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  • Asset Classes
    • Equities

      • Is it Time to Tweak, Keep or Scrap Reg NMS?
      • Australia's Economy Hitting Turbulence
      • And The Buy-Side Trading Technology Advantage Goes To....?
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    • Derivatives

      • 60 Percent of Derivatives Users Unprepared for Dodd Frank and EMIR —Study
      • Taiwanese Bank Extends License with Fenics for FX Options System
      • Markit Launches CLO Pricing Service
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    • Fixed Income

      • Europe's MTS to Launch an E-Bond Platform for U.S. Institutions as Interest Heats Up
      • Australia's Economy Hitting Turbulence
      • And The Buy-Side Trading Technology Advantage Goes To....?
      • More Fixed Income
  • Algos
    • Top Story

      Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      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?
    • Algos News

      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      • Regulators vs HFT Firms Debate: Who Blinks First?
      • Barclays Unveils Automated Capital Commitment for Algo Trading
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    • Quick Links

      • HFT Debate: Two Experts Square Off On Market Structure
      • Regulators vs HFT Firms Debate: Who Blinks First?
      • Nasdaq, CME Building Superfast HFT Link
      • Winton Capital’s Hedge Fund Closes Amid No Interest
  • 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
      More HFT News
    • Quick Links

      • Is Trading Via Microwaves Ready for Prime Time?
      • Self-Learning Algorithms: The New Frontier for Trading and Market Surveillance
      • HFTs Chase Speed Despite Risks and Regulations
      • QUANT GOLD BOOK 2012: Quantavium Capital's Youngju Nielsen Is a Fixed Income Rock Star
  • Exchanges
    • Top Story

      The SEC Just Brought The Hammer Down On The Stock Exchanges
      While it’s been a long time coming, we are glad to finally see that the SEC has decided to get more involved in exchange regulation.
    • Exchanges News

      • The Rich Past and Uncertain Future of the NYSE
      • Nasdaq OMX Launches ETF Exchange
      • Nasdaq OMX to Re-Launch PSX for Exchange Traded Products
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    • Quick Links

      • The Stock Market Needs A Hockey Enforcer
      • ICE Eyes IPO of NYSE Euronext's Equity Exchanges in Europe After Deal Closes
      • Countering HFT Exclusives, CME-Nasdaq Launch Microwave Connectivity for Market Data
      • Some Questions for the SEC on the New MIDAS Surveillance Plans
  • Dark Pools
    • Top Story

      Exposing the Identity of Dark Pools in Real Time Could Hurt Institutional Traders
      Industry participants question whether identifying dark pools in real-time trade reports will give too much information to high-frequency traders and gamers.
    • Dark Pools News

      • Barclays Commits to Reporting Volumes of Dark Pool
      • Nasdaq OMX Launches ETF Exchange
      • PDQ Enterpises Inks Deal with Orbis Systems
      More Dark Pools News
    • Quick Links

      • The Stock Market Needs A Hockey Enforcer
      • 5 Reasons Why One In Every Three U.S. Equities Shares Is Traded In the Dark
      • Dark Pools: Setting the Record Straight on Operational Transparency
      • BlackRock Strikes Alliance with MarketAxess for Corporate Bond Trading, Scraps Plans for ATN
  • EMS/OMS
    • Top Story

      Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      Buy side firms need sophisticated tools to navigate the market structure as well as analytics and connectivity to alternative trading systems, but cost pressures are an obstacle to upgrading their OMS-EMS platforms, according to Greenwich Associates' study.
    • EMS/OMS News

      • TradingScreen Adds FX Functionality for Dodd Frank Compliance
      • Patent Issued to RealTick EMS for Staging of Electronic Orders
      • Linear Investments Selects TradingScreen's TradePrime
      More EMS/OMS News
    • Quick Links

      • The Buy Side Wrestles with the OMS-EMS Dilemma
      • What Does the Sale of Eze Castle, RealTick OMS/EMS Platforms Mean for the Buy Side?
      • And The Buy-Side Trading Technology Advantage Goes To....?
      • BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges
  • Data Infrastructure
    • Top Story

      Market Structure Drives the Buy Side to Seek New OMS/EMS Systems —Study
      Buy side firms need sophisticated tools to navigate the market structure as well as analytics and connectivity to alternative trading systems, but cost pressures are an obstacle to upgrading their OMS-EMS platforms, according to Greenwich Associates' study.
    • Data Infrastructure News

