Why Securities Exchanges Need a New Data Standard
Stock trades involve large amounts of data. The lack of a unifying data standard slows global communication.
View ArticleTen HFT Debates to Follow on Twitter
The moment Flash Boys hit the shelves Twitter became a battleground for the HFT debate. #Flashboys #HFT
View ArticleThe Great HFT Debate Is Yesterday's News
If you are still slogging it out over HFT, you are missing the point. The real debate is about market structure.
View ArticleFast and Furious: High Frequency Trading Raises Hackles
Michael Lewis' new book "Flash Boys" has whipped up a furious tornado of criticism about high frequency trading. But the market and regulators need to resist the urge to ban the practice and instead...
View ArticleSEC Eyes Potential Order Routing Disclosures
Requiring brokers to provide more transparency into their stock order routing practices would give investors more information on where their trades are being executed.
View ArticleNasdaq Launches Redesigned IR Mobile Application
A diverse team of designers at Nasdaq see user experience as a strategic differentiator.
View ArticleIntralinks Proves Social Deal Sourcing Here to Stay
In 2013 Intralinks saw a 99% increase in the total number of actionable M&A opportunities hosted on the platform. Deal volume is on track to double again in 2014.
View ArticleNasdaq OMX Rehires Adena Friedman as Co-President
Friedman is leaving the Carlyle Group to return to Nasdaq OMX, where she is reportedly a candidate to become the next CEO.
View ArticleNasdaq OMX Expands Information Offering with Macroeconomic Data
Today, Nasdaq OMX announced an exclusive relationship with MasterCard to distribute its detailed reports on consumer spending activity to the buy-side community.
View ArticleTransforming Client Certification at BM&FBOVESPA
Certifying an exchange client is a lengthy process that can be made easier with automation.
View ArticleStrong Recovery of Equity Trading Volumes on Global Exchanges
Statistics from the World Federation of Stock Exchanges show that equity trading volumes rose 10%, signