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.
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.
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.
Open Letter to Mary Jo WhiteJanuary 25, 2013Themis Trading's letter to Mary Jo White asks the SEC Chairman nominee to consider regulating dark pools, changing the SRO rule-making process and banning payment for order flow at all levels.
Are HFT's Days Winding Down?September 28, 2012They just might be in Europe where lawmakers appear to be at their wits' end when it comes to high-speed trading.
Old-School Banker Left Picking Up Pieces at BarclaysJuly 10, 2012Ever the gentleman, Marcus Agius
quit as chairman of Barclays last week in a doomed
attempt to protect Bob Diamond, who was resisting calls to step
down as chief executive over the rigging of interest rates by
the British bank's traders.
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.
PVE Capital Takes to the CloudFebruary 10, 2012In this Advanced Trading case study, a small macro credit fund operates offices in London and Malta smoothly thanks to cloud technology from Options IT.
BATS' Acquisition of Chi-X Europe Clears UK RegulatorOctober 20, 2011The UK Competition Commission provisionally concluded that customers have the power to prevent the merged company from raising trading fees or worseing service.
SEC Charges Chicago-Area Quant Fund Manager With FraudSeptember 01, 2011The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged a Chicago-area quantitative hedge with fraud for lying to investors about its performance track record and misleading them on who its clients were.
What Ails Us About High Frequency Trading?September 30, 2009Themis Trading's Sal Arnuk and Joseph Saluzzi sound off on three aspects of high frequency trading that are problematic.
