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?
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 U.S. equity volumes in the dumps, the buy side increasingly is searching for liquidity in dark pools, stoking fears about a lack of execution transparency in the opaque markets. But buy-side traders are finding value in the dark -- if they know where to look.
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.
Among the top trends on the buy-side trading desk in 2011, the biggest development is likely to be the increased reliance on transaction cost analysis to entice institutional investors and ensure best execution.
Taiwanese Bank Extends License with Fenics for FX Options SystemMay 06, 2013Already a customer for 10 years, E.Sun Commercial Bank will extend its license of Fenics Professional in foreign exchange options to streamline procedures and gain functions such as volatility surface management.
Electronic Trading of FX Jumps in Asia from 38% to 45% — ReportApril 15, 2013Despite a slight slowdown in global FX trading activity last year, large numbers of institutions and companies in the U.S., Europe and particularly in Asia continued to adopt e-trading, according to Greenwich Associates research.
Options Expands FX Connectivity for Quant Trading FirmsMarch 12, 2013In response to customer requests, Options expanded connectivity to global FX markets and brokers from the NY2 and NY4 New Jersey data centers, and also upgraded the fiber route between New Jersey and Chicago.
FX Models Resurrected as Markets Emerge from Cisis ModeJanuary 22, 2013Computer-driven funds are seizing
on signals suggesting the herd-like "risk-on/risk-off"
investment behaviour that has dominated currency trading since
2010 is fading.
Gain Capital Hires Knight Capital Algo Trading ExecJanuary 17, 2013Online trading firm Gain Capital taps Joseph Wald, who ran Knight Direct, to spearhead its instituitonal business and spearhead growth strategy.
Fidelity Pushes BNY Mellon for Better FX PricingNovember 29, 2012Fidelity Investments is pushing
BNY Mellon Corp and other custody banks for stricter
pricing on certain foreign currency trades, the latest sign of
how big investment managers are using the same tactics as public
pension funds to cut expenses.
Why Didn't Microsoft Add OMS Functionality to Excel?October 11, 2012It sits on nearly every trader’s desktop and raises
the question: Why didn’t Microsoft add a “Buy” button to its
famed spreadsheet and analysis tool?
Brazil May Fire Up Tax Artillery In 'Currency War'September 21, 2012Brazil threatened on Friday a further clampdown on speculative foreign capital, firing a warning shot in a "currency war" its finance minister blamed on money-printing by Western central banks.
World's First Offshore Yuan Futures Market Makes Quiet DebutSeptember 17, 2012The world's first offshore yuan currency futures market debuted in Hong Kong on Monday in move backed by Beijing to underline its ambition to slowly internationalize the currency, but interest was muted among investors.
Yuan futures ended lower against
Deutsche Bank Updates FX Trading PlatformJuly 18, 2012The bank says the Autobahn FX platform will give users better control over their trades at a time when volumes are on the upswing.
The Global Fight Over High-Frequency Trading Hits FXJuly 11, 2012Currency trading platform EBS said it's looking to put the breaks on techniques like flash orders, moves the Financial Times says are aimed at placating ICAP's investment banking clients who are leery of high-frequency traders.
Thomson Reuters Makes Play for High-Frequency FX TradingAugust 15, 2011Thomson Reuters announced it will add FX trading capabilities to the Elektron platform, a move aimed at capitalizing on the rapid growth of high-frequency global currency trading.
