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Best Execution

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High-Frequency Traders Changing Best Execution Criteria

Participants from this year's Best Execution USA conference, hosted by WatersTechnology, find that best execution and market structure are intertwined tightly when it comes to such issues as the role and responsibilities of high-frequency traders, and...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Best Execution | 12 Oct 2010

Best Ex: What Caused the Flash Crash? Market Makers Went Bye-bye

Sure, we know what the US Securities Exchange Committee (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) believe to have caused the May 6 "Flash Crash", but what do the players on the trading floor involved in this drama believe to have happened?...

Buy-Side Technology | Analysis | Best Execution | 08 Oct 2010

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Best Execution special report

September 2010 - sponsored by: Sybase

Waters | Special | Best Execution | 28 Sep 2010

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May the Best Venue Win

The Labor Day holiday in the US and the end of summer leave me wishing there were time for a few more beach trips. But duty calls—namely to deliver this column to you in Rob Daly's stead this week and next. While many on both sides of the US–Canada...

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Best Execution | 10 Sep 2010

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Beyond Best Execution

The focus of regulators and financial institutions over the last few years has been on ensuring that there is a security lid on transactions, either from a systemic point of view, or individually. The appearance of strong needs to regulate the markets...

Waters | Opinion | Best Execution | 16 Jul 2010

Baader: Latency, BestEx are Key Data Challenges

German investment bank and market maker Baader Bank has identified latency and best execution analytics as key data challenges as it gears up for new trading challenges brought about by a more competitive market structure, according to a presentation...

Inside Market Data | Speech | Latency | 09 Jun 2010

Knight Capital Invests in Equiduct

Knight Capital plans to make a strategic investment in pan-European equities trading platform Equiduct, in a move officials say will help level the playing field for European retail investors. Terms of the investment, which remains subject to approval...

Buy-Side Technology | News | Best Execution | 09 Jun 2010

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Dark Pool Gamesters Spook Buy Side

US-based buy-side firms are avoiding sending trades to certain dark pools in order to prevent being gamed, according to Young Kang, global head of algorithmic products with Citi. Trading firms are increasingly concerned about transparency and knowing...

Buy-Side Technology | News | Best Execution | 21 May 2010

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Transaction Monitoring to the Rescue

With the sheer volume of technological advancements in the industry, keeping a close eye on business processes has become more difficult than ever. The complex IT infrastructures built by financial organizations and often managed by their middle office...

Waters | Opinion | Best Execution | 17 May 2010

ConvergEx unveils IOI trade messenger

New York-based ConvergEx Group, a provider of investment technologies and execution services to the buy and sell sides, has launched a new trade messenger system to aggregate its high-touch order flow, and boost relevant and natural indications of interest...

Buy-Side Technology | Review | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 01 Apr 2010

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