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.
Facing a dilemma of how to compete with dark pools and internalizers, exchanges are planning their own dark venues to offer better prices to retail investors.
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.
After Goldman Sachs discovered that Bloomberg journos were keeping track of their viewing habits over their Bloomberg terminals, traders have some decisions to make about the company that provides their market data, trading tools, IM and more.
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.
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.
Ten Most Significant Operational Risks of 2012January 09, 2013Andrew Waxman takes a look at the most significant operational risks, including the Facebook IPO and Knight Capital Fiasco, that occurred on Wall Street in 2012.
Facebook IPO Leads SEC to Scrutinize Nasdaq's SystemsJuly 02, 2012The watchdog is investigating Nasdaq's computer systems and processes related to the flawed Facebook IPO on May 18, and could demand upgrades from the exchange operator.
Europe Slides, Dimon Smacks Dodd-Frank, and a Hedgie Loves GreeceJune 22, 2012In the same week that summer decided to show up in New York, other corners of the financial world were heating up as well. Jamie Dimon got a grilling from the members of the House of Representatives after last week's Senate Banking Committee tongue bath. M
Facebook Consultant: Website's Ads WorkJune 12, 2012Marketing on Facebook influences consumer behavior and leads to increased purchases for the brands that leverage the social-networking site, consulting company comScore said in a report released Tuesday.
S. Korea's KDB Could Triple IPO SizeJune 05, 2012South Korea's government may sell as much as 30 percent of state-owned KDB Financial Group in a $5 billion initial public offer, three times the amount it originally planned to sell, in defiance of gloomy global markets.
From Facebook to Quants -- The Top Quotes of the WeekMay 25, 2012It wasn't all Facebook, Facebook, Facebook this week, although you could be excused for thinking that this was all anyone was talking about. Along with a badly bungled IPO, we found scintillating quotes about insider trading, quants vs. humans and a passio
Fidelity Works to Calm Customers' Facebook ConcernsMay 24, 2012Nearly a week after the initial
public offering of Facebook, Fidelity Investments
signaled it is still dealing with customer confusion over
whether they actually own shares in the social media company.
Facebook & Grexit Fallout: What's Next?May 23, 2012An overblown IPO and a blown out European economy are bringing nothing but bad news to the US as we struggle to emerge out of a nearly four year-old recession.
Facebook, Zuckerberg, Banks Sued Over IPOMay 23, 2012Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, and several banks led by Morgan Stanley were sued by shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid the social networking leader's weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16
billion initial public offering.
Facebook's IPO Fail: What Went Wrong on the NasdaqMay 21, 2012As Nasdaq deals with the fallout of Facebook's IPO flop, Bloomberg's Matt Miller tried to get some answers from Cuttone & Company's Keith Bliss
Facebooks Debuts on Wall StreetMay 18, 2012Investors are bracing for Facebook's Wall Street debut on Friday after the pioneering online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in US history.
Facebook IPO Watch: $35 a Share?!May 04, 2012The much-anticipated IPO has a low, low price but you'll be lucky to get a piece of the action. Is that fair to the people who made Facebook into the Social Media Giant it is?
Formula 1 IPO Pitch Ends FridayApril 10, 2012CVC Capital Partners has set
a Friday deadline for banks hoping to play a role in Formula
One's Singapore IPO, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, in a sign
that the process for the roughly $1.5 billion IPO is formally
under way, with plans for a July listing
Did a Rogue Algo Cause BATS IPO Crash?April 04, 2012Research by a market data firm has traced the crash of BATS' IPO to a single algorithm that executed over 500 times on Nasdaq, driving its price from $15.25 to about two cents in less than a second.
BATS IPO Business Still OpenMarch 27, 2012After a humiliating meltdown when its own initial public offering had to be withdrawn, the exchange operator will continues with its IPO listing business nevertheless.
BATS CEO: It Is With Great HumilityMarch 26, 2012BATs CEO Joe Ratterman says it was a software glitch and in a letter to clients and investors he is now explaining to clients and the investor community what exactly happened.
