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Pound Steady Ahead of pre-Budget Report
FREE ARTICLEGBP consolidated ahead of the U.K. pre-budget report. Cable was influenced by broader dollar movement and traded close to the 1.4900 after rejecting highs of 1.4969 ahead of the European open. The pair traded in to 1.4858, but found demand from U.K. cl read this
Orc announces release of Orc CameronFIX Version 6.3.1
FREE ARTICLENovember 19th, 2008 - Orc CameronFIX 6.3.1 delivers optimized FAST and further FIX monitoring improvements read this
Instinet Incorporated announces new management structure for its Asia-Pacific business
FREE ARTICLENovember 19th, 2008 - Instinet strengthens Asia-Pacific business with new management structure read this
As the focus turns to risk management, don’t neglect the front office
FREE ARTICLEAll the indicators are pointing to a sharp decline in technology spending in financial markets. That obviously makes maximising the value-add of tech investment an absolute must. Zohar Hod of SuperDerivatives argues that this does not automatically imply read this
Jyske Bank chooses Aegisoft's Exchange Simulator to test FIX-based trading system
FREE ARTICLENovember 18th, 2008 - Aegisoft's Exchange Simulator chosen by Jyske Bank to test FIX-based trading system read this
FX Update: European Midday
FREE ARTICLEThe weekend G20 meeting provided little for the FX market, with external factors and one-off order flows dictating price action. Equity markets tried to push higher, but entered the end of the European morning under pressure. Nevertheless, JPY and CHF read this
CPP Shopping For Overseas Assets
FREE ARTICLECanada Pension Plan, the second-largest public retirement fund manager (with C$117.4bln in assets), is considering a bid on overseas private-equity assets to benefit from low prices. One of the companies CPP is looking at is Wellcome Trust, a London-base read this
FX Update- AUD
FREE ARTICLEAUD/USD bounced out of 0.6520 following the U.S. releases, but its upside has been capped above 0.6600. This level was rejected in early N.Y. trade as dollar buying picked up steam and also struggled on the post-data rally up to 0.6602. Dip buying has bee read this
DundeeWealth Posts Q3 Loss, Lays-off Staff
FREE ARTICLEToronto-based DundeeWealth, the money manager with C$30.8bln in mutual fund assets reported a Q3 net loss of C$26.6mln vs. C$121.4mln loss a year ago. The company said today it wrote down C$37.9mln on asset-backed commercial paper holdings in Q3 The com read this
Interactive Data to provide international real-time content to Mubasher
FREE ARTICLENovember 11th, 2008 - Interactive Data Corporation's Real-Time Services business to provide wide range of international real-time data to Mubasher read this
Exegy Ticker Plant speeds up Monte Carlo VAR calculations by 310x
FREE ARTICLENovember 7th, 2008 - Exegy demonstrates a 310x performance improvement of complex Monte Carlo Value at Risk calculations on a portfolio of 1024 stocks read this
October Canadian Ivey PMI Disappoints Expectation Down to 52.2
FREE ARTICLEThe October Canadian Ivey Purchasing Manager Index fell to to 52.2 from 61 in September below the consensus estimate of a retreat to 55. By comparison the Ivey PMI was 57.1 in October 2007, and 59.5for October 2006. The October Price Index was up 78.5 fr read this
FX Update: Euro Supported Ahead of ECB Rate Decision
FREE ARTICLEEUR/USD pushed higher in front of the ECB rate decision, which is expected to result in a 50 bp cut. Modest size gains were noted since the European open, with buying coming in around 1.2825 and increasing through 1.2880 and 1.2900 to hit 1.2931 highs. A read this
FX Update- Cable
FREE ARTICLECable surged to hit 1.6196 highs as the dollar came under selling pressure. The dollar moves were most pronounced against sterling and euro amid reports that sovereign names in particular may have been involved in the flows. A Middle Eastern name bought C read this
FX Update- GBP
FREE ARTICLECable movement is influenced by EUR/GBP profit taking, with the cross experiencing another bout of selling to trade back in to 0.8085. EUR/GBP has struggled to sustain upward momentum after rejecting the 0.8165 level in the Asian session. Cable has seen g read this
Mobiu
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYOne of the major headaches with institutional automated and systematic trading is ensuring security of intellectual property (IP). As our “Me and My Machine” interviewee, Miles Kumaresan, points out (on page 36), while it is possible to identi read this
Rapid Model Deployment (RMD): The new race for speed in systematic ﬁnance
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYThese days, speed is of the essence in more than just order routing. Phil Perkins, Ben Van Vliet and Carl Ververs of the Institute for Market Technology explain how a rigorous process for rapid trading model development is becoming an absolute necessity. read this
The Shock of the News
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYMachines can read the news now, but can they be trusted to act on it? There’s been a lot of talk about machine-readable news since our Q1 2008 feature*, but does that go any further than adding bells, whistles and meta-tags to the text streaming acr read this
Me and My Machine: The Automated Trader Interview
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYMiles Kumaresan, Head of Quantitative Trading at TransMarket Group Ltd, talks to Automated Trader’s Editor, William Essex, about the development of the company’s High Frequency Quantitative Trading Group. read this
Saved by the bells?
