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?
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.
Industry participants question whether identifying dark pools in real-time trade reports will give too much information to high-frequency traders and gamers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fidelity Investments 2012 Profit Dips, Customers Flee Stock FundsFebruary 15, 2013Fidelity Investments on Friday
said profit in its financial services business dropped 29
percent in 2012 as customers pulled $24.4 billion from the
company's actively managed stock funds.
Fund Firms Wary of Introducing New ETFsOctober 12, 2012Fund companies are growing more
wary of introducing new exchange-traded funds, and more willing
to kill those that have not caught on, as they grapple with a
price war in an overcrowded $1.2 trillion market dominated by
the three largest providers.
BlackRock to Lower Fees on Certain ETFsSeptember 10, 2012BlackRock Inc is
planning to announce lower fees on some of its core iShares
exchange-traded funds in the fourth quarter, Chief Executive
Officer Laurence Fink said on Monday.
Are Top Hedge Funds Getting A Signal on Earnings Revisions?July 16, 2012Some big investors are sending surveys to Wall Street analysts, and feeding their responses into their algos, to get an edge on earnings revisions. Is this insider trading or quantitative investing?
Top Quotes of the WeekApril 13, 2012It wasn't all bad luck for the capital markets this week: Hedge funds had a decent first quarter despite a slowdown in jobs numbers, BlackRock might be heading into new territory as hedge fund managers take a hard look at their counterparties, and the head
Deutsche Bank Launches Second Hedge Fund ETF - ReportJanuary 27, 2011Deutsche Bank announced the launch a second hedge fund exchange traded fund that aims to blend the skills of top equity hedge fund managers with the liquidity of an ETF, the Financial Times reported.
BlackRock Acquisition of BGI Presents Integration ChallengesJuly 16, 2009BlackRock's deal for BGI will create the world's largest money manager. But integrating BGI's automated electronic trading and transaction cost analysis technology with BlackRock's Aladdin system will require a world-class effort.
