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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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    • Fixed Income

      • 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
      • More Fixed Income
  • Algos
    • 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.
    • Algos News

      • 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
    • Top Story

      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.
    • HFT News

      • 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
      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      • Why Didn't Microsoft Add OMS Functionality to Excel?
      • Self-Learning Algorithms: The New Frontier for Trading and Market Surveillance
  • Exchanges
    • Top Story

      The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      With major dealers shrinking their inventories of corporate bonds, buy side institutions are seeking ways to find liquidity over alternative trading platforms that are emerging to solve the liquidity shortfall.
    • Exchanges News

      • 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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      • Wall Street’s 9 Worst Bets Ever: From Nick Leeson to JPMorgan
      • Q&A: Market Surveillance Demands 20-20 Vision
      • LSE Takes Control Of Rival Trading Platform Turquoise
      • 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%
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      • 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
      • Barclays Capital Took Colocation Step to Grow Liquidity of LX Dark Pool
  • 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
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      • The Buy Side Wrestles with the OMS-EMS Dilemma
      • The Big Shift: Overhauling Corporate Bond Trading
      • Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      • 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
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      • Getco, Virtu Pursuit of Knight Signals Consolidation Trend
      • Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      • Structural Change In The Credit Markets
      • Is Your Bloomberg Terminal Spying On You?
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      The Dark Pools’ Choice: Go Into the Light or Down the Drain
      In a letter to the operators of 15 dark pools, Finra asked for more detail about who knows what happens in these unlit exchanges.
    • 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
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      • Wall Street’s 9 Worst Bets Ever: From Nick Leeson to JPMorgan
      • Q&A: Market Surveillance Demands 20-20 Vision
      • Re-Thinking Operational Risk on Wall Street
      • 5 Trends Shaping the Buy-Side Trading Desk
  • Managing The Desk
    • Top Story

      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?
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    • Quick Links

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

      • Inside Abel Noser's Trading Floor
      • 66% of Buy Side Traders Value Execution Consultants
      • 5 Trends Shaping the Buy-Side Trading Desk
      • Does TCA Really Work for the Buy Side?
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    Algorithmic Trading Commentary & Analysis

