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Lava Announces Major Enhancements to Sell-Side Products
FREE ARTICLELava Trading Inc. today announced the completion of significant enhancements to its sell-side products, including the Lava ColorBook(R) system and Lava Trading Floor(R). The updates to ColorBook, Lava Trading Floor and other products reflect the continual read this
MAREX Financial picks FXall
FREE ARTICLEFXall has been selected by MAREX Financial, a firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, to provide foreign exchange liquidity and trading services to its clients read this
AT Round Table: Multi Asset Algo
FREE ARTICLEMulti asset execution algorithms have been touted as the next “big thing”. AT asked four major sellside providers for their viewpoint. With: - Tim Wildenberg, Head of Direct Execution Services Europe, UBS - Jeff Wecker, CEO of Townsend Analytics, read this
Leader: Fast Forward into the Multi Asset Future?
FREE ARTICLEA new evolution of synthetic trading is starting to generate interest – multi asset class algorithmic trading. If there is a need to spread trading activity across a wider asset base, why not let the machine help finesse some of the component trades? Davi read this
Case Study: Nordic Models - Auto FX at DnB NOR
FREE ARTICLEDnB NOR is Norway's largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK1400bn. The group has an established history of proprietary trading that was expanded in mid 2005 with the addition of an API trading program for FX. AT talks to Jan St read this
Exchange Views: LSE Multi Asset Futureproofing
FREE ARTICLETechnology first came to the forefront at the London Stock Exchange in 1986 when the exchange abandoned floor trading. Since then, technology has only continued to increase in importance, particularly since the exchange’s switch to listed company st read this
Spotlight: Patsystems IQ-Trader
FREE ARTICLEPatsystems were one of the first ISVs to launch an electronic dealing platform when futures markets began migrating from open outcry in the 1990s. AT takes a look at the automated trading functionality within the latest incarnation of its mid-tier IQ read this
Tech Forum: The OMS - Moving On, Moving Up
FREE ARTICLEOne type of trading technology that has been much affected by the growth in algorithmic trading is the OMS. AT talks to five leading OMS vendors to find out how changes in the market are affecting their businesses and how they are dealing with those cha read this
Peek Ahead: A Misleading Glimpse of the Future
FREE ARTICLE“AT pays a visit to a seriously secretive organisation and sees a human free vision of the automated trading future. Or possibly not…” read this
Feature: Is Fixed Income Ready to Hit Algo Street?
FREE ARTICLEFixed income has been long regarded as the Cinderella of algorithmic trading – while equities and then FX would enjoy the ball, fixed income would be left behind. However, while we may still be a long way from a glass slipper scenario, there are now glimm read this
Leader: The Price of Principal
FREE ARTICLECertainty comes at a premium in financial markets and especially where a capital commitment is required. But just how big should that premium be for principal quotes and what are the alternatives? Dr Paul Lynch managing partner of algorithmic tradin read this
AT Round Table: Algorithmic Trading - Creating real value for the buyside
FREE ARTICLEAs algorithmic trading continues to mature, the buyside is becoming more demanding. Providers are now being judged on a more holistic basis than in the past, with an emphasis on their overall ability to add value. AT talks to five prominent sellside read this
Spotlight: RTD Tango - Cutting to the Chase
FREE ARTICLETools for trade automation have been around for several years. One of the later arrivals at the automation party is RTS Realtime Systems Group, which launched its RTD Tango automated/algorithmic modelling and trade execution platform last year. As read this
Peek Ahead: DIY Disaster
FREE ARTICLEHow one fund house's attempt to build its own algos proved a rocky road to reality. read this
Leader: The buyside trader - empowered or extinct?
