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Robert Stowsy

HFTs Lobby To Take On Critics

A newly formed trade group claiming to represent the interests of high-speed trading firms is trying to calm fears about HFT practices. Will it work?

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According to a recent study, the sellside has outrun the buyside in the technology arms race. Do you agree?

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Cohen’s SAC Capital Renamed as Point72 Asset Management

The scandal-plagued fund returned almost all investor money at the end of January, leaving it to manage the private wealth of namesake Stephen Cohen, estimated at $8.7 billion.

Automated Trading Firm Virtu Files for Initial Public Offering

Virtu Financial Inc., an electronic market-making firm that trades stocks, commodities and derivatives, filed for a $100 million initial public offering in the U.S.

Virtu Filing Shines Light on High-Frequency Trading Business

High-frequency trading, a business that has been shrouded in secrecy because its biggest firms were private, is coming out of the dark as Virtu Financial has filed to be a public company on Monday.

Articles

Inside the Broker Vote

By taking control of its commissions and judging the research it receives, the buyside increasingly is using its broker vote to decide which brokers to trade with and how much to pay. It's a whole new competition, and the brokers are eager to please.

A Bright Future For Swapping Futures

While no one expects swaps futures to take over the OTC swaps market, a movement of 5 percent of the massive OTC swaps volume would be a huge win for futures market.

Cloud Message Archiving

Abacus Group and Global Relay have partnered together to offer integrated message archiving, monitoring and compliance services to the buyside.

The Big Data Edge

How a tiny quant fund started by MIT graduates is exploiting thousands of sources of global data-from news alerts to geosensory feeds to social media-to create its next big deal.

HFTs Form Group

Four high-frequency trading firms have formed the Modern Markets Initiative to defend HFT's role in the trading landscape.

Looking for Volatility

As the director of equity trading for Loomis, Sayles & Co., John Caron is dealing with a market that is strong but perhaps too placid for its own good. Here's how he trades in calm seas as he searches for volatility.