      • Barclays Commits to Reporting Volumes of Dark Pool
      • Bloomberg Taps Former IBM CEO As Privacy and Data Advisor
      • Arialytics Unveils Predictive Analytics Platform
      More Data Infrastructure News
    • Quick Links

      • Is Your Bloomberg Terminal Spying On You?
      • Credit Suisse Sues Former VP Over Secrets
      • And The Buy-Side Trading Technology Advantage Goes To....?
      • HFTs Chase Speed Despite Risks and Regulations
  • Regulation
    • Top Story

      The SEC Just Brought The Hammer Down On The Stock Exchanges
      While it’s been a long time coming, we are glad to finally see that the SEC has decided to get more involved in exchange regulation.
    • Regulation News

      • The Rich Past and Uncertain Future of the NYSE
      • HFT Firms Flood DC with Donor Dollars
      • New Regulations Rank as Top Risk — DTCC Survey
      More Regulation News
    • Quick Links

      • HFT Debate: Two Experts Square Off On Market Structure
      • Exposing the Identity of Dark Pools in Real Time Could Hurt Institutional Traders
      • The Stock Market Needs A Hockey Enforcer
      • The 9 Most Notorious Insider Trading Cases of 2011
  • Managing The Desk
    • Top Story

      Exclusive: Inside the GETCO Execution Services Trading Floor
      Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of the New York trading floor of GETCO Execution Services, the solutions arm of GETCO.
    • Managing The Desk News

      • Is Your Bloomberg Terminal Spying On You?
      • Credit Suisse Sues Former VP Over Secrets
      • Australia's Economy Hitting Turbulence
      More Managing The Desk News
    • Quick Links

      • Is Your Bloomberg Terminal Spying On You?
      • Winton Capital’s Hedge Fund Closes Amid No Interest
      • Credit Suisse Sues Former VP Over Secrets
      • Anatomy of a Buy-Side Trader
  • TCA
    • Top Story

      Inside Abel Noser's Trading Floor
      Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of Abel Noser’s New York trading floor, where the agency broker known for transaction cost analysis, is customizing algorithms for the buy side, while growing its fixed income trading and transitions business.
    • TCA News

      • Monash Investors Adopts Imagine Portfolio, Risk Tools
      • Goldman Tops Global Prime Broker Rankings
      • ITG Rolls Out TCA for Institutional FX Trading
      More TCA News
    • Quick Links

      • BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges
      • In the Search for Alpha, It's a Quant's World
      • Q&A: Why More Long-Only Asset Managers Now Require Custom TCA
      • TradingScreen's Real-Time TCA Aims for Best Venues, Lower Costs
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    Dark Pools Commentary & Analysis

