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Tabb Study: Unintended Consequences of Regulatory Action Top Buy Side Concern November 19, 2009 | The risk of unintended regulatory consequences is the top market structure concern facing U.S. equity markets, according to buy side traders in Tabb Group's annual study, "Institutional Equity Trading 2009-2010: Dark Pools, Transparency and Consequences."

Interagency Panel to Fight Financial Crime
November 18, 2009 | The U.S. government has another arrow to its financial crime-fighting quiver, an interagency task force created by executive order Tuesday.

Two Madoff Programmers Arrested
November 13, 2009 | The SEC has charged two of Madoff's former computer programmers for their role in covering up the fraud at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities for over 15 years.

What Will 2010 Bring for the Buy-Side Trading Desk?
November 09, 2009 | The events of the past year and a half forever altered the financial markets. With the fall of top firms, the rise of volatility, the glaring publicity around high-frequency trading and a dramatically new regulatory climate, the trading desk of 2010 is in for some major changes.

Cuttone & Company Appoints Nunley SVP Institutional Sales
November 09, 2009 | Blake Nunley has joined Cuttone & Company as senior vice president of institutional sales. Based in Dallas, Nunley will oversee growth of the firm's electronic trading solutions in the region, particularly Cuttone's direct market access platform.

Seven More Charged in Insider Trading Probe
November 05, 2009 | The latest charges include current and former employees at Galleon Group as well as Incremental Capital and the law firm Ropes & Gray. The charges focus on insider trading activities around mergers and acquisitions.

Madoff: SEC Could Have Had Him Earlier
November 02, 2009 | Jailed former financier Bernard Madoff says lack of basic investigatory moves by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission allowed his Ponzi scheme to flourish.

Senate Subcommittee Questions Industry Insiders on Market Structure Issues
October 28, 2009 | Lawmakers gathered for a hearing to question industry participants and gather information on dark pools, high frequency trading, sponsored access and flash orders.


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SEC Drafting Proposals on Sponsored Access, HFT October 27, 2009
High-Frequency Trading Firms Seeking Tech Talent October 27, 2009
Proprietary Trading Firms Recruit Technical Talent Online October 26, 2009
Washington Tackles 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Firms October 26, 2009
SEC Takes Dramatic Stance on Dark Pools with Rule Proposal October 21, 2009
Senator Schumer's Six Proposals for ATS Regulation October 21, 2009
Senator Schumer: Level Playing Field for Exchanges, Non-Exchanges October 20, 2009
Chi-X Europe Launches Chi-Velocity October 19, 2009
Nomura Releases First U.S. Equity Algos October 16, 2009
Panelists Sound Off On High Frequency Trading at Thomson Reuters Event October 13, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Builds Out Electronic Sales Trading Group October 13, 2009
ConvergEx To Acquire Cogent Consulting After Collapse of Consortium Deal October 08, 2009
High-Frequency Shops Poach Talent From Exchanges and Bulge-Bracket Firms October 06, 2009
Instinet Plans to Launch BLX Dark Pool for Crossing Block Trades October 05, 2009
High-Frequency Trading Shops Play the Colocation Game October 05, 2009
High-Frequency Trading On SEC's Agenda October 04, 2009
How High-Frequency Trading Became So Controversial October 02, 2009
BofA CEO Ken Lewis Resigns Amid Controversy October 01, 2009
Breaking it Down: An Overview of High-Frequency Trading October 01, 2009
Hyde Park Global Bets on Adaptive Models to Trade Arbitrage Strategies in Milliseconds September 30, 2009
High Frequency Community Speaks Out September 18, 2009
SEC Proposes Flash Order Ban September 18, 2009
Exchange Execs Debate Regulation, Flash Orders September 17, 2009
Fox River Launches New ETF Trading System September 16, 2009
Spotlight on Regulation: The New Rules of the Game September 15, 2009
Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack to Step Down September 11, 2009
BofA Merrill Lynch Enhances Algo Suite September 10, 2009
HFT is Market Making Evolved, Says NYSE Exec September 03, 2009
SEC Summary: Madoff Intimidated Examiners September 02, 2009
Naked Access Attracts High-Frequency Traders, Gets Regulators’ Attention September 02, 2009
HFT Does Not Create Volatility, Says Buy Sider August 26, 2009
Morgan Stanley Hiring Up to 400 Sales, Trading Positions August 21, 2009
Buy Side Trader Shares His Use of HFT August 20, 2009
Seth Merrin Examines the Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading August 19, 2009
Madoff CFO Pleads Guilty, Ordered to Jail August 12, 2009
Schumer Announces That SEC Plans to Ban Flash Orders August 04, 2009
FTEN Expands Into Europe to Meet Demands for High-Frequency Trading July 20, 2009
Former BofA Equities Head Joins Nomura July 20, 2009
BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration Challenges July 16, 2009
The New Bulge-Bracket Broker-Dealers Reveal Their Revamped Trading Operations. July 16, 2009
Re-Thinking the Trader Thought Process July 16, 2009
A Look Inside the NYSE/DTCC Derivatives Clearing Venture July 02, 2009