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Justin Grant
Senior EditorAs the Senior Editor of Advanced Trading, Justin Grant plays a key role in steering the magazine's coverage of the latest issues affecting the buy-side trading community. Since joining Advanced Trading in 2010, Grant's news analysis has touched on everything from the latest innovations in electronic trading, to how new regulations will impact hedge funds and traditional asset managers. He has also written extensively about high-frequency trading, exchanges, and dark pools. Following his graduation from Long Island University in 2006, Grant also worked as a reporter at Reuters, and as a member of ABC News' Investigative Unit.

Articles by Justin Grant

• Hedge Fund Performance Expected To Climb In 2013
  February 07, 2013
  An improved housing market and global markets awash in liquidity are expected to be the key drivers in better hedge fund performance.
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• Q&A: State of the Hedge Fund Industry in 2013
  January 04, 2013
  Are outsized returns a thing of the past for hedge funds?
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• Numerix Updates Trade Capture App 'Portfolio' with Curve Modeling
  January 02, 2013
  The firm says the update will enable more accurate valuations for the mitigation of counterparty risk.
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• Costs, Investor Confidence Among Biggest Obstacles for Boutique Asset Managers
  December 20, 2012
  According to a SunGard survey, boutique asset managers are looking to technology to help meet growth challenges and satisfy increased demands.
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• BofA Merrill Adds Electronic Options to Commission Management Platform
  December 10, 2012
  The firm say the move was made in response to growing demand from its institutional clients.
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• Progress Software Predicts PR Offensive By HFTs in 2013
  December 07, 2012
  The firm also predicts London will become a hot market for investors looking to escape tight regulations, and that algorithmic "hall monitors" will be a force.
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• Soft Dollars May Put Buy Side At Odds With Investors: Report
  November 29, 2012
  The use of soft dollars may prevent investors from getting the full benefit of everything they're paying for, according to Woodbine Associates.
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• New ITG Algo Takes Aim at Customization, Liquidity Sourcing
  November 28, 2012
  The broker says its latest algorithm will help the buy side take a more strategic approach to sourcing liquidity.
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• SEC Chairman Schapiro to Step Down Dec. 14
  November 26, 2012
  Schapiro departs an SEC that’s better equipped to oversee an increasingly complex marketplace.
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• Fidessa Teams With Thomson Reuters on Buy-Side Liquidity Sourcing
  November 26, 2012
  The firm says the Autex platform opens up access to sources of block liquidity, helping the buy side navigate a highly fragmented marketplace.
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• Knight Capital Sets the Record Straight on Algo Testing
  November 26, 2012
  With more attention on how trading algorithms are tested following the August software mishap, Knight Capital's Brendan McCarthy opens up about the firm's vetting procedures.
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• Goldman’s Blankfein Says Entitlements Must Be Slowed, Contained
  November 20, 2012
  Goldman Sachs’ CEO says the deficit cannot be fixed without changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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• Stephen Colbert Takes on HFT
  November 15, 2012
  Stephen Colbert says the finance sector is safer now because Wall Street has removed the weakest link: man.
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• Credit Suisse Providing FX Options Quotes To New Bloomberg Platform
  November 15, 2012
  The announcement comes as Bloomberg rolls out new FX options trading technology.
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• Lightspeed Muscles In On Options Market With New Platform
  November 14, 2012
  As so many traders struggle to make money in the current equities landscape, Lightspeed makes a play for the options market with its latest trading platform.
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• No Link Between High-Frequency Trading and Market Abuse: Study
  November 12, 2012
  After combing through five years of data spanning 2006 to 2011, Sydney-based Capital Markets Cooperative Research Center says there's no link between HFTs and market abuse.
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• SEC Charges Hedge Fund With Hiding Mortgage-Backed Securities Losses
  November 09, 2012
  The regulator says pension fund investors were among those burned by Commonwealth Advisors' fraudulent scheme.
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• Weathering Sandy: How Wall Street Got Through The Hurricane
  November 06, 2012
  IT people working around the clock, strategically placed generators, and backup offices all proved critical to disaster preparedness.
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• Broker Says Nasdaq Caused Excessive Quote Spam in Several Stocks
  November 02, 2012
  Nasdaq rebuts charge from Themis Trading that its new pricing programs led to quote spamming.
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• ITG's POSIT Match Takes Aim at Fragmentation, Liquidity
  November 01, 2012
  The firm says its latest offering looks to solve the problem of temporal fragmentation and expensive liquidity at an important time in the trading day.
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• Exchanges Plan to Resume Trading Wednesday
  October 30, 2012
  As New York struggles to recover from a historic storm, the nation's stock exchanges plan to reopen on Wednesday.
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• Despite Recent Struggles, HFTs Still Have the Advantage
  October 26, 2012
  Although high-frequency trading has wobbled a bit in the wake of weak U.S. equity trading volumes, industry consultant Haim Bodek argues on TabbForum that the market's structure remains tilted in their favor.
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• Wedbush Securities Adds Former Nomura Director to Equity Trading Team
  October 23, 2012
  The firm said Ian Winer will manage all aspects of its equities division.
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• As Large Hedge Funds Become Institutionalized, Rich Investors Should Go Small
  October 22, 2012
  With larger hedge funds becoming more conservative since they're now catering to institutional investors, rich individuals should now consider smaller funds for better returns.
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• HFTs Benefit Individual Investors, Vanguard CIO Tells CNBC
  October 19, 2012
  Vanguard's Gus Sauter tells CNBC that high-frequency trading lowers costs for individual investors.
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