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Managing the Desk Commentary & Analysis
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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.Be the first to comment
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To learn about new products, buy-side traders can go for specialized degrees or take continuing education courses.
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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.
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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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Chile, although a smaller overall economy than Brazil, is growing quickly in South America and should not be overlooked.
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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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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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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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Nomura hired Tom Jarck to strengthen its capabilities in U.S. equity index trading.
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An old-school hedge fund hotshot set off a firestorm saying that women traders lose their edge when they have children. The same goes for divorced dads. Is he right?
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Javier Kulesz will provide Nomura’s trading desk and institutional investors with his expert view on the macroeconomic forces affecting Argentina and Venezuela.
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Tracy Caliendo will join BofA Merrill Lynch in September as head of hedge fund services in the Americas.
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Manual certification of FIX connections is no longer an option as exchanges are phasing in automated processes to improve testing ahead of new regulatory guidelines.
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A new report by Woodbine Associates based on surveying 41 buy side traders on broker coverage, revealed that buy side firms are not completely satisfied with sales traders and that brokers may be wasting resources on analytics and other services.
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After several high-profile arrests for insider trading, the head of the rich yet beleaguered SAC hedge fund may call it quits to avoid jail time.
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In response to shares of Anadarko Petroleum trading as low as a penny last week, Themis Trading raises questions to Anadarko about the stock's rapid descent in the context of the current market structure.
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As cybercrime becomes more prevalent, due to the widespread access to technology that criminals now have, banks must remain eternally vigilant, says Booz Allen Hamilton's Bill Stewart.
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As we move headlong into a world driven by instantaneous news cycles, firms should take a step back to evaluate risks and set controls to prevent uncontrolled proliferation.
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After Goldman Sachs discovered that Bloomberg journos were keeping track of their viewing habits over their Bloomberg terminals, traders have some decisions to make about the company that provides their market data, trading tools, IM and more.
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Many financial reporters spoke about the market's vulnerability in the wake of the Associated Press Twitter hack, but the real story should have been the market's resiliency, as benchmarks returned right to where they were before the rogue report hit.
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She took a job with rival Goldman Sachs and allegedly e-mailed customer files to herself. And now CS wants to stop her. Can they?
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A real estate boom faces some headwinds as commodity prices fall and mining cuts back, but across the globe sunnier skies for Florida's economic forecast could help the Aussie economy.
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While not as significant as bubbles in the housing market or Internet tech sector, the recent examples of bubbles in gold, Bitcoin and carbon are worth studying from a risk management perspective.
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