      • 10 Ways to Manage Conflicts of Interest on Your Broker-Owned Platform
        By Philippe Buhannic | June 18, 2013
        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?
        By Phil Albinus | June 11, 2013
        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.
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      • 66% of Buy Side Traders Value Execution Consultants
        By Ivy Schmerken | June 11, 2013
        Increasingly traders are valuing more granular, quantitative real time and post-trade analysis of performance, according to a survey by Woodbine Associates.
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      • Capital Markets: Managing Intelligence Optimization vs. Big, Diverse Data
        By Sean O'Dowd | May 30, 2013
        The dialogue on big, diverse data has been changing in capital markets during the last few months, and for the better. Now firms are engaged in a process to harvest and exploit untapped knowledge, which is more about business insights or intelligence optimization -- BIO -- versus big data.
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      • Citi Launches Open and Close Algos in Major Trading Tech Upgrade
        By Ivy Schmerken | May 29, 2013
        Citi introduces new functionality that helps buy side clients participate in the key minutes around the opening and closing market auctions as well a redesigned order ticket and smart order router.
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      • Czech Republic's RSJ Chooses KX Systems for Algo Trading
        By Ivy Schmerken | May 24, 2013
        A big derivatives trader on NYSE Liffe and other derivatives markets, RSJ is using KX's high-performance database and language to collect and query vast quantities of data and to test models and strategies.
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      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
        By Phil Albinus | May 08, 2013
        As traders look for the fastest way to trade, one connectivity provider may have an answer: Sending data and trade orders via microwaves. So, what happens when it rains?
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      • Differences Between Dark and Lit Trading
        By Sugata Ray | May 02, 2013
        Distinguishing between "dark and lit" trading venues in strategy discussions must consider the order size because small trades parsed algorithmically across venues have a different impact on information leakage than block trades.
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      • HFT Debate: Two Experts Square Off On Market Structure
        By Ivy Schmerken | May 01, 2013
        Professor Bernard Donefer of Baruch College and Sal Arnuk, Partner at Themis Trading went head-to-head on regulation, technology and politics surrounding the controversial practice of HFT.
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      • Negative Sentiment Create Headwinds for Apple
        By Marcus Holland, Financialtrading.com | April 23, 2013
        As Apple's valuation continues to slide, investors wonder if there is an upside for the technology pioneer's stock price.
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      • Regulators vs HFT Firms Debate: Who Blinks First?
        By Phil Albinus | April 19, 2013
        The confusion around high frequency trading and algorithmic trading is not helping the discussion of new regulations.
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      • Corporate Bond Market Needs Price Discovery Overhaul —Report
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 16, 2013
        As buy side firms scramble for liquidity in corporate bonds, a new report Tabb Group lays out the need for a new price discovery mechanism with new tools and pricing sources to replace traditional phone-based quoting.
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      • Barclays Unveils Automated Capital Commitment for Algo Trading
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 12, 2013
        The feature —available for equity algorithmic trading — allows buy-side clients to gain access to liquidity while transferring risk and lowering the cost of execution on each algorithmic order.
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      • Nasdaq, CME Building Superfast HFT Link
        By Phil Albinus | April 11, 2013
        High-speed traders are going to see new boost in their market information rates thanks to a straight line of microwave towers between CME’s datacenter in Illinois and Nasdaq’s in New Jersey.
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      • Quantopian and Upgrade Capital Offer Algo Development Competition
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 09, 2013
        The competition will offer students with an interest in quantitative finance the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with algo development.
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      • PDQ Enterpises Inks Deal with Orbis Systems
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 01, 2013
        Retail institutional clients will gain direct access to PDQ's ATS and "electronic algorithmic trading crowd" via the Orbis trading platform.
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      • Winton Capital’s Hedge Fund Closes Amid No Interest
        By Phil Albinus | March 28, 2013
        One of the world’s largest hedge funds Winton Capital announced that its Henri Capital spinout will close after two years of trading due to a lack of clients.
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      • Self-Learning Algorithms: The New Frontier for Trading and Market Surveillance
        By John Bates | March 28, 2013
        Self-learning techniques, such as machine learning or artificial intelligence, offer a potential route for smart algos to identify new trading patterns and can also be used to discover new patterns of market abuse.
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      • Dark Pools: Setting the Record Straight on Operational Transparency
        By Matt Samelson | March 27, 2013
        Despite spin to the contrary, detailed information is available on dark pools. Sources matter.
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      • SEC Approves Nasdaq Payback Plan for Botched Facebook IPO
        By Phil Albinus | March 26, 2013
        UBS, Citi and others are not pleased with the $62 million settlement and may still sue.
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      • New Columbia Business School HFT Paper Is Disappointing
        By Sal Arnuk, Joe Saluzzi | March 21, 2013
        The study by Charles Jones cite the usual benefits of HFT: enhanced liquidity and more efficient markets. But what about the conflicts of interest and order types designed specifically for the benefit of high frequency players?
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      • HFT: A Clear and Present Danger?
        By John Bates | March 21, 2013
        In January 2013, Congressman Edward J Markey declared that HFT represents a clear and present danger and should be curtailed immediately. Is he right?
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      • JPMorgan E-mails: "Stupid Quants"
        By Phil Albinus | March 19, 2013
        When the London Whale's losses came to light, the higher-ups inside JPMorgan looked around to share the blame.
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      • What Need for Speed?
        By Brooke Allen | March 18, 2013
        So you think our modern market has fewer opportunities for gaming? Think again. A brief history of how someone can beat you in the market.
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      • Sequester Chokes SEC, Regulator Funds
        By Phil Albinus | March 13, 2013
        As the market burns up the DOW, the SEC and other regulators will see their budgets slashed during the sequester. What happens if the government shuts down?
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