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.
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.
Paving the Way for European Regulatory Reform: An Evolution in Electronic Fixed IncomeApril 24, 2013There is no doubt that the regulatory reforms under way will change the way European market participants trade fixed income. Forward-thinking market participants should prepare for requirements relating to clearing, trade reporting, transparency, and regulation of trading venues, and certainly a move towards electronic trading.
Joseph Cangemi Appointed CEO of ConvergEx's UK Broker DealerApril 23, 2013Known for his knowledge of U.S. equity market structure, Cangemi will relocate to London to head ConvergEx’s European operations, while continuing as co-head of electronic equity trading and sales.
ECB Gives Cyprus Bailout Ultimatum, Banks Face CutoffMarch 21, 2013The European Central
Bank gave Cyprus until Monday to raise billions of euros to
clinch an international bailout or face losing emergency funds
for its banks and inevitable collapse.
Ratings Agencies Come Under Fire from EU WatchdogMarch 18, 2013The European Union's markets
watchdog has criticised the world's top three credit ratings
agencies for a lack of transparency over how they evaluate banks
and demanded more robust internal reviews of their methods.
Forget Dodd-Frank, Watch Out for FTT!March 08, 2013As the Financial Transaction Tax gains momentum in Europe, the possibility that a broad-based tax could spread globally is not out of the question. But would it reduce liquidity and add to volatility?
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.
EU's Financial Transaction Tax Stirs Up Controversy on TwitterFebruary 15, 2013The EU's decision to push ahead with the financial transaction tax with support from only 11 countries, including France, Germany and Spain, triggered diverse viewpoints on Twitter.
Outgoing Eurogroup Chief Calls for Direct Bank AidJanuary 10, 2013The euro zone must use its
rescue fund to inject money into banks with past debts, the
president of the Eurogroup said on Thursday, warning anything
less would undermine the bloc's crisis response.
Are HFT's Days Winding Down?September 28, 2012They just might be in Europe where lawmakers appear to be at their wits' end when it comes to high-speed trading.
Flush European Share Investors Batten Down HatchesAugust 14, 2012European equity investors, flush
from the longest run of weekly gains in seven years on hopes
that central banks will act to calm the euro zone crisis and
boost global growth, are looking to protect their profits in
case of disappointment.
As World Frets About Europe, GSAM’s Patel Says Its Stocks Are UndervaluedJuly 17, 2012The conventional wisdom at least seems to be that investors should stay far from the European marketplace, but Sheila Patel of Goldman Sachs Asset Management tells Bloomberg their equities appear undervalued.
Emerging Markets Hold Breath As EU Banks ShrinkApril 30, 2012LONDON, April 30 (Reuters)- From Beijing to Bucharest,
emerging market policymakers are as worried as those in Brussels
that the rapid contraction in western European banks' balance
sheets will compound the debt crisis and further delay economic
recovery.&
Spanish Economy In 'Huge Crisis' After Credit SlashApril 27, 2012Spain's sickly economy faces a
"crisis of huge proportions", a minister said on Friday, as
unemployment hit its highest level in almost two decades and
Standard and Poor's downgraded the government's debt by two
notches.
Heard On the StreetMarch 30, 2012What a week! Europe double dips, hedge fund managers have big egos, MF Global pleased the fifth, and everybody is leaving Goldman Sachs. Advanced Trading gathered up the funniest and the most revealing quotes from the capital market thought leaders. There'
