Automated Trader Search Results for transaction cost

Subscribe to the RSS feed for this search

Siebert Capital Markets Launches Automated Trading Strategies
FREE ARTICLESiebert Capital Markets, a division of Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc., the wholly-owned subsidiary of Siebert Financial Corp. today announced the launch of Siebert Automated Solutions, a suite of automated electronic trading strategies utilizing algorithms wi 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
TSX launches two new trading programs
FREE ARTICLETSX Markets today announced details of two new trading products: TSXPress and ATX. TSXPress is a series of trading system enhancements intended for optimizing execution speeds for algorithmic traders. In the 2006 phase of TSXPress, TSX plans to introduce read this
ASX to introduce FIX standard to market data services
FREE ARTICLEThe Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will introduce low-latency market data services in 2006, based on the FIX (financial information exchange) protocol. ASX has selected the CameronFIX Market Data Server platform to support these new market data services, 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
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
Technology Workshop: Algo Integration – Can FIX Fix It?
FREE ARTICLEThe FIX Protocol’s provision of a broad set of commonly accepted standards has radically simplified and reduced the cost of financial messaging in capital markets. A relatively recent innovation within FIX has been the work of the Algorithmic Trading W 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
My Machine: The AT Interview - Amplitude Capital: Precision Automation
FREE ARTICLEAutomation, both in terms of trading and back office processes, is an intrinsic part of Amplitude Capital’s day to day operation. AT talks to two of Amplitude’s principals, CEO Karsten Schroeder and CFO John Harrison about the firm’s technology, met read this
Tabb Group publishes new research on automated algorithms
FREE ARTICLETabb Group has released a new report by analyst Adam Sussman that highlights probable new developments in algorithmic trading. Sussman?s view is that as trading-oriented algorithms begin to automate more of the execution process, more inefficiency will be 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
Case Study: Algo Pairs at Investec
FREE ARTICLEInvestec Securities (UK) is a UK institutional equity house offering institutional services across research, sales, sales trading and risk trading. In September 2006, it announced that it had gone live with royalblue’s Fidessa Pairs and VWAP algorithm read this
Exchange Views: ASX - Ramping Up For Algo
FREE ARTICLEIn common with other exchanges around the globe, the ASX has seen algorithmic and automated trading fundamentally change the nature of its order flows. AT talks to David Stocken, Senior Product Manager, Equity Products at the ASX about how the exchange read this
Feature: Colocation - A Game Worth the Candle?
FREE ARTICLEExchanges, networks and service providers are turning to the laws of physics in the race to reduce latency and win customers. But do colocation and proximity trading really offer substantial benefits worthy of the investment, or is it mainly a triu 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
Tech Forum: Data - The Exploding Supernova
FREE ARTICLEWith: - Mark Palmer, general manager and vice president of Apama Products, a division of Progress Software - Dr John Bates, founder and vice president of Apama Products, a division of Progress Software - John Coulter, vice president of marketing and read this
Feature: Algo in Asia - Slow Burn or Damp Squib?
FREE ARTICLEWhile adoption of algorithmic trading in Asia is not as advanced as in Europe or the US, there are some indications of intent already emerging. For instance, several major broker dealers have started relocating experienced advanced order execution pe 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
TNS Opens up SE Asia
FREE ARTICLETransaction Network Services (TNS) has expanded its network to open up six markets in SE Asia to international trading. TNS has added new points-of-presence to its network, the Secure Trading Extranet, in Malaysia and Thailand and is finalising points of read this
Nyfix establishes algorithmic trading solutions group
FREE ARTICLENYFIX Transaction Services has announced the introduction of NYFIX EXecution & Algorithmic Solutions, or NEXAS, to brand, package and expand the firm's algorithmic trading offerings. NYFIX algorithms are in use today at more than 60 brok read this
ClariVest Live in Three Weeks; Taps Charles River for Comprehensive, Fund Management Software and Service Solution
FREE ARTICLECharles River Development today announced that it has completed a three week implementation of its comprehensive front- and middle-office Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) at San Diego-based ClariVest Asset Management LLC (Cla read this
FutureTrade and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. Announce Electronic Partnership
