Trading Tech
TradingScreen Debuts Real-Time TCA
By providing feedback during the trading day, TradingScreen wants to help clients make quick decisions.
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…
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…
And Down the Stretch They Come! Part II
Back for the second year, on the eve of the Kentucky Derby, Anthony handicaps the FinTech space for what's to come over the next 12 months.
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…
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
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
New Zealand Exchange Chooses X-stream
Nasdaq OMX will provide the new platform for the Asia-Pac exchange.
FTEN Adds Real-Time Options Analytics to Risk Platform
RX platform enables risk managers to leverage volatilities data and view exposures in real-time, complying with SEC and Finra regulation.
FactSet to Add Lodge Partners' Equity Research
Australian equities broker to distribute analysis on firms' weekly and monthly earnings revisions to buy-side.
Liquidity & Electronic Trading special report
May 2012 - sponsored by: Bloomberg, IPC Systems, Knight Capital, SunGard
Unseen No Longer, CTOs Help ‘Set the Vision’ for Buy-Side Firms
Greater requirements surrounding risk mitigation and outsourcing management are transforming the role of CTO, hedge fund and private equity managers say.
Crashing Out
Ending the week with a bang.
Further Research: Manager Selection Due Diligence Finds RMS on the Ascent
Large managers like Brinker Capital are turning to automated research management systems (RMSs) to more actively collate and utilize information.
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…
Fixnetix Connects to LME
London Metal Exchange is the 85th market to which Fixnetix offers connectivity.
4sight Launches Collateral Optimization Module
'What if' scenarios can also be run on the Xpose collateral management system.
BWise Buy Bolsters Nasdaq OMX's Surveillance, Compliance Monitoring, Risk Management Solution
Nasdaq OMX will pair the new GRC technology with its own Smarts platform for comprehensive risk, compliance, and surveillance.
Fixnetix, Equinix See Partnership Positives in Connectivity and Low-Latency
Mutual growth into new territories supports both companies.
Miami International Securities Exchange Files with the SEC
Barring a setback, MIAX expects to have its application for options trading approved by Q3.
Collaboration with Chile Signals BM&FBovespa's Push for Integrated Latin American Markets
When Chile decided to develop its derivatives trading capabilities, Brazil was happy to help. The cooperation agreement could signal big things for the broader market.
BI-SAM to Integrate Alphedra's Risk Engine
OpenSight, which provides Monte Carlo simulations, will enhance the vendor's B-One platform.