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYIt’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. read this
FX Update: Euro Finds a Modicum of Support
FREE ARTICLEEUR/USD maintained a supportive tone after an Asian reserve manager lifted the pair through 1.2600, which encouraged follow through buying up to 1.2674 highs. The pair extended its losses from Monday to trade down to 1.2527 lows in Asia, with the interest read this
The Buyside Profile: Mergence, Cape Town, South Africa
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYHeadquartered in Cape Town, Mergence is an interesting mix of investment businesses; part absolute return fund, part multi-strategy hedge fund, and part long-only fund. Automated Trader talks to Brad Preston, Mergence’s Quantitative Analyst, about t read this
Short Selling and Risky Margin
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSince Automated Trader’s Q3 issue hit your desktops, we have been living in interesting times. In our conversations with you in the last few weeks before going to press, two things have been top of your agendas: The short selling ban on financia read this
Tenfore and Shihua produce international exchange data service
FREE ARTICLENovember 3rd, 2008 - Tenfore Systems and Shihua Financial Information form strategic alliance to offer an international exchange data service to Chinese investors read this
Researching Quantitative Methods from "Quality Money Management" by Andrew Kumiega and Benjamin Van Vliet
FREE ARTICLEAs the competition to produce and quickly deploy profitable trading models continues to increase, many participants are starting to pay more attention to refining their model development process. In the second of three excerpts from their book "Quali read this
SunGard’s Fame market data, news and alerting available to NYSE issuers
FREE ARTICLEOctober 31st, 2008 - NYSE to provide market data, news and alerting capabilities for NYSE listed companies through its NYSE Market Access CenterSM read this
Excerpt from "Quality Money Management" by Andrew Kumiega and Benjamin Van Vliet
FREE ARTICLEAs the competition to produce and quickly deploy profitable trading models continues to increase, many participants are starting to pay more attention to refining their model development process. In the first of three excerpts from their book "Qualit read this
Thomson Reuters launches low-latency hosted OPRA feed
FREE ARTICLEOctober 27th, 2008 - Thomson Reuters launches new hosted, low latency direct feed to OPRA read this
Mazda Motor Logistics selects Wallstreet Treasury ASP
FREE ARTICLEOctober 22nd. 2008 - Mazda Motor Logistics Europe implements Wallstreet Treasury ASP solution at its central treasury in Belgium in a two-stage project read this
Progress launches Apama Capital Markets Framework
FREE ARTICLEOctober 21st, 2008 - Progress Launches Apama Capital Markets Framework for delivering trading, risk and compliance applications read this
QuantHouse announces QuantLINK
FREE ARTICLEOctober 21st, 2008 - QuantHouse announces the first global fiber optic based trading infrastructure linking exchanges in Chicago, New York, London, Paris and Frankfurt read this
Vhayu partners with Alphacet to increase speed and transparency of alpha generation
FREE ARTICLEOctober 16th, 2008 - Integration to provide complete data management solution for quant research read this
OMERS Sets Expansion Plans in Motion
FREE ARTICLEThe Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is beefing-up its investment operations globally and opening a 20-person office in London, UK. The funds manager, with assets of C$52bln, will use the London branch as a hub for expansion under t read this
PIMCO to Be Asset Manager for CPFF --FED
FREE ARTICLEThe FED also named State Street as the custodian for the CPFF read this
Interactive Data's PlusFeed available through Atrium Network
FREE ARTICLEOctober 14th, 2008 - Interactive Data's PlusFeed available through Atrium Network read this
Julian Robertson (form Tiger fund tiger) - up to 85% of Americans are broke CNBC interview
FREE ARTICLEJulian Robertson, legendary Tiger Fund manager, says Americans are bust - or alot of them..up to 85% he says are bankrupt.Â He cites home ownership as a drag on cash and says without home values thrown in, we're broke. read this
Tora enhances connectivity with TNS
FREE ARTICLEOctober 9th, 2008 - Tora appoints Transaction Network Services to provide fully-managed, low latency trading connectivity for brokers and clients via TNS' Secure Trading Extranet read this
Fidessa LatentZero leads the way with 20 brokers’ algos
