Gloves Off
Nasdaq may not have been angling for a fight, but it got one. The exchange, in January, proposed to overhaul its rules about how high-frequency hedge funds and others access its market.
Fidelity Capital Markets Expands Equities Desk
Everyone recognizes that Fidelity knows mutual funds. But Fidelity Capital Markets wants to make sure institutions see that Fidelity knows equities trading, too.
Outfoxing ETF Illiquidity
Fox River Execution, in Geneva, Ill., thinks it's come up with a solution to trade blocks of illiquid ETFs without capital. It developed Fox Spotlight, in conjunction with research collaboration from the giant ETF manager iShares.
Top Guns to Run Former Madoff Business
Two former heavyweights of the discount brokerage business will take the helm of the revived market making operation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.
Crashing The Corporate Access Party
Agency brokerages of many stripes have started corporate access businesses, long the domain of the large investment banks.
Wall Street Trades Targeted for New Tax–Again
Congressman Peter DeFazio introduced a yet new bill that would levy a securities transaction tax on most trades.
BlockCross Alerts Buyside to Research
Pulse Trading now provides buyside traders with an alert on their BlockCross trading blotters when new research is available on a stock they're looking to trade.
Fidelity’s Prime Unit to Expand with European Equities
Fidelity Investments' prime brokerage unit has expanded the scope of its service to provide executions of European stocks beginning this summer.
2010 Review: Agency Brokers Dive Into Research
In this year of low institutional trading volumes, agency brokerages started offering research as another way to get paid.
Recruiters: Math and Tech Rule on Resumes
Traders at sellside and more traditional buyside firms who want to work for top-notch proprietary firms may want to consider returning to school, according to executive recruiters.