FREE ARTICLE The Williams Capital Group and FutureTrade have announced an agreement whereby Williams Capital”s clients will use the FutureTrade electronic trading platform for self-directed direct market access and algorithmic execution and FutureTrade&rdqu read this
FPL Re-establishes Exchanges/ECN Working Group
FREE ARTICLEFPL has announced the reformation of its Exchanges/ECN Working Group. This working group will be lead by representatives from three geographic regions ? Matt Simpson of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Americas region), Kathleen Grey of HSBC (Asia Pacific read this
QSG Launches Verification Service for Algorithmic Trading Strategies
FREE ARTICLEQuantitative Services Group LLC (QSG) has announced the launch of their Algorithmic Trade Verification (ATV)(R) service. Offered to both the buy and sell side, this service will allow broker/dealers and money managers the opportunity to have an objective read this
Reuters Launches Reuters Tick Capture Engine in Asia for Trading Analytics
FREE ARTICLEReuters today announced the release of the Reuters Tick Capture Engine for clients in Asia building trading analytics for algorithmic execution, transaction cost analysis and trading compliance. Powered by Vhayu Technology, Reuters Tick Capture Engine i read this
Wombat and Vhayu Team to Deliver Real-Time VWAP and Transaction Cost Analysis
FREE ARTICLEWombat Financial Software today announced the addition of Vhayu to its list of pre-integrated third party applications. The offering, which is in production and immediately available, provides traders with direct access to market data and enables them to read this
29West Announces Support for .NET and C# API?s With Release 2.2 Of Latency Busters? Messaging Software
FREE ARTICLE29West today announced the general availability of release 2.2 of Latency Busters? Messaging (LBM) software. This release provides support for Microsoft?s popular .NET framework. LBM?s serverless and daemonless design has provided performance gains over t read this
Top Investment Bank Selects NeoNet?s eXchange Gateway Services
FREE ARTICLENeoNet today announced that one of the world?s largest investment banks will use the NeoNet XG (eXchange Gateway) service. NeoNet XG is the product name of NeoNet?s hosted trading system and software services, launched during fall last year. With NeoNet read this
NYSE GROUP AND EURONEXT N.V. AGREE TO A MERGER OF EQUALS

FREE ARTICLENYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) and Euronext N.V. have announced that they have signed an agreement to combine the leading U.S. and pan-European securities trading exchanges in a merger of equals. This new group, to be named NYSE Euronext, will globally rede read this
ITG Introduces List-Based Algorithms

FREE ARTICLEInvestment Technology Group, today announced the addition of list-based algorithms to its suite of algorithmic trading tools. List-based algorithms allow ITG's customers to actively manage risk in portfolios of stocks, while minimising transaction costs. read this
Sinara Consultants releases market data extraction tool

FREE ARTICLEUK software house Sinara Consultants has announced the release of its Universal Data Extractor (UDE) software tool that allows both market data providers and consumers to identify and extract key data items from any text data source such as news stories. read this
ITG Completes First Phase of Integration with Macgregor OMS
FREE ARTICLEInvestment Technology Group, Inc, provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, announced that its subsidiary, ITG Solutions Network, completed the first phase of its integration with the Macgregor product line. ITG Solutions N read this
Volante Announces Availability of SWIFT Standards Release Guide 2006 and SWIFTNet FIN Updates to Customers
FREE ARTICLE Volante Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability of SWIFT Standards Release Guide (SRG) 2006 and SWIFTNet FIN updates for their customers. These updates, available to customers as a Volante SWIFT plug-in, include fully functional versions o read this
CREDIT AGRICOLE CHEUVREUX SELECTS REUTERS TICK CAPTURE ENGINE TO TEST TRADING STRATEGIES
FREE ARTICLEReuters has announced that the leading European equity broker CA Cheuvreux is taking the Reuters Tick Capture Engine (RTCE) to enhance its brokerage and execution services. CA Cheuvreux is a member of the Credit Agricole group. CA Cheuvreux read this
Canadian Trading and Quotation System Approves Pure Trading
FREE ARTICLECanadian Trading and Quotation System Inc have said that the Ontario Securities Commission has approved CNQ's application to operate Pure Trading, an alternative market for trading in securities listed on other Canadian stock exchanges. The new market, wh read this
Portware, Random Walk and IBM Elevate Algorithmic Trading to the Next Level
FREE ARTICLEPortware, Random Walk Computing and IBM has announced Portware on POWER, a new solution for algorithmic trading that combines Portware's Strategy Server and IBM System p entry-level servers with Random Walk?s consulting and integration services. The sys read this
