Bats Exchange
Two More US Exchanges Admit Order Handling Errors
Direct Edge and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have said that customer transactions may have been executed away from the best available price due to systems errors, bringing the total number of exchanges admitting price errors to three this month.
BATS Admits Price Execution Error
BATS Global Markets has notified its customers that a system error dating back to 2008 may have resulted in the execution of a multitude of trades at prices lower than the national best bid and offer (NBBO).
BATS Document Suggests LULD Delay
A timetable for the implementation of limit-up limit-down (LULD) measures, a form of market circuit breakers in the event of wild price swings, has been published by BATS, suggesting that the enactment date of February will be postponed to April.
The Best of the Sell Side in 2012
The pick of Waters' sell-side coverage from the past year.
Nasdaq Readies Low-Latency Wireless Data
New radio frequency network between Nasdaq and other NJ datacenters will slash latency by up to 50 percent, officials say
Sell-Side Tech Glitches Provide Lessons for the Buy Side
As firms grapple with decreased IT budgets and work forces, we could see more headlines about problems that can be attributed to technology glitches.
Brazilian Regulator Weighs Breaking BM&FBovespa Monopoly
CVM held a hearing last week to solicit opinions on a study about exchange competition in Brazil. Yet the regulator gave no clues as to how it plans to proceed.
IPC Connexus Links to Bats Equities and Options Markets
Financial extranet to enhance connectivity to largest alternative exchanges in the US.
Searching for Purple Patches and Panem
Enter into the desperate mind of a columnist as he feebly searches for a FinTech-related topic for this week's BST column.
Market Survives Bats' Failed IPO; Will Bats?
While Bats failed IPO attempt-and subsequent mini-Flash Crash-led to numerous bad headlines, it doesn't have to be a death sentence for the usually tech-savvy exchange operator. Additionally, the event also shows that the industry has made strides since…
Market Survives Bats' Failed IPO; Will Bats?
While Bats failed IPO attempt-and subsequent mini-Flash Crash-led to numerous bad headlines, it doesn't have to be a death sentence for the usually tech-savvy exchange operator. Additionally, the event also shows that the industry has made strides since…
That Helpless Feeling: DDoS Attacks, Anonymous and Wall Street
Distributed denial of service attacks are nearly impossible to stop. But firms aren't completely helpless in defending against these coordinated assaults, either. By Anthony Malakian
That Helpless Feeling: DDoS Attacks, Anonymous and Wall Street
Distributed denial of service attacks are nearly impossible to stop. But firms aren't completely helpless in defending against these coordinated assaults, either. By Anthony Malakian
Not All Attacks Are Hacks
Were the DoS attacks on Nasdaq and Bats the first wave of a greater assault to come?
SEC Approves Bats’ Liquidity Provider Program
The Bats program encourages market-makers to post competitive quotes and add liquidity.
Bats Standardizes on Savvis Hosting
Bats Global Markets plans to move its disaster recovery facility to Chicago.
Everything Old Is New Again—Maybe
Will cash equities market-makers make a comeback in 2012?
The Return of the Market-Maker
Since the adoption of Regulation NMS in 2007, market-makers in the US cash equities market have gone the way of the green screen—until now.