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.
Clients 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.
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.
Professor Bernard Donefer of Baruch College and Sal Arnuk, Partner at Themis Trading went head-to-head on regulation, technology and politics surrounding the controversial practice of HFT.
As cutbacks spread across the buy-side desk and turmoil continues to reshape the markets, the traits that define a successful buy-side trader are more important than ever.
ESP Technologies offers post-trade ticket aggregation for equities, helping buy-side firms lower settlement costs as they seek best execution in a fragmented market.
Cyprus Aims to Let Small Savers Out of Deposit Tax; Veto Still LikelyMarch 19, 2013Cyprus's government proposed
on Tuesday to spare small savers from a divisive levy on bank
deposits but said it expects parliament to reject the measure,
needed to secure an international bailout and avoid default and
a banking collapse.
Sequester Chokes SEC, Regulator FundsMarch 13, 2013As the market burns up the DOW, the SEC and other regulators will see their budgets slashed during the sequester. What happens if the government shuts down?
Hedge Fund Association Voices Opposition to Potential SRONovember 05, 2010HFA warns that potential hedge fund self-regulation organization (SRO) under investigation by the GAO would raise regulatory costs for funds to operate and also limit the industry's growth.
Will Politicians Become Portfolio Managers?September 25, 2008With the government bailing out so many financial firms, will they need traders and portfolio managers to manage their assets?