Gissing Software releases FIX to FAST protocol converter
FREE ARTICLEGissing Software has announced the immediate availability of FASTtunnel - the first of a suite of products designed to support and provide an easy transition to the FAST (FIX Adapted for STreaming) Protocol. Developed by the FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) Mar read this
QSG to Integrate Pre-Trade Market Impact Forecast into Leading Optimisation and Simulation Providers
FREE ARTICLEThe Quantitative Services Group (QSG) has announced a plan to provide a new, more accurate market impact cost forecasts to several leading portfolio optimisation and trading platforms. The firm stated that it will be providing a unique strategy relative read this
Platform Symphony upgrade follows bank beta programme
FREE ARTICLEPlatform Computing Corporation,has announced its next generation Symphony software. Symphony has evolved to address the day-to-day challenges of the capital markets with high performance, low overhead and high scalability achieving operational effectivene read this
LEADING ORGANISATIONS JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP NEW MESSAGING PROTOCOL
FREE ARTICLEJPMorgan Chase & Co., Cisco Systems, Envoy Technologies, iMatix Corporation, IONA? Technologies, Red Hat, Inc., TWIST Process Innovations, and 29West, have announced the formation of the AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) Working Group and an effort read this
ICE enhances e-trading platform
FREE ARTICLEICE is an electronic energy marketplace serving a diverse range of participants in the global futures and over-the-counter marketplace. Today approximately 50% of the world's crude futures contracts are traded on the ICE platform.ICE serves a diverse rang read this
Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking Launches New Operating Platform OpenPrime(SM) Specifically for Hedge Funds
FREE ARTICLECitigroup Corporate and Investment Banking announced the launch of a front to back platform offering hedge funds a trading and portfolio management solution that facilitates multi-strategy, multi-asset class and multi-currency investing. Importantly, Open read this
Deutsche B?rse Systems and IXEurope Sign Contract for Proximity Services
FREE ARTICLEDeutsche B?rse Systems and IXEurope have announced an agreement to offer proximity services to customers for lowest possible latency access to Deutsche B?rse Group`s execution venues and market data streams. This cooperation enables customers to place the read this
Wombat releases feed handler for ARCABook
FREE ARTICLE Wombat Financial Software, provided a significant endorsement of the new FIX Adapted for Streaming (FAST) protocol today by announcing the release of a new FAST feed handler for the Archipelago Exchange\'s ARCABook Binary feed. FAST is a new market dat read this
Activ Financial Systems joins SFTI partnership
FREE ARTICLESector, Inc. and the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) has announced that ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc. (ACTIV) has joined the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) as a Content Service Provider (CSP).This agreement will enabl read this
Investec goes live with the Fidessa ? algorithmic tools
FREE ARTICLERoyalblue (LSE:RYB), provider of Fidessa, has announced that Investec Securities (UK) has gone live with Fidessa's Pairs and VWAP algorithmic trading modules. Investec, a specialist banking group providing financial services in the London, South African a read this
Miletus Trading Integrates With Linedata?s LongView Trading OMS
FREE ARTICLEMiletus Trading, an agency broker specialising in providing advanced, quantitative execution strategies and analytics for buy-side traders and portfolio managers, has announced that its suite of advanced algorithmic Strategy EnginesTM and Trade Impact Est 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
To Better Serve Small-tier Asset Managers, Credit Suisse and Upstream Technologies Announce Integration of AES(R) Trading Strategies with the First Real-time, Web-based Order Management System
FREE ARTICLEIn a joint effort to penetrate smaller asset managers, access to Credit Suisse's Advanced Execution Services (AES(R)) has been integrated into Upstream Technologies' Order Management System (OMS), the industry's first web-based OMS with real time order ex read this
Wombat sets new open platform market data benchmarks
FREE ARTICLEThe four companies designed a performance test meant to replicate the real world demands of securities trading operations. These tests simulated the publishing of 50,000 messages per second from a Wombat Feed Handler to multiple individual consuming appli read this
Lehman buys minority stake in Bats ECN
FREE ARTICLEUS investment bank Lehman Brothers has acquired a minority stake in Missouri-based ECN operator Bats Trading. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Kansas City, Bats (Better Alternative Trading System) was founded in 2005 by read this
Bank of America Expands Foreign Exchange Suite of Electronic Trading Services.
