Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
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.
In the wake of JPMorgan’s ill-conceived hedging strategy, which cost the bank its sterling reputation along with $2 billion and counting, Advanced Trading decided to highlight some of Wall Street’s worst bets ever.
Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
The number of shares traded via high-frequency trading are down and politicians want to roll out a tax to serve as a speed bump. Some are wondering if microsecond dealings are poised to fade away.
Buy-side clients need to understand that when they trade on a broker-sponsored platform, they are paying for these systems, whether that payment comes in the form of commissions, licenses, or widened spread. Therefore, the most important thing the buy side should do is to think like a customer.
Emerging Market Private Equity Deals Decline in First HalfAugust 15, 2012Private equity funds that invest in emerging markets may have raised similar amounts of cash in the first half of 2012 than a year earlier, but they used less of it, the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association said on Tuesday.
Barclays Dragged Into New Probe After Libor BlowJuly 27, 2012Barclays revealed a new regulatory probe and more U.S. lawsuits on Friday, making it harder for the British lender to rebuild its reputation damaged by the central role it played in the interest rate-rigging scandal shaking banks.
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.
ECB Holds Fire As Crisis RagesJune 01, 2012The European Central Bank is
expected to hold its nerve and leave interest rates at 1.0
percent when it meets on Wednesday, as it presses political
leaders to come up with a solution to the euro zone's raging
debt crisis and avoid a breakup of the currency
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.
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.
Bernanke: US Banking System Healthier After CrisisMay 10, 2012Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday the U.S. banking system has made substantial progress toward becoming healthier since the financial crisis but noted there still were problem lending areas.
Investment Bank, Cost Cuts Buoy HSBCMay 08, 2012HSBC beat expectations with an underlying first-quarter profit of $6.8 billion as Europe's biggest bank saw a rebound in investment banking, growth in Asia and a fall in U.S. bad debts.
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.&
HSBC To Cut Over 2,200 UK Jobs, Targets ManagersApril 26, 2012HSBC is
cutting more than 2,200 jobs in Britain, targeting senior and
middle management roles as part of its drive to slash costs and
boost profitability in the face of a changing banking landscape.
CME Group Cuts Staff, Plans 'Exit Incentive Plan'April 26, 2012CME Group, whose first-quarter profit missed Wall Street expectations, said Thursday it has cut staff and plans more slimming this year as it tries to reduce costs and shore up income.
Half of Hedge Funds Skittish on 2012: SurveyApril 25, 2012Roughly 48 percent of hedge fund managers surveyed indicated that 2012 will be a difficult year for the sector, with nearly 40 percent expressing concern that the U.S. could enter a 'double-dip' recession.
Jefferies Q1 Profit DropsMarch 20, 2012Jefferies Group reported lower first-quarter earnings on Tuesday due to higher costs and a loss in its managed funds business.
Goldman Sachs Cuts Staff in Annual Review ProcessMarch 20, 2012Goldman Sachs Group started a new round of staff cuts in its trading and investment banking divisions, a sign of continued cutbacks on Wall Street.
