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Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
May 08, 2013 @ 11:43 AM | By Phil Albinus

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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Regulators vs HFT Firms Debate: Who Blinks First?
April 19, 2013 @ 08:20 AM | By Phil Albinus

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
April 16, 2013 @ 13:03 PM | By Ivy Schmerken

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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Nasdaq, CME Building Superfast HFT Link
April 11, 2013 @ 10:12 AM | By Phil Albinus

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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Winton Capital’s Hedge Fund Closes Amid No Interest
March 28, 2013 @ 12:09 PM | By Phil Albinus

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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SEC Approves Nasdaq Payback Plan for Botched Facebook IPO
March 26, 2013 @ 12:07 PM | By Phil Albinus

UBS, Citi and others are not pleased with the $62 million settlement and may still sue.

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JPMorgan E-mails: "Stupid Quants"
March 19, 2013 @ 14:09 PM | By Phil Albinus

When the London Whale's losses came to light, the higher-ups inside JPMorgan looked around to share the blame.

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Sequester Chokes SEC, Regulator Funds
March 13, 2013 @ 11:17 AM | By Phil Albinus

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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Bitter Hedge Fund Divorce Battles For Custody of the Algos
March 08, 2013 @ 13:20 PM | By Phil Albinus

A long-running divorce between two hedge fund giants isn't over who gets the mansion or the yacht - but who gets to keep the trading algorithms.

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Meet The Unquantables: The SEC's Quant Team Briefs the FBI
March 06, 2013 @ 11:06 AM | By Phil Albinus

The jig’s up. The SEC’s team of quants is briefing the FBI and other regulatory bodies about how you trade and evade at high speeds.

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ConvergEx's Pre-Market Algo Could Help Traders Find Liquidity at Volatile Time of Day
March 04, 2013 @ 06:00 AM | By Ivy Schmerken

The automated tool is aware of the idiosyncratic nature of the pre-market session, when prices are erratic and volume is thin.

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As Profits Plummet 82 Percent Last Year, Getco Still Wants Knight Capital
February 15, 2013 @ 12:53 PM | By Phil Albinus

The high-frequency trading firm is bullish on 2013 as it pursues Knight Capital Trading and unveils plans for a new "mid-frequency" market making system.

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The Buy Side Wants Transparency, So Get Ready for Big Data
February 01, 2013 @ 16:52 PM | By Ivy Schmerken

Equity traders are concerned about how many "hops" their orders are taking in the electronic marketplace, so FIX message tags are a hot topic on the buy side.

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The SEC Squashes Nasdaq's Algo Proposal, Citing Competitive Issues with Brokers
January 18, 2013 @ 14:17 PM | By Ivy Schmerken

A proposal by Nasdaq OMX to offer benchmark order that are similar to algorithms offered by brokers, raised regulatory, risk and competitive issues at the SEC.

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Technology Fragility Threatens Markets
November 15, 2012 @ 10:45 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

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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The End Of High Frequency Trading As We Know It?
October 01, 2012 @ 10:37 AM | By Larry Tabb

If these rules are enacted, no one is sure that we will experience the perfect market that regulators are hoping for.

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Are HFT's Days Winding Down?
September 28, 2012 @ 09:21 AM | By Steve Grob

They just might be in Europe where lawmakers appear to be at their wits' end when it comes to high-speed trading.

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Tabb Senate Testimony: First, Do No Harm
September 21, 2012 @ 13:00 PM | By Larry Tabb

In his testimony before the US Senate on Thursday, the Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology columnist Larry Tabb answers the question: What, if any, policy changes should be considered by regulators or Congress in order to better protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation?

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Tabb Testimony: The Regulators Need Better Tools
September 21, 2012 @ 11:45 AM | By Larry Tabb

In his testimony before the US Senate today, the Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology columnist Larry Tabb answers the question: Do regulators have adequate tools to identify and limit manipulative or abusive strategies?

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Tabb Senate Testimony: Beware Over-Regulation
September 20, 2012 @ 11:53 AM | By Larry Tabb

In his testimony before the US Senate today, Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology columnist Larry Tabb recommends changes to strengthen the markets without killing future profits.

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