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Articles by Ivy Schmerken Commentary & Analysis
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A shift from fixed income into equities is unlikely to lift trading volumes and brokerage commissions up to previous highs, according to a Greenwich Associates report.Be the first to comment
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If no one is investing in their employees or providing training, where will the next wave of talent come from?
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Just because regulators are gaining an IT advantage in market surveillance it doesn't mean that broker-dealers can relax. If they want to avoid fines and keep their trading license, remaining vigilant against suspicious trades and compliance infractions is still Job One.
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Chile, although a smaller overall economy than Brazil, is growing quickly in South America and should not be overlooked.
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A panel of Wall Street executives warmed up to the idea of reporting dark pool volumes on a monthly basis, as they debated U.S. equity market structure.
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The U.S. options exchange operator agreed to pay $6 million for failure to police short selling abuses and for interfering in the investigation of a member firm.
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The bank's sales, trading and research apps will be accessible to corporate and institutional clients via the new mobile platform.
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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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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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BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, UBS, and Barclays confirmed their support for the new OTC derivatives reporting standard.
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A survey from OneMarketData is studying trends in social media use on Wall Street as a new form of market data.
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What if a fund manager could use vast amounts of information to hone in on the best investable ideas, and then go and kick the tires of the select few that make the cut?
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Investors and traders continue to defy the seasonal factors that normally impact the market. Auto sales are up, jobless claims are down, but the probability of a correction remains high.
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TMX Atrium supported the migration of The Order Machine (TOM's) matching engine from Stockholm to its new facilities in London.
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Several top dealers have signed up for Markit's Credit Centre, a hub solution for OTC derivatives participants to manage credit lines between FCMs and their clients and venues.
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The derivatives platform demonstrated electronic pre-trade credit checking with an FCM for cleared swaps, using both ping and push protocols.
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In a letter to the operators of 15 dark pools, Finra asked for more detail about who knows what happens in these unlit exchanges.
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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.
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If investors pull billions from SAC Capital Advisors, sell side firms stand to lose revenues since hedge fund is a major generator of trading volumes, prime brokerage and commissions.
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The notional size of the Eris swap futures contracts were modified by a factor of 10 in response to user demand from buy side firms in advance of the June 10 clearing deadline.
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Interdealer broker GFI hired James Toffey, the co-founder and former CEO of Tradeweb, to spearhead its plans to launch regulated trading platforms for cash, derivative financial and commodities products in the U.S. and Europe.
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An 80-ton boulder that has only started to roll.
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Succession Systems said that Newedge deployed its software to check orders in real time before they are submitted to exchanges in Canada and the U.S.
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The former Federal Reserve Chairman said that six regulatory bodies in the U.S. was too many, which he blamed for the stalemate in implementing Dodd Frank.
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Nomura hired Tom Jarck to strengthen its capabilities in U.S. equity index trading.
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