Algorithmic Trading News
CQG and Continuum partner with AlgoFastApril 23rd, 2013 - CQG and Continuum partner with AlgoFast to supply CQG's global market data and trade execution capabilities.
- What does the buy side want? A Goldilocks approach to HFT regulation
April 16th, 2013 - Ari Burstein, senior council for the Investment Company Institute, sums up what member buy side firms want from regulators: a measured approach.
Gensler and O'Malia - the secret of how they resolve their differencesApril 16th, 2013 - The way to regulatory harmony, it would appear, may have something to do with Chinese food.
- Barclays launches automated capital commitment for algo trading
April 15th, 2013 - New feature provides electronic clients with liquidity, improves execution costs on algorithmic orders
- Quantopian & Upgrade Capital announce competition
April 09th, 2013 - Quantopian & Upgrade Capital partner for algo development competition
- Instinet joins IPC's Connexus Financial Extranet
April 03rd, 2013 - IPC's Connexus clients can now access Instinet's full suite of trading tools
Quantopian's Fetcher applies any dataset to trading algosApril 02nd, 2013 - Combination of any time-series data with price data opens new possibilities for quantitative trading
Algo-Logic Systems launches 2nd generation Ternary Search Engine solutions for Tabula's ABAX2 P-series of 3PLDMarch 27th, 2013 - Algo-Logic and Tabula collaborate to deliver programmable algorithmic search solutions enabling 150 MSPS at 100 Gbps line rate
- FXSpotStream reels in UBS as liquidity provider, now has eight global FX banks
March 27th, 2013 - The Swiss bank giant joined seven other liquidity providers as the new FXSpotStream initiative gained momentum.
- Credit Suisse AES options offered through PrimeTrade
March 27th, 2013 - AES Options single leg tactics for US listed Equity, Index and ETF options now available via PrimeTrade
- GreySpark report finds HFT growth continues despite regulatory initiatives
March 21st, 2013 - GreySpark report part one examines regulatory landscape - concludes that whilst regulators are keen to limit HFT, capital markets players support continued use. HFT often erroneously blamed for market disruption
FXone gets FIX certified with Knight Hotspot FXMarch 18th, 2013 - FXone successfully completes FIX certification with Knight Hotspot FX.
- US regulators reportedly probe 'wash trading', CME working on technology to prevent practice
March 18th, 2013 - The CFTC is reported to be investigating a practice known as 'wash trading' and one of its commissioners has called for mandatory use of wash-blocking technology. CME Group separately says it will implement such a system.
- Australia watchdog finds HFT concerns overstated
March 18th, 2013 - The Australian Securities and Investment Commission found that traders' order-to-trade ratios were below 4:1, versus a market average of 10:1.
- Algo-Logic Systems to demonstrate 2nd Generation TSE Search Engine Cores & TKG Sensor System
March 15th, 2013 - Algo-Logic Systems CEO Dr. John Lockwood to Introduce Gateware Defined Networking® (GDN) including 100 Gbps Search Engine Cores at the Ethernet Summit 2013
- Australian study shows messaging tax hurts liquidity
March 12th, 2013 - A study by the CMCRC looked at top Canadian stocks and found that a messaging tax resulted in lower quote submission, trades and volume as well as worse liquidity.
KERIUS Finance boosts risk management and hedging advisory services with Numerix AnalyticsMarch 12th, 2013 - KERIUS Finance selects Numerix CrossAsset for industry-standard pricing and risk model library
- Mandatory swap clearing kicks off under Dodd-Frank
March 11th, 2013 - CFTC Chairman Gensler called the introduction of mandatory clearing a "historic" moment for markets and said it would promote competition and broaden access to the market.
- Numerix introduces CrossAsset Server
March 06th, 2013 -Numerix analytics engine provides real-time derivatives valuation, market risk & counterparty risk calculations
- ITG deploys Liquidity Guard for POSIT
March 05th, 2013 - Next generation safeguard improves execution quality
- ConvergEx Group's LiquidPoint launches new multi-leg options algorithms
March 04th, 2013 - New suite of algorithms designed to help traders automate their multi-leg options trading strategies
ConvergEx rolls out new premarket trading algorithmFebruary 28th, 2013 - New ConvergEx algo enables liquidity capture outside traditional market hours
- European Commission official defends order-to-trade concept as debate rumbles
February 27th, 2013 - Would an order-to-trade ratio be more appropriately called an ordeal-to-trade ratio? The European Commission does not appear to think so, but many in the market do.
OptionsCity Freeway powers University of Chicago trading competitionFebruary 26th, 2013 - Freeway software to serve as sole automated trading platform for students in competition
- Imagine Software picked by Asymmetric Asset Management
February 20th, 2013 - Nordic hedge fund Asymmetric chose Imagine after a review of eight providers.
- Numerix Introduces Cheapest-To-Deliver (CTD) collateral analysis tool
February 19th, 2013 - Enhanced curve construction functionality allows users to embed funding cost into trade valuation process
NBF deploys Orc technology in CanadaFebruary 19th, 2013 - National Bank Financial expands use of Orc technology to provide opportunities in Canadian Markets
Tanius Technology selects Rapid Addition solutionsFebruary 18th, 2013 - Tanius Technology leverages Rapid Addition's FIX engine and CME feed handler products
QuantHouse to provide services to Russian broker BCSFebruary 18th, 2013 - BCS' prime brokerage division selects S&P Capital IQ's QuantHouse operation for advanced trading technologies to hedge fund clients
Derivatives trader Tim Meggs becomes first Quantopian 'Quant in Residence'February 16th, 2013 - Quantopian adds former CIBC Markets director to new Quant in Residence program
