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Bats to Roll Out Parallel Smart Routing Strategies

Equities and options exchange operator Bats Global plans to introduce three new smart-routing strategies that will complement its existing Cycle routing strategy available on Bats' various global markets. Starting on Sept. 7, Bats will bring its Parallel...

Sell-Side Technology | News | Smart Order Routing | 07 Sep 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Q&A: The Rise of FX and the Tech Demands Created

This week, the Bank for International Settlements released its triennial survey of foreign exchange (FX) and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market activity. The survey found that total currency-trading volumes have surged to $4 trillion, which is...

Sell-Side Technology | Q&A | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 03 Sep 2010

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Knight Direct Joins Orc's Broker Gateway

Knight Direct is partnering with trading platform and connectivity provider Orc Software, where Knight Direct will offer its suite of execution algorithms and Knight will join ExNet, Orc's broker gateway, to offer algorithmic execution services and market...

Sell-Side Technology | News | Algorithmic Trading | 01 Sep 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Bloomberg Tradebook Releases Dark Liquidity Algorithm

Officials from Bloomberg Tradebook, the agency brokerage arm of Bloomberg, announced today the official release of its B-Dark algorithm, a dark-only version of its B-Smart algorithm that helps traders seek optimal execution prices. The new algorithm...

Sell-Side Technology | News | Algorithmic Trading | 31 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Singapore, Hong Kong Algo Performance Lags Japan

Singapore and Hong Kong lag Japan when it comes to algorithm performance across markets, according to a recent study released by trading technology provider Tora Trading. Through the first six months of 2010, Tora officials examined 120,000 algo orders...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 26 Aug 2010

Saudi Start-Up Opts for Advent Infrastructure

Riyadh-based United Financial House (UFH), a recently-launched asset manager targeting private investors and institutional clients, has licensed three buy-side platforms from San Francisco-based Advent Software. UFH has rolled out Advent Portfolio Exchange...

Buy-Side Technology | News | Buy-Side Implementations | 24 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Hedge Funds Split Functions Among Additional Brokers

The hedge fund industry is starting to feel the impact from the Dodd-Frank Act in terms of how it (the industry) deploys technology in its operations, say industry professionals who spoke at a recent forum sponsored by trade order management, compliance...

Buy-Side Technology | Analysis | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 20 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Real-Time Risk Management is a Must

It seems that every day, the industry is becoming more obsessed with speed. And for good reason: The faster we can conduct various business processes—especially those pertaining to trading and risk management—the better, right? The speed-in-trading...

Waters | Opinion | Risk Management | 19 Aug 2010

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Will Wall Street Kill the Cloud?

Financial services was one of the first industry verticals to adopt cloud computing, but is the industry flexible enough to handle the innovation the new architecture is capable of delivering? Rob is not quite sure it is.

Waters | Opinion | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 19 Aug 2010

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NYSE Euronext Plans Pan-European MTF for Corporate Bonds

NYSE Euronext announced that it is in the process of creating what it says will be the first pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) for corporate bonds, in response to recommendations made by the Cassiopeia Committee earlier this year. Meanwhile,...

Waters | News | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Survey: Firms Lack Real-Time Surveillance

A recent survey conducted by Progress Software found that more than 50 percent of capital markets firms do not use real-time market surveillance and monitoring tools. The survey of 125 respondents was conducted at June’s SIFMA Financial Services Technology...

Waters | News | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

TradingScreen Set to Launch Galaxy MTF for Corporate Bonds

Execution management system (EMS) provider TradingScreen plans to launch Galaxy, a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for European corporate bonds, by the end of the year, according to vendor officials. NYSE Euronext is planning a similar offering...

Waters | News | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Chris Davis, founder, TwoFour, talks to Waters

Waters | Interview | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Selerity Adds ‘Unscheduled’ Algo Data

Low-latency event data vendor Selerity has added earnings pre-announcements to its machine-readable data for trading and risk management, in addition to its existing coverage of corporate earnings, sales figures and macroeconomic indicators. The vendor...

Waters | News | Data Delivery Technologies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

CESR Mulls Mandatory Electronic Confirmation for OTC Derivatives

The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) is considering making it mandatory for firms trading in the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market to use electronic trade confirmation. In a paper published by CESR in mid-July, the body said...

Waters | News | Trading Floor Technologies | 19 Aug 2010 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Events

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Inside Market Data Chicago

Start Date: 14 Sep 2010

End Date: 14 Sep 2010

Venue: Mid-America Club

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European Financial Information Summit

Start Date: 21 Sep 2010

End Date: 21 Sep 2010

Venue: To be confirmed

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Best Execution USA

Start Date: 06 Oct 2010

End Date: 06 Oct 2010

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