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Bloomberg Algo Shines Light into Dark Pools
Bloomberg Tradebook is giving its buyside clients a flashlight they can use to peak inside dark pools and gauge how their orders are executing.
Commentary: Investors' Reversal of Fortune With Reverse Convertibles
Reverse exchangeable notes, or "reverse convertibles," were popular investments prior to the recent market collapse. Investors bought nearly $7 billion of these securities in 2008. But when the equity markets crashed, so did the value of many reverse convertibles.
Traders On the Move
Read about recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.
ATSs Seek Alternative Businesses
Liquidnet and Pipeline started diversifying into new business lines a few years back. And their latest product offerings point to the next stage in each firm's evolution.
Traders On the Move
Read about recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.
Q&A with Barclays Capital's Brian Fagen
Amid a torrent of new market structure proposals from the SEC, Congress and market pundits, Brian Fagen, head of equities electronic trading sales, spoke with Traders Magazine about some of the issues confronting the markets and investors, as well as trends in electronic trading and order routing.
Commentary: The Next Chapter in European Short-Sale Regulation
Because neither the U.S. nor the European Union will surrender their rights of economic determination, convergent regulation of the sort necessary to establish a common set of short-sale rules must survive difficult negotiations among regulators rooted in different cultures.
Playing In Small Caps
For the small-cap trader, fragmentation remains a major nemesis, says Bridgeway Capital's Dave Jennings. This is especially true for him, since half of his trading is done in companies with market capitalizations ranging from $100 million to $2 billion.
Tale of the Tape
For traders with high-speed strategies who are accustomed to direct data feeds, the 35-year-old consolidated tape system is too slow.
Commentary: Dodd-Frank Arms the SEC
As Congress armed FBI agents for the first time in 1934 after the Kansas City Massacre, so Dodd-Frank grants the SEC an entire assortment of new enforcement firearms following the Panic of 2008.
Traders On the Move
Read about recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.
Traders Digest 'Clearly Erroneous' Proposals
Proposals by the exchanges and FINRA, introduced in the aftermath of the May 6 "flash crash," to revamp and harmonize their rules covering clearly erroneous trades are being met with mixed reviews.
Commentary: To Be (Uniform) or Not To Be (Uniform)--That is the Question
FINRA and the exchanges have created a landscape that is anything but uniform when they layered market-specific, price-driven trading pause rules on top of market-wide circuit breakers.
Commentary: Fasten Your Seatbelt
Read columnist Dan Mathisson's take on the speed debate in trading.
Traders On the Move
Read about recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.
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