FREE ARTICLEThe introduction of Reg NMS next year will further compound other changes, such as decimalisation, that have transformed the equity market in recent years. Joe Wald, CEO of EdgeTrade Inc., explains how traders need to evolve and respond to meet this read this
Eurobase Launches Siena e-Trading Solutions with Four e-Trading Modules
FREE ARTICLEEurobase Banking Solutions today launched its four e-Trading modules designed to provide banks with the tools to maximise revenue generation from customers and branches. These modules can be used together as one all-encompassing unit or combined with exis read this
Elkins/McSherry Analysis Reveals Edgetrade?s VWAP Algorithm Outperforms 93% Of Large Institutions in Universe Comparison
FREE ARTICLEEdgeTrade today announced results of a recent Elkins/McSherry analysis that showed EdgeTrade?s VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price) algorithm, including market impact and commissions, outperformed 93% of a universe of large, billion dollar institutions du read this
TRADETREK SECURITIES EXPANDS SALES AND TRADING GROUP
FREE ARTICLETradeTrek Securities today announced the hiring of Robert P. Calice and Philip Adesso as vice presidents in its sales and trading group. ?As we continue gaining market share in the growing algorithmic execution space Robert and Philip further strengthe read this
Orc Software expands access to foreign exchange markets with connections to FXall and Hotspot FXi
FREE ARTICLEOrc Software has announced that it now provides direct trading access to FXall and Hotspot FXi, two of the leading alternative trading systems for foreign exchange (FX). This arrangement marks a significant expansion of Orc Software into the global FX mar read this
FIX CITY PARTNERS WITH SIMCORP TO INTEGRATE IOIs WITH TRADING
FREE ARTICLEFIX CITY, a global software provider of FIX Indication of Interest (IOI) solutions, has announced its partnership with investment and treasury management systems provider SimCorp, to provide an integrated IOI distribution and trading solution via FIX CITY read this
Nissay Asset Management Selects Charles River
FREE ARTICLECharles River Development has announced that Nissay Asset Management Corporation (NAM) has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) to monitor and support its fund management operations. NAM is one of Japan?s leading ass read this
EXECUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMTM FROM EDGETRADE TO OFFER A NEW SMART ORDER EXECUTION ALGORITHM
FREE ARTICLEEdgeTrade, the independent, agency-only broker and developer of algorithmic and direct access (DMA) software has introduced FAN, a new smart order execution algorithm. FAN is available to buy-side and sell-side firms through Execution Management SystemTM read this
Orc Software consolidates management team with appointment of new CTO and CMO
FREE ARTICLEOrc Software (SSE: ORC), the provider of technology for advanced trading, market making and brokerage, today announced the new appointments of John Cameron as chief technology officer and Annie Walsh as chief marketing officer. Both join from Cameron Syst read this
Lava Announces Addition of Algorithmic ?Timeslice? Tool to LavaFX Product Suite; Major Enhancement Allows ?Quiet? Execution of Large Orders
FREE ARTICLE Lava Trading Inc., have announced the launch of Timeslice, a significant new algorithmic trading feature of the LavaFX(TM) foreign exchange product suite. Timeslice allows foreign exchange traders to execute orders ove read this
Fidessa? launches European Trader Workstation
FREE ARTICLERoyalblue (LSE:RYB) has announced the launch of the Fidessa European Trader Workstation (ETW). Designed for small and mid-tier broker/dealers across Europe, ETW provides member and non-member trading services, seamless electronic order handling. The f read this
Patsystems has signed three new customers in Singapore, TransMarket Group, Fimat Singapore and Calyon Financial.
FREE ARTICLETransMarket Group LLC will be taking a full installation of the Patsystems Electronic Broker and will be using Pro-Mark, Patsystems? front-end for high-volume professional traders, to access the global markets including CME, CBOT, Eurex, Euronext.liffe an read this
RTS boosts its algorithmic trading solution
FREE ARTICLEThis fully automated & program-controlled system is easily programmable and enables users without extensive programming skills to develop, test and implement algorithmic strategies in optimal idea-to-execution speed. read this
NWQ Investment Management Co. to Deploy FlexTRADER
FREE ARTICLEFlexTrade Systems, the pioneer in multi-asset algorithmic execution management systems, has announced that NWQ Investment Management Co. will be utilizing FlexTRADER. According to Kirk Allen, senior vice president of trading at NWQ, the firm decided on F read this
Reuters Trading for Exchanges goes live in Emea
FREE ARTICLEReuters have announced that Reuters Trading for Exchanges (RTEx), an electronic trading capability for professionals dealing in exchange traded markets, has gone live in Europe, Middle East and Africa. For the first time, institutional investors and d read this
FIX CITY?S IOINET ENHANCED TO PROVIDE GLOBAL VIEW OF IOIs AND TRADE ADVERTS
FREE ARTICLEFIX CITY, has announced enhancements to ioinet, its class leading IOI distribution service for the global investment management sector. The latest version of ioinet went live on 23 October to FIX CITY?s global client base. ioinet version 5.0 centres o read this
Fidessa? Workstation revolutionises EMS for the buy-side with tradable IOIs
FREE ARTICLERoyalblue, provider of Fidessa, has announced the launch of tradable Indications of Interest (IOI) and Trade Advert (TA) services for buy-side firms fully integrated into its Fidessa Workstation Execution Management Service (EMS). Fidessa now deliver read this
CHX launches automated trading system
FREE ARTICLEThe Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) has announced the launch of its new fully automated trading system in which participants - from any location - can submit orders for immediate display, execution and cancellation. CHX provides an opportunity read this
Version 6.1 delivers new volatility API and models, new connectivity to ICE, EBS, BrokerTec & Russian Trading Systems, and analysis & high throughput enhancements for automated trading.
