Algo Trading Articles & Insight
Regulators grappling with market data: a case studyRegulators and trading firms have at least one thing in common: they both find grappling with the torrent of data generated in today's markets a tall order. The CFTC is just beginning to wrestle with the flow of swaps data, while the Securities and Exchange Commission has a head start on the equities side. It has deployed MIDAS, the Market Information Data Analytics System, developed by Tradeworx. Automated Trader met Gregg Berman, senior advisor to the Director at the SEC's Division of Trading & Markets, to find out how the regulator hopes to develop the MIDAS touch.
The rise of the Texan sharpshooters?There is a story about a Texan who fires a bunch of shots at the side of a barn. Once he's done shooting, he walks over to the barn, paints a target centred on the biggest cluster of shots, and calls himself a sharpshooter. So what, you may ask, does this have to do with swaps regulation?
Where credit's dueBack in the 'good old days', life seemed so simple: dealers warehoused vast amounts of corporate bonds, and investors picked up the telephone when they wanted to buy or sell. But capital requirements and regulation have led to a dramatic fall in banks' balance sheets and the buy-side is being asked to play a bigger role to boost liquidity. As electronification takes hold, can the elusive all-to-all model take off or is something else needed? Adam Cox reports.
Brain-PoweredAlan Turing once famously posed the question of whether machines could think. Applied to today's ultra-competitive markets, the question becomes, can machines think well enough to make money? Anna Reitman reports on what some of the players using artificial intelligence-based systems have to say.
A few minutes with… Marco Fasoli of Titian Global InvestmentsAutomated Trader catches up with Marco Fasoli of Titian Global Investments to hear what they're doing in artificial intelligence.
A few minutes with… Spencer Greenberg of Rebellion ResearchAutomated Trader catches up with Spencer Greenberg of Rebellion Research to hear about their work in artificial intelligence.
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