      • Barclays Commits to Reporting Volumes of Dark Pool
        By Ivy Schmerken | May 20, 2013
        The investment bank confirms its plan to continue reporting volumes in its dark pool LX, on a monthly basis, following the decision by the No. 1 dark pool operator Credit Suisse to go dark.
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      • Nasdaq OMX Launches ETF Exchange
        By Phil Albinus | April 30, 2013
        The market maker has recast one of its three exchanges for the trading of exchange-traded funds. Just in time as it takes on dark pools before the SEC.
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      • BlackRock Strikes Alliance with MarketAxess for Corporate Bond Trading, Scraps Plans for ATN
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 24, 2013
        The money manager is partnering with MarketAxess to seamlessly integrate its fixed income trading portal with BlackRock's Alladin system to source liquidity in corporate bonds, while nixing plans for its own buy-side crossing network.
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      • Credit Suisse No Longer Reporting Dark Pool Volumes, Takes Away from Transparency
        By Ivy Schmerken | April 23, 2013
        The largest dark pool's decision to stop reporting its volume statistics most likely relates to concerns that U.S. regulators are targeting off-exchange volumes.
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      • How Dark Are The Pools?
        By Jennifer Liu, Capco | April 23, 2013
        Dark pools provide an avenue for large institutional investors to trade anonymously with minimal market impact and can help operators improve pricing and reduce transaction costs for clients, but they are not exempt from regulatory concerns.
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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.
        Be the first to comment
      • 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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      • Dark Pools Grab Market Share —Rosenblatt Report
        By Ivy Schmerken | February 28, 2013
        A sharp decline in volatility in January set the stage for dark pools to gain market share in January, especially those focusing on institutions and block trading, according to Rosenblatt Securities' report.
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      • Down Mexico Way
        By George Kledaras | February 26, 2013
        Market structure in Mexico leads the way for Latin American electronic trading with some serious new infrastructure and support for local institutional trading and north to south flow from statistical arbitrage.
        Be the first to comment
      • Asset Classes - What's the Difference?
        By Philippe Buhannic | February 20, 2013
        Despite the naysayers, OTC derivatives and fixed income will move towards a unified, electronic trading model. In the future, trading systems won't be about asset classes, it will be about the availability of liquidity.
        Be the first to comment
      • The Stock Market Needs A Hockey Enforcer
        By Joe Saluzzi, Sal Arnuk | February 19, 2013
        Due to the pendulum shift to almost full automation and the massive fragmentation of the stock market over the past decade, our equity market currently lacks a self-policing mechanism.
        Be the first to comment
      • BofA Merrill Unveils Instinct Natural to Help the Buy Side Execute Block Trades
        By Ivy Schmerken | February 04, 2013
        Clients will rest conditional orders in BofA Merrill's ATS, Instinct X, while leveraging liquidity from the firm's private and institutional clients trading with the firm's high-touch, electronic, ETF and equity derivatives desks.
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      • Fidelity Launches New Execution Venue For Block Trades
        By | December 14, 2012
        Fidelity has been selectively inviting buy-side clients to access BLOX in a bid to safeguard the venue's integrity.
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      • Regulatory Action On Dark Pools Must Be Part of Market Structure Debate
        By Miranda Mizen, Tabb Group | November 28, 2012
        With an Increasing Number of Securities Now Trading in Excess of 40% Volume Off-Exchange, Industry Discussions on Dark Trading Must Include Quality and Efficiency of Lit Markets.
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      • Dark Trading Benefits Stocks Until 50 Percent Threshold— Study
        By Ivy Schmerken | November 19, 2012
        A study conducted by CFA Institute of undisplayed trading in dark pools and via broker-dealer internalization found that market quality deteriorates once more than 50 percent of stock's volume is traded in the dark.
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      • ITG's POSIT Match Takes Aim at Fragmentation, Liquidity
        By Justin Grant | 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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      • Can Brokers Level the Playing Field As Exchange Operators?
        By Ivy Schmerken | October 26, 2012
        Credit Suisse reportedly has a plan to turn one of its trading venues into a stock exchange, which points to a budding rivalry between brokers and for-profit exchanges.
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      • Another Dark Pool Scandal Erupts Over Information Sharing
        By Ivy Schmerken | October 04, 2012
        The SEC's settlement with dark pool operator eBX over charges that Level ATS shared confidential client information with a third-party technology provider, raises trust issues for money managers.
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      • SEC Fines Boston-Based Dark Pool For Not Protecting User Info
        By Justin Grant | October 03, 2012
        The regulator said eBX LLC improperly shared its subscribers' unexecuted orders with an outside technology firm.
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      • Citi Launches New Dark Pool Defying Latency Race
        By Ivy Schmerken | October 01, 2012
        The bank launched Citi Cross, which it says is the first dark pool to offer buy and sell-side clients a more equitable allocation, not based on their queue position.
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      • Woodbine Report Hits Back at Dark Pool Critics
        By Justin Grant | September 19, 2012
        Woodbine sheds light on the opaque world of dark pools in a 111-page report, and says many of the usual criticisms of these venues are without merit.
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      • Bloomberg, BIDS Trading, Team On U.S. Liquidity Capture Service
        By Justin Grant | September 19, 2012
        The firms announce the start of an alliance that will create a deep liquidity pool in market that's been plagued by fragmentation.
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      • To Find Liquidity in Corporate Bonds, It Pays to 'Think Odd'
        By Howard Edelstein | September 07, 2012
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      • As Dark Pools Grow, ASX Fights To Keep Public Exchanges Relevant
        By Justin Grant | September 06, 2012
        ASX CEO Elmer Funke Kupper says the growth of dark pools is hurting Australia's largest public exchange, and without stronger regulations, remains a threat to lit markets around the world.
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      • The Time Has Come for Options Dark Pools
        By Russ Chrusciel | August 13, 2012
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