and politicians want to roll out a tax to serve as a speed bump. Some are wondering if microsecond dealings are poised to fade away.
    • Managing The Desk News

      • Debating "The Great Rotation": Will it Lift Trading Volumes?
      • Chile, Latin America's Rising Star
      • Have We Hit Peak HFT?
      More Managing The Desk News
    • Quick Links

      • 10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      • Exclusive: Inside the GETCO Execution Services Trading Floor
      • Inside Abel Noser's Trading Floor
      • Educating the Buy Side: Off-The-Desk Learning
  • TCA
    • Top Story

      10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
      Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
    • TCA News

      • 66% of Buy Side Traders Value Execution Consultants
      • Monash Investors Adopts Imagine Portfolio, Risk Tools
      • Goldman Tops Global Prime Broker Rankings
      More TCA News
    • Quick Links

      • Inside Abel Noser's Trading Floor
      • New TCA Tools Help Buy-side Firms Compete in a High-Frequency World
      • BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges
      • In the Search for Alpha, It's a Quant's World
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    Greg MacSweeney
    Editorial DirectorGreg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.

    Articles by Greg MacSweeney


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      February 28, 2013
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      February 15, 2013
      A new community focused on the the needs of traders will allow members to interact and share ideas on some of the most important issues facing the industry.
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    • Gaining Trade Order Transparency Can Be Costly
      February 11, 2013
      The buy side is always looking for more transparency from their brokers, but gaining a view into the trading process requires an investment in technology and data experts.
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      November 15, 2012
      Despite disaster recovery and business continuity plans that were implemented after Sept. 11 and then enhanced following the Northeast blackout in 2003, Hurricane Sandy has upped the DR/BC bar once again.
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      August 21, 2012
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