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Are regulators attempting to put an end to algo trading?

Are regulators attempting to put an end to algo trading?

0 / May 16, 2012 5:02 pm

The process of algorithmic trading has been debated by a wide number of experts in the financial sector in recent years, yet the debate is far from losing momentum – in fact, it’s hotting up thanks to the onset of [...]

How will Europe’s financial markets evolve after EMIR?

How will Europe’s financial markets evolve after EMIR?

0 / May 11, 2012 1:52 pm

Europe’s financial markets are set to be impacted substantially as a result of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The ruling stipulates a number of new measures that banks and companies exchanging financial products will need to abide by, meaning [...]

Multi-Asset or Jobcentre?

Multi-Asset or Jobcentre?

0 / May 2, 2012 4:06 pm

When I grew up, a Jack-of-all-trades was an insult. Being a master of nothing was never going to get you anywhere. But times they are a-changing and if you look at any teenager today, they are constantly multitasking in a [...]

Taking the high tech road

Taking the high tech road

0 / April 23, 2012 11:30 pm

Nick Nielsen joined Marshall Wace LLP in 2008 and is head of trading in London. Prior to this, he was at Citadel Investment Group in London and Chicago. He started his career in high frequency trading at Goldman Sach’s Hull [...]

Interactive Data on Market Trends, Regulation & HFT – a ‘Here to Stay’ Trend

Interactive Data on Market Trends, Regulation & HFT – a ‘Here to Stay’ Trend

0 / April 23, 2012 4:32 pm

Emmanuel Doe, President of Trading Solutions at Interactive Data, says that the number one challenge across the financial services industry this year, next and probably for many more to come, is cost. Quite simple. But not quite so simple to [...]

Infographic: South Korea’s Financial History

Infographic: South Korea’s Financial History

0 / April 3, 2012 1:59 pm

Check out this amazing new infographic from our friends at Asia Etrading charting the fascinating history of South Korea’s Capital Markets. Since 1949, when South Korea opened its first securities house the country has realized a remarkable change in its [...]

What impact does Dodd Frank have on FX trading?

What impact does Dodd Frank have on FX trading?

0 / March 30, 2012 4:37 pm

Regulation has a significant impact on how businesses operate across the world, and no industry is more tightly regulated than the financial sector. In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 regulators responded with a raft of new proposals [...]

The Front Office: What Tech is Coming?

The Front Office: What Tech is Coming?

0 / March 9, 2012 4:52 pm

Technology is having a profound effect on many of the world’s industries, and the financial market certainly has not been left behind. The emergence of better internet, computing software and communication tools is reshaping how many businesses in the industry [...]

The Tobin Tax and its impact on taxing of trades

The Tobin Tax and its impact on taxing of trades

0 / February 7, 2012 3:22 pm

Doubts have been cast over the future of a Tobin tax on Europe’s financial markets after British prime minister David Cameron vetoed an EU treaty that would have included a financial transaction tax. The move has widely been welcomed by [...]

Volatility of Emerging Markets

Volatility of Emerging Markets

0 / January 23, 2012 7:28 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog The (EEM) iShares MSCI Emerging Index Fund exemplifies the outperformance this sector has had recently over the S&P500 benchmark that many use (3.25% above over the last 21 trading days). Also [...]