FREE ARTICLEOctober 8th, 2008 - Fidessa LatentZero announces integrated access to algorithms from RBC, Instinet, Knight/EdgeTrade and DnB NOR Capital Markets via Minerva read this
Ontario Teachers Fund Purchasing US Aquilex
FREE ARTICLEThe Ontario Teacherâ€™s Pension Plan, Canadaâ€™s third largest public retirement fund manager, announced today it has agreed to purchase Aquilex Holding, a US industrial cleaning company from NY-based Harvest Partners for an undisclosed amount read this
PENSERRA SECURITIES AND LEVEL ATS SIGN SPONSORED ACCESS PACT
FREE ARTICLEOctober 2nd, 2008 - LeveL ATS agrees to allow Penserra to provide its clients with direct access to LeveL’s non-displayed crossing system. read this
StreamBase Names Mark Palmer as New CEO
FREE ARTICLESeptember 30th, 2008 - StreamBase Systems Inc announces promotion of President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Palmer to Chief Executive Officer. read this
Fidessa delivers enhanced, pre-trade analytics for its US basket execution and management solution
FREE ARTICLESeptember 29th, 2008 - Fidessa announces enhancements to BEAM read this
NAT SEY APPOINTED GENERAL MANAGER OF INTERACTIVE DATA'S MANAGED SOLUTIONS BUSINESS IN THE UK
FREE ARTICLESeptember 24th, 2008 - Interactive Data Corporation appoints Nat Sey as general manager of Interactive Data's Managed Solutions business in the UK read this
Deltix integrates QuantOffice application suite with Vhayu Velocity tick database
FREE ARTICLESeptember 23rd, 2008 - Deltix enters into partnership agreement with Vhayu Technologies read this
ING Investment Management Transforms Securities and Payments
FREE ARTICLESeptember 15th, 2008 - ING Investment Management Transforms Securities and Payments Processing on Microsoft Technology read this
GL TRADE launches GL Tr@der
FREE ARTICLESeptember 11th, 2008 - GL TRADE presents GL Tr@der, its web-based derivatives trading workstation, at FOW Derivatives World Asia in Singapore read this
INTERACTIVE DATA ADDS TURQUOISE TO LOW LATENCY PLUSFEED
FREE ARTICLESeptember 11th, 2008 - Data from Turquoise now available via PlusFeed; also offered as part of new ECN package from Interactive Data Managed Solutions read this
QuantHouse announces the availability of QuantFEED NASDAQ, the ultimate ultra low latency solution to get the NASDAQ Stock Market's TotalView data feed in 9 milliseconds from Chicago and 34 milliseconds from Europe
FREE ARTICLESeptember 9th, 2008: QuantHouse, has announced becoming a data vendor of NASDAQ Totalview by releasing its QuantFEED NASDAQ, the ultra low latency Real-Time full limit order depth of book information for NASDAQ. read this
Bank of China International Selects Progress Apama to Strengthen Its Algorithmic Trading Platform Capabilities
FREE ARTICLESeptember 9th, 2008: Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), has announced that BOC International Holdings Limited (BOCI), the wholly owned investment bank of Bank of China, has selected the Progress Apama Algorithmic Trading Platform to strengt read this
South Africa's STANLIB Selects Charles River Development to Automate Fund Management Operations for all Asset Classes
FREE ARTICLESeptember 8th, 2008: Charles River Development (Charles River), has announced that STANLIB Asset Management (STANLIB), South Africa’s third-largest investment manager with R340 billion (US$41.4 billion) under management (as of December 31, 2007) read this
Kyte Group Deploys RTS Technology to Offer DMA to European Equities with Merrill Lynch X-Direct
FREE ARTICLESeptember 3rd, 2008 - Kyte Group deploys RTS technology to offer direct market access to European equities read this
Trayport creates a renewable future with ECOMEX
FREE ARTICLE2nd September, 2008 - ECOMEX announces the deployment of Trayport’s GlobalVision Exchange Trading System read this
FXall Partners with Onix for Enhanced FX Trading
FREE ARTICLEAugust 26th, 2008 - FXall announces partnership agreement with Onix Solutions read this
QuantHouse announces sub-millisecond access to Liffe
FREE ARTICLE August 26th, 2008 - QuantHouse announces sub-millisecond access to Liffe through the latest 100Mbps connectivity leveraging co-location within the exchange read this
Liquidnet Announces More Than 100 Members Signed On to Trade Asia-Pacific Equities
FREE ARTICLEAugust 26th, 2008 - Liquidnet has announced that it now has more than 100 members providing liquidity in Asia-Pacific equities read this
SAVVIS Exchange Express Provides Low Latency Direct Connectivity to ISE
FREE ARTICLEAugust 26th, 2008 - SAVVIS to Provide Connectivity to the International Securities Exchange Depth of Market Feed read this
SunGard Releases Latest Version of Front Arena