FREE ARTICLEOrc Software (SSE: ORC), has announced the release of the latest version Orc Trader and Orc Liquidator. Release highlights for version 6.1 include new volatility API and models, new market connections, transaction analytics and reporting, click trading en read this
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS TRADER WINS THE ROBBINS
FREE ARTICLEJohn W. Holsinger has won this year?s 2006 World Cup Trading Championship ? in the Forex division. Holsinger is a fully automated systems trader, who uses a wide range of complementary mechanical systems in order to trade the major crosses on both futures read this
RELEGENCE & CREDIT SUISSE ENHANCE RELEGENCE CONNECT PRODUCT
FREE ARTICLE The Relegence Corporation, the leading real-time search and news engine for the global financial services industry, together with Credit Suisse, have further enhanced their joint venture product, Relegence Connect. The product now provides quantitative m read this
Orc Software connects to Pure Trading for go-live launch in Canada
FREE ARTICLEFeb 4th 2007 - Orc Software has announced market connectivity to Pure Trading in Canada from its launch date, March 9, 2007. Pure Trading is the first alternative visible auction market in Canada for exchange listed securities. ?Orc Software h read this
FlexTrade Launches FlexPTS
FREE ARTICLEFeb 4th 2007 - FlexTrade Systems, has announced the rollout of its new FlexPTS (portfolio trade scheduler) trading solution, which enables users to determine the best trading trajectory for their portfolios while minimizing market-impact cost and the risk read this
Strategies: Building a Better Bear Trap
FREE ARTICLEOne of the most critical elements in algorithmic trading lies in accurately modelling trading costs, yet this still remains a rather inexact science. While certain cost elements are relatively stable and/or easy to predict, others are not. As a result, mo read this
Case Study: ABP - à la carte algo
FREE ARTICLEWith an invested capital of 190bn euros, Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP - the pension fund for employees in the service of the Dutch government and educational sector - is the second largest pension fund in the world. The fund has been scaling up its equity read this
Technology Workshop: Java - Your High-Frequency Friend
FREE ARTICLEAn article in the April issue of AT (“You’re using what?!”) questioned the suitability of Java for high frequency automated trading. Matt Schruben, Principal Consultant, Random Walk Computing and Jim Levey, Director of Marketing, Random Walk Computing pro read this
AT Round Table: Pre-trade analytics - expectations and reality
FREE ARTICLEPre-trade analytics have become an integral part of the workflow for algorithmic traders. We asked four major sellside banks for their views on some of the current and emerging themes in analytics. With: - Chris Biscoe, Head of US Ecommerce, Barclays C read this
Strategies: Waiting for the Iceberg
FREE ARTICLEAlgorithmic trading has radically changed trading patterns in capital markets. Transaction volumes have increased and in the equities markets in particular, individual transaction sizes have plummeted. Debbie Williams, Group Vice President of the Capital read this
My Machine: The AT Interview - Algo Reality
FREE ARTICLEInvestment management firm T. Rowe Price, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, has more than USD300bn under management. The company has a global presence and in common with other major asset managers uses execution algorithms in its various locations. AT read this
Market heterogeneities and the causal structure of volatility - Part 1
FREE ARTICLEThe correlation between historical and realized volatilities is studied empirically for a large range of time intervals. Similarly, the correlation between the volatility changes and the realized volatilities is studied. Both quantities measure the respon read this
NEOVEST EXPANDS ACCESS TO 15 ‘DARK POOLS’
FREE ARTICLEFeb 16th 2007 - Neovest Inc., now connects to 15 ‘dark pools’ of liquidity, trading networks that do not publish quotes in the open market. read this
Hedge Funds and Multi Asset Algorithmic Trading - Perfect Partners?
