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May 2012: Ode to Experience

Like fine wine and cyclists, technologists get better with age.

Waters | Opinion | People | 04 May 2012

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James Rundle: Survival of the Fittest

Austerity is the key word in business and society at large. The ways in which the sell-side industry is streamlining its operations are being enabled by cutting-edge technology, though, and James believes the evolution on display is a key area of interest...

Waters | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 May 2012

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Anthony Malakian: Trust Your Gut

At this year’s North American Trading Architecture Summit, Anthony took note as speakers tried to explain how best to marry IT with the business. It’s a game of hits … and lots of misses.

Waters | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 May 2012

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Michael Shashoua: The Shape of Things to Come

Global industry messaging standards organization ISITC has put itself front and center in discussions that will influence the industry’s actions on operational innovation and regulatory compliance for years to come. Michael sheds light on the details...

Waters | Opinion | Regulation & Standards | 04 May 2012

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Max Bowie: Don’t Be the Fool Parted from Your Money

Widespread adoption of algorithmic trading has led to belief in the infallibility of computers. But as technology once restricted to institutional trading desks filters down to retail traders, Max asks whether the sophistication of the tools available...

Waters | Opinion | Algorithmic Trading | 04 May 2012

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OMS and EMS: Peace Through Marriage

Order management systems and execution management systems are the Hatfields and the McCoys of trading software. Long have they quarreled over their relative merits. Jake Thomases examines how a push toward unification within a single architecture has...

Waters | Feature | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 04 May 2012

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Radio Silence: Are Exchanges Trying to Curb HFT?

As several exchanges in Europe and the US prepare to implement efficiency programs for order messaging-to-trade ratios, some in the industry are seeing this as a self-regulatory move to curb high-frequency trading ahead of statutory rulings. But is this...

Waters | Feature | Exchanges | 04 May 2012

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OTFs' Next Move

With G20 commitments obliging regulators to regiment the trading of over-the-counter derivatives, Mifid II proposes the integration of organized trading facilities, but what impact will this have? By Steve Dew-Jones

Waters | Feature | Regulation & Standards | 04 May 2012

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TCA Comes to Futures and FX

Transaction-cost analysis started in equities and, for the most part, hasn’t left—until recently. For various reasons, demand among FX and futures traders for a way to measure their execution costs is growing, and vendors are responding. By Jake Thomases...

Waters | Feature | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 04 May 2012

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Dark Forces: Off-Exchange Trading on the Rise

A growing percentage of trade volumes is moving off-exchange every year, whether it’s through broker dark pools, internalized on a firm’s own desks, or elsewhere. Along with declining liquidity in equities markets and higher trading costs, the increasing...

Waters | Feature | Exchange Technologies | 03 May 2012

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