FREE ARTICLEAugust 22nd, 2008: SunGard has released the latest version of its cross-asset trading solution, Front Arena. Version 4.2 offers support for high volume FX and money market transactions, is able to price derivative instruments faster and can ha read this
TradingScreen Opens Office in Singapore Expands South East Asia and Pacific Presence
FREE ARTICLEAugust 22nd, 2008: TradingScreen Inc., has announced the opening of the company’s office in the city-state of Singapore. Singapore’s strategic geographical location will allow TradingScreen to better serve both the local and regional Buy-Side read this
Raiffeisen Centrobank successfully deploys RTS connectivity solutions
FREE ARTICLEAugust 20th, 2008 - RTS Announces Raiffeisen Centrobank to Offer Direct Market Access to Vienna Stock Exchange read this
Zhihui Tang, Ph.D Joins Quantitative Services Group LLC
FREE ARTICLEAugust 15th, 2008 - Quant to Advance Firm's Trading Research, Model and Factor Development read this
Vhayu appoints new Director of Sales, EMEA to support European market growth
FREE ARTICLE29th July, 2008 - Vhayu, announces the appointment of Tim King to the position of Director of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) read this
Weeden & Co. Deploys FlexOMS
FREE ARTICLE29th July, 2008 - FlexTrade Systems announces that Weeden & Co. LP has replaced its OMS platform with FlexOMS read this
The RTS/NYMEX roadshow rolls into Texas.
FREE ARTICLEDavid Clayden talks to Brian Haag- Sales Manager for RTS read this
The way we shouldn't have been
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYEditor’s note: Peek Ahead is our venue for blue-sky thinking, challenging conventional wisdom and out-and-out disagreeing over key industry issues. If you would like to comment, or disagree, or send in some of your own blue-sky thinking, write t read this
Scalable participation algorithm
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYToby Bayliss, Head of Electronic Execution Sales, Europe at Citi outlines the use of a scalable participation algorithm to trade a substantial order in BP. read this
Only the versatile need apply
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYLegal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has some £300bn in assets under management invested globally. Almost half of this is invested in equities. Mary McCave, LGIM’s senior equity dealer, discusses how LGIM’s trading desk stays o read this
Open Source for Auto/Algo?
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYOpen source software has made huge strides in terms of credibility in recent years. So is now the time to consider it for auto/algo trading? Graham Miller, CEO of Marketcetera, definitely thinks so. read this
Machine versus Man versus Machine?
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYWhat’s the sense in trading the traders? William Essex closes our discussion of commodities with a look at the changing behaviour of the markets themselves. Might the “electronic effect”, and within that a distinct “algo effect&rdq read this
Volatile but fundamentally floored?
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYWe continue our coverage of commodities with one man’s analysis of the long-term case for investment. David Nahmanovici delivered his analysis at IDX in London, back in June. We were in the audience. read this
Sanford C. Bernstein algorithmic suite now integrated into Fidessa LatentZero EMS Workstation
FREE ARTICLEJuly 8th, 2008 - Fidessa LatentZero announces that it has incorporated direct access to Sanford C. Bernstein’s algorithms into its standalone EMS Workstation read this
SGAM selects QuantFACTORY, to develop, backtest and execute trading models
FREE ARTICLEJuly 7th, 2008 - SGAM Alternative Investments selects QuantFACTORY, the QUANTHOUSE trading strategies development framework to develop, backtest and execute trading models read this
New Co-Location Hosting Service For ASX Participants
FREE ARTICLEJuly 4th, 2008 - The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has announced a new co-location hosting service for its market participants and their customers that will facilitate direct market access (DMA) and algorithmic trading strategies, as well as min read this
Landsbanki Kepler brings substantial price improvements to its clients with GL TRADE Smart Order Routing
STILL EDITINGJuly 2nd, 2008: Landsbanki Kepler, a European investment bank operating in seven countries, has been working closely with GL TRADE, global provider of multi-asset trading software solutions for international financial institutions, to implement the read this