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.
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.
In the midst of a bad economy and lower trading volumes, the buy side balances the need to cut costs and consolidate OMS and EMS platforms, while chasing the best integrated solution.
In a world where trading alpha creates a competitive advantage, trading skills and acumen may be king, but trading tools are the great enabler and equalizer.
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.
Is it Time to Tweak, Keep or Scrap Reg NMS?May 16, 2013The emphasis on speed, order protection, and technology that Regulation NMS brought to U.S. equities is analyzed in an indepth report by Tabb Group, which says it's time to debate the rule's effectiveness.
3rd Birthday of Flash Crash: Is the Stock Market Safer?May 06, 2013Three years later since that catastrophic event, exchanges have eliminated stub quotes and implemented safe guards such as limit-up/limit down. But there's inertia on many other issues.
Dark Pools Open Up About Surveillance MethodsMarch 27, 2013Brokers operating dark pools have come out with more sophisticated methods for preventing trades at bad prices and profiling client behavior — both in response to buy side concerns and regulatory scrutiny.
Torstone Technology Rolls Out Systems Upgrade for FTTMarch 13, 2013The derivatives software provider said the taxation logic within Inferno has already been applied for the French and Italian FTT and can be adapted on the fly as regulations are clarified and other countries needs are defined.
Is Sequestration Being Embraced?March 05, 2013Following a strong January, February was not as enthusiastic for the markets. Plus, it seems as if investors are embracing sequestration, but is that a good thing?
Keeping Faith as Crisis Rumbles AgainMarch 01, 2013The global financial crisis is
clearly far from over but few long-term investors feel we are
back to square one either.
Europe's Small Stocks Lure Fresh Cash, Set to Take OffFebruary 25, 2013Shares in Europe's smaller
companies are starting to attract fresh investors and should
outperform larger firms this year as the continent's relative
minnows belatedly felt the impact of central bank stimulus.
The Stock Market Needs A Hockey EnforcerFebruary 19, 2013Due 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.
Is FTT heading for Wall Street?February 14, 2013Modeled after the European FTT effort, two U.S. senators have proposed a financial transaction tax on their home turf.
Canada Wealth Managers See Shift to Equities in 2013February 11, 2013
Buoyed by rising global stock markets, Canadian asset managers
are increasingly certain that 2013 will be the year that
investors who were burned by the financial crisis make a return
to equity-linked products.
The Rising Tide in Equity Trading – Who Will Benefit?February 08, 2013As a resurgence in equity trading seems to take shape, firms that achieve a trading workflow based on scale and specialization may be poised to gain a significant portion of the new liquidity.
U.S. Prosecutors Zero In on SAC Capital Insider SteinbergFebruary 07, 2013U.S. prosecutors are nearing a
decision on whether to pursue criminal charges against SAC
Capital Advisors portfolio manager Michael Steinberg related to
an insider trading investigation involving shares of Dell Inc
, according to two people familiar with
BofA Merrill Unveils Instinct Natural to Help the Buy Side Execute Block TradesFebruary 04, 2013Clients 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.