FREE ARTICLEThe exponential growth of the hedge fund sector has been a major feature of capital markets over the past few years. Another more recent hot topic has been algorithmic trading across multiple asset classes. Matt Simon, Analyst at the TABB Group consi read this
Hedge Fund Back Offices - Sinking or Swimming in the Algo Flood?
FREE ARTICLEHedge funds have been a major factor in the growth of algorithmic trading, but how are they and their prime brokers responding to the impact that algorithmic and automated trading have had on the back office? read this
Catching up with technology: The impact of regulatory changes on ECNs/MTFs Part 1
FREE ARTICLEIn recent years the landscape of trading venues has been transformed by technological advances. New trading concepts and infrastructures along the securities trading value chain have been established. With RegNMS ("Regulation National Market System") in read this
SDS Financial Technologies Powers On Point Executions
FREE ARTICLEFebruary 27, 2007 – SDS Financial Technologies, a provider of powerful, comprehensive trading and electronic marketplace solutions for institutions, exchanges and hedge funds, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement with On Poin read this
ITG Announces Options Routing Capabilities in Radical Execution Management System
FREE ARTICLEMar 6 2007 – Investment Technology Group has announced that it has added options routing capabilities to its RadicalTM execution management system (EMS). Customers can now execute in two asset classes, equities and options, from the same platform. read this
Leading Orc technology deployed by Van der Moolen - Automated Trading News
FREE ARTICLEMar 15, 2007 – Orc Software today announced the Swiss-based business of international trading firm Van der Moolen, has integrated Orc technology including Orc Liquidator and Orc Trader for its proprietary trading business. read this
Yipes Announces New HawkEye fn System for Measurement of Response Time to Major Financial Exchanges and Trading Platforms
FREE ARTICLEApril 11, 2007 – Yipes Enterprise Services a provider of managed, end-to-end Ethernet solutions for enterprise customers, today announced HawkEye, a performance measurement system for its Yipes FinancialConnect platform. read this
Orc Software Connects to IntercontinentalExchangeand New York Board of Trade
FREE ARTICLEApril 18, 2007 - Orc Software, a global provider of technology for advanced trading, market making and brokerage, today announced the release of a direct market trading connection to the IntercontinentalExchange and New York Board of Trade, a electronic read this
Market data connectivity
FREE ARTICLEWith: - David Hann, general manager for EMEA at Interactive Data Real-Time Services - Gregory Smith, CEO at Cicada Corporation - Mark Akass, CTO at BT Radianz - Alasdair Moore, global head of sales at Fixnetix - Guy Tagliavia, president and CEO at Infody read this
Empirical execution: Aspect Capital
FREE ARTICLEAspect Capital has a long pedigree as a systematic money manager. As such, it has been well placed to make a logical progression to automated and algorithmic trading. AT talks to Rob Wakefield, Aspect’s chief operating officer, about the firm’s recent act read this
Liquidity sensing and smart order routing
FREE ARTICLERegulation in both the US and Europe is having a significant impact on smart order routing in relation to best execution and venue selection. An important part of the routing process revolves around the sensing of hidden liquidity. read this
Orc Software releases Market Connectivity to the HedgeStreet Exchange
FREE ARTICLEApril 26, 2007 - Orc Software, a global provider of technology for advanced trading, market making and brokerage, today announced the release of its latest market connection, providing direct access to the HedgeStreet Exchange. Users of Orc Trader and Orc read this
Transaction Cost Research
FREE ARTICLEAn excerpt from Kendall Kim's forthcoming book "Electronic and Algorithmic Trading Technology: The Complete Guide" Chapter 10: Transaction Cost Research read this
Instinet Launches Sidewinder Algorithm
FREE ARTICLEMay 29, 2007 – Instinet, a global agency broker and wholly-owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc., today announced the addition of Sidewinder to its suite of algorithms. Sidewinder dynamically adjusts its volume participation rate based on the market’s read this
Xenomorph upgrades TimeScape to match trader and risk performance needs
