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In the wake of Bank of America's 11th-hour acquisition of Merrill Lynch last Sept. 15, the combined firm managed to merge its two equities electronic trading groups without big drama. Merrill handily got the lead role in the combination.

The options industry's penny pilot is driving trades away from the exchanges.

Hillary Clinton is proposing a tax on the flash boys that may be unlike any in the world.

In 2018, INTL FCStone Financial traded over $49 billion in value OTC, which was 60% higher than the closest financial services firm and ~16% of the total OTC value reported.

The editors of Traders Magazine look back at the 10 trends and stories that shook the trading world. Today, we examine the increasing number of trading glitches in 2013, especially in August, and how market participants contend with these market hiccups.

The German bank has decided to share over 100 lines of code in a bid to help create a industry standard for trading.

In today's Traders On the Move, block trading house Liquidnet snagged a pair of veteran traders to assist in its new EQS Group, while a senior EMEA exec departs from bulge broker Credit Suisse. Check this and more, right here and now.

March Madness is here, and hopefully your selections do well. Meanwhile, here's a list of trading pros who have made their own picks--as it relates to employment. Read about recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.

KCG hires a pair of executives - one for the trading desk and the other as a senior advisor in the firm global execution business. European broker Neonet brought on a former buysider while a senior Bank of America pro joined its global senior relationship management team.

Pali Capital, a specialist in agency trades of mid- and small-caps in New York and London, is adding a third major city to its growing network.