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Most worrisome aspect of AIG bailout - information blackout

While the government's stake has doubled from the original $85bln..information on AIG's risk to the U.S. Treasury has not been, and likely will not be addressed.Â AIG's CEO Liddy sought to assure taxpayers, in several TV appearances, that they would re-coup their investment.Â The plan now is for AIG to buy the assets they insured so that the insurance cash bleed will stop.Â The firm is also trying to sell some of it's insurance units, complicated derivative positions...and now the TSY will step in and do the negotiating for some asset sales.Â Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of all this is that the taxpayers have no clue what AIG's risk exposure is and TSY is keeping quiet on that front.

Saved by the bells?

It’s not every MTF in Europe that has its own bell to sound the start of trading, but much of the comment on MiFID’s first year does have a celebratory ring to it. William Essex goes in search of harmony in a fragmented market.

Deephaven hedge fund halts redemptions

Deephaven Captial Management has halted redemptions as of this weekend because investors have asked for redemptions of nearly 1/3 of the fund.Â Deephaven's Multi-Strategy Fund is said to be the subject of the redemptions.

TSY Confirms Plans for Direct Captial Injections into Banks

A Treasury spokesperson has confrimed rumors that the US Treaury will soon be using its newly aquired ability to direclty inject capital into banks. The US Treausy plans on purchsing stakes within banks some time in the near future. The plan would allow the US Treasury to recieve common shares of banks as a passive investment in return for capital

Fidessa LatentZero leads the way with 20 brokers� algos

October 8th, 2008 - Fidessa LatentZero announces integrated access to algorithms from RBC, Instinet, Knight/EdgeTrade and DnB NOR Capital Markets via Minerva

Charles River Development Releases Charles River IMS Version 8.2

June 23rd, 2008 - Charles River Development (Charles River), has announced the release of Version 8.2 of the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS), its front- and middle-office software suite for buy-side firms. Following rigorous beta and regression testing, this generally-available release introduces significant enhancements and new functionality for managing and trading derivatives and fixed income instruments. Customized tools streamline workflows, and fully-integrated real-time market data delivers best execution. New compliance capabilities, including expanded ‘pre-built’ rule libraries, support new global and local regulatory requirements.

CodeStreet adds latency monitoring and auditing tools to Market Data Works

CodeStreet has announced that its flagship product Market Data Works now includes latency monitoring and auditing facilities. Market Data Works includes the following latency-specific functions: * Monitor latency between points on the distribution infrastructure and from the exchange * Audit latency to review latency over periods in the past * Send alerts when latency limits are exceeded * Chart latency A key aspect of the solution is its low cost and ease of use, allowing users with minimal market data background to set up and monitor latency from their desktop.

Finding the Correct Path Through Market Turbulence

Recent months have seen financial markets experience more turbulence than perhaps ever before. Market corrections, war in the Middle East, sub-prime crisis, bulls and bears not sure which they are, and more recently the return of the 'big style' rogue trader have caused more volatility, I would suggest, than most have ever experienced.

Buy Side Flocks to FX

Auto and algo trading techniques are being deployed by a wide range of buy-side firms in the increasingly crowded, but not always transparent, waters of the FX market. Chris Hall reports.

Speed to Market

How is the latest technology accelerating the development and implementation of algorithms and automated trading systems? AT asks leading solutions providers to share their views.