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?
The study by Charles Jones cite the usual benefits of HFT: enhanced liquidity and more efficient markets. But what about the conflicts of interest and order types designed specifically for the benefit of high frequency players?
The exchange operator said China Merchant Securites is the latest firm to use the SMARTS Broker platform to monitor illegal trading activity by their clients and traders.
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.
A proposal by Nasdaq OMX to offer benchmark order that are similar to algorithms offered by brokers, raised regulatory, risk and competitive issues at the SEC.
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.
EBS Direct is Live with 4 Liquidity ProvidersMay 13, 2013Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley have completed trades on EBS DIrect, a new relationship-based disclosed liquidity service with streaming prices tailored to consumers.
JPMorgan Ordered to Improve Controls After 'Whale' LossJanuary 15, 2013U.S. banking
regulators on Monday ordered JPMorgan Chase & Co to
tighten its risk controls after the bank lost billions of
dollars due to bad bets from a trader known as the "London
Whale."
Top Morgan Stanley Broker Departs for J.P. MorganOctober 01, 2012A top Morgan Stanley broker who
last year managed about $2 billion in client assets left the
company's brokerage division on Friday to join J.P. Morgan
Securities.
Can Regulators Realistically Enforce the Volcker Rule?July 09, 2012As regulators gear up to phase in the Volcker Rule -- an element of the Dodd-Frank financial reform package -- experts say a myriad of obstacles may keep the law from functioning as intended.
JP Morgan Knew London Traders Were A ProblemJune 12, 2012Despite his sterling reputation for risk management, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon tolerated risky trades, loose limits and changes in its VaR out of the London chief investment office.
Credit Suisse Ranks as Top Broker for U.S. Equity Trading —StudyMay 29, 2012Buy-side traders surveyed by Greenwich Associates gave Credit Suisse 9.5 percent of their U.S. equity trading share, while Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P.Morgan tied for second place with 8.9 percent.
I-Banking, Trading Push Wall Street Over the TopDecember 14, 2010Just two years after the nation’s financial sector nearly fell off a cliff, only to be rescued by an unprecedented bailout, the industry’s titans have roared back.
DTCC Unveils OTC Derivatives Matching Service; G14 Dealers Go LiveDecember 13, 2010The Depositary Trust & Clearing Corp. announced the launch of a global over-the-counter equity derivatives cash flow and netting platform, a service it said is now being used by the 14 largest international dealers.
J.P. Morgan Chase Boosts Reporting Capabilities for Money Market FundsSeptember 16, 2010J.P. Morgan Chase announced it enhanced its compliance monitoring services to comply with new money market rules that call for higher credit quality, improved liquidity and shorter maturity limits.
EuroCCP Nabs J.P. Morgan as General Clearing Participant August 11, 2010EuroCCP, a provider of clearing and settlement services for a range of European markets, announced that J.P. Morgan has agreed to become one of its general clearing participants.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Gives Traders A BreakApril 06, 2010J.P. Morgan Asset Management has built an Execution Optimizer, or EO, that will further automate the trade workflow by utilizing TCA and portfolio manager profiling to generate and execute on strategies.