FREE ARTICLEBank of America has announced several enhancements to its growing suite of Electronic Trading Services (ETS) for Foreign Exchange clients. The enhancements include live options execution, improved pricing and risk management capabilities, the pilot launc read this
Bank of America pilots FX dealing algorithm
FREE ARTICLEBank of America is expanding its automated trading capabilities with the launch of its first algorithm for foreign exchange dealing. The US west coast bank says its new Trade Weighted Average Price (Twap) algorithm is designed to deliver an average ex read this
New Alternative Trading System (ATS) To Be Launched
FREE ARTICLEeBX LLC, a strategic venture between Citgroup, Credit Suisse, Fidelity Brokerage Company, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, has announced that it has created LeveL, a unique alternative trading system (ATS). LeveL is a sophisticated order-matching engi read this
Cicada upgrades Composer plus+ data management platform
FREE ARTICLECicada has announced the release of the next generation of its Cicada Composer plus+ data management platform, featuring a new level of low latency performance that can be configured to manage virtually any level of throughput with latency as low as one m read this
Lime Brokerage to Acquire Stake in BATS Trading ECN
FREE ARTICLELime Brokerage LLC haS announced that it has acquired a minority stake in BATS Trading Inc, a high-speed ECN (Electronic Communications Network) designed to handle high-volume electronic trading. Details of the transaction were not released. "Lime B 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
Fidessa launches BlueBox algorithmic trading solution to the sell-side
FREE ARTICLERoyalblue (LSE:RYB), provider of Fidessa, announced at the Securities Traders Association Annual Conference, the U.S. launch of Fidessa BlueBox, its fully integrated, scalable algorithmic solution that offers sell-side firms industry standard benchmark st read this
Yipes Introduces New Market Data Distribution Service
FREE ARTICLEThe introduction of the Yipes FinancialConnect! suite of services establishes the company as a direct source for exchange data over its network, and comes as the rapid rise of electronic trading places ever-greater communications infrastructure demands on read this
Nomura Holdings to Acquire Global Agency Broker Instinet
FREE ARTICLENomura Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase global agency-broker Instinet Inc., a provider of electronic trading services for institutional investors. Nomura Holdings will, through a subsidiary, acquire a 100% stake in read this
Currenex announces open STP/FX industry initiative
FREE ARTICLECurrenex has announced the delivery of "OpenSTP/FX," an Open Standard FIX-based STP protocol for Foreign Exchange, Money Markets and precious metals. OpenSTP/FX is targeted at sell-side banks, buy-side customers, prime brokers, custodians and corporate tr read this
GemStone Systems Delivers On-Demand Data Virtualisation on IBM BladeCenter Platform to Power Financial Applications
FREE ARTICLEGemStone Systems, has announced that it will deliver xFire, a distributed data management and virtualisation solution, on the IBM BladeCenter Platform. xFire, which consists of the GemFire Enterprise Data Fabric (EDF) on the IBM BladeCenter Platform, read this
American Stock Exchange Selects TNS to Provide Data Communication Services For AEMI(SM)
FREE ARTICLEThe American Stock Exchange? (Amex?) and Transaction Network Services, Inc. (TNS) has announced that the Amex has selected TNS to provide customers connectivity for market data distribution and to submit order flow to the Amex. The TNS data communication read this
Instinet Hires Software Development Pioneer Andrew Winner
FREE ARTICLEInstinet, a global agency broker, has announced the hiring of Andrew Winner as head of its transaction cost analysis efforts. As Chief Software Architect, TCA, Mr. Winner will lead the development of Instinet?s pre- and post-trade analytics tools which su read this
GISSING SOFTWARE INCORPORATES INNOVATIVE FUNCTIONALITY IN LATEST RELEASE OF LEADING CONTRIBUTIONS SOFTWARE
FREE ARTICLEGissing Software, have announced the immediate availability of Gissing ConteX MCS 3.73, the latest release of its leading multi contribution system which is used to meet the contribution needs of major financial institutions at more than 50 sites around t read this
KOSCOM SELECTS PROGRESS SOFTWARE?S APAMA ALGORITHMIC TRADING PLATFORM FOR KOREAN EXCHANGE TRADING OPERATIONS
FREE ARTICLE Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), has announced that Korean financial IT vendor, Koscom, has selected the Progress? Apama? Algorithmic Trading Platform to enable algorithmic trading on the Korea Exchange (KRX). In addition, Progress and Kos read this
BISYS? Alternative Investment Services and Linedata?s Beauchamp Enter Strategic Alliance
FREE ARTICLEAlternative Investment Services, provider of administrative, accounting and tax services, and Beauchamp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linedata Services, have joined forces to provide an enhanced straight-through processing solution for hedge fund managers read this
ITG? Announces DarkServerSM Inside
FREE ARTICLEInvestment Technology Group, Inc provider of technology-based trading services and transaction research, has announced DarkServer Inside, a new feature of its algorithmic trading offering. DarkServer Inside provides customers with a way to access the liqu read this
RBC Capital Markets Selects Vhayu Velocity to Power Transaction Cost Analysis for U.S and Canadian Equities
FREE ARTICLEVhayu, has announced that Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)Capital Markets has selected Vhayu Velocity^TM to provide Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) calculations for RBC?s proprietary equities trading division. The implementation follows client demand to read this