FREE ARTICLEMay 31, 2007 - Xenomorph has released TimeScape Version 3.1, the latest iteration of its data management system, adding Event Services and Tick Capture Services to its suite of functions. read this
Assessing the Risk and Return of Financial Trading Systems - a Large Deviation Approach
FREE ARTICLEWe apply large deviation theory to assess the probability that a trading system performs below or above a certain threshold. Our technique does not require that the distribution of the performance criterion obeys a closed-form equation, and can accept a read this
Borsa Italiana adopts Opteron
FREE ARTICLEJune 12, 2007 - AMD today announced the Italian stock exchange, Borsa Italiana, is now among the many leading stock exchanges that depend upon AMD Opteron™ processor-based systems to conduct billions of stock trade transactions daily. Borsa Italiana has j read this
Selero Demonstrates Smart Order Routing and Best Execution Trading
FREE ARTICLEJune 18, 2007 - Selero, Inc., provider of trade execution systems, will demonstrate Smart Order Routing and Best Execution Trading (SORBET) at the SIFMA Technology Management Conference in New York City this week (June 19-21). In the demonstration, Sel read this
Orc Software Releases CameronFAST for Delivering FAST-Encoded-FIX
FREE ARTICLEJune 19, 2007 - Orc Software, a global provider of technology for advanced trading, brokerage and connectivity, today announced the release of CameronFAST — the reliable and fast industry standard implementation of the FAST protocol (FIX Adapted for ST read this
BNP Paribas selects Caplin Trader for online trading
FREE ARTICLEJune 25, 2007 – Caplin Systems Ltd., today announced that the corporate and investment banking branch of BNP Paribas (BNPP) is to use Caplin Trader to provide the internet distribution layer and Web front-end for a new multi-product trading system. read this
Bank Of America Reveals Two New Derivatives-focused Enhancements To Its InstaQuote Direct Market Access Platform
FREE ARTICLEJune 26, 2007 - Bank of America has announced two new derivatives-focused enhancements to its InstaQuote direct market access platform. read this
Thomas Weisel Partners Deploys FlexPTS
FREE ARTICLEJune 27, 2007 – FlexTrade Systems, today announced that Thomas Weisel Partners will deploy its new FlexPTS (portfolio trade scheduler) trading solution, which enables users to determine the best trading trajectory for their portfolios while minimizing mar read this
Fidessa European Trader Workstation expands connectivity with Madrid Stock Exchange
FREE ARTICLEJuly 2, 2007 - Fidessa group plc, today announced the addition of member trading on the Madrid Stock Exchange to its European Trader Workstation (ETW). read this
Bank of America Launches Liquidity Aggregating Algorithm, Fusor
FREE ARTICLEJuly 10, 2007 - Bank of America today announced the launch of Fusor, a liquidity aggregating algorithm designed to locate and amass available shares from a wide array of market centers, including stock exchanges, crossing networks, electronic communicatio read this
αlphability
REGISTERED VIEWERSThis issue of Automated Trader marks the launch of a new set of tradability statistics called Alphability. Andy Webb outlines some examples of their construction and their application as tools to expedite the development of automated and algorithmic tradi read this
Communicating Ltd: The Trader Stripped Bare
REGISTERED VIEWERSCommunicating Ltd’s path to becoming one of London’s most profitable trading operations started with a revolutionary matching engine that fitted on a floppy disk. Vladan Jovanovic, Managing Director, tells AT how a stripped-down approach to trading and te read this
Using Order Book Data to Improve Automated Model Performance
REGISTERED VIEWERSAutomated traders now have access to unprecedented levels of market data. Thom Hartle, Director of Marketing, CQG, conducts a theoretical comparison between two trading systems to explore how order book data can be leveraged for optimal trade performance read this
Backtesting: Best practice principles for beating the market
REGISTERED VIEWERSIn an increasingly crowded market, traders need comprehensive, integrated backtesting capabilities to ensure their algorithms stay ahead of the competition. Jorin Daleanes, Sales and Account Manager, RTD Tango and Backtester, and Steffen Gemuenden, Co C read this
Catch Me if You Can
REGISTERED VIEWERSAutomated traders whose strategies depend on speed are turning to ‘true’ direct market access to avoid the latency burden of futures clearers’ pre-trade risk management tools. Chris Hall looks at clearers’ efforts to monitor trading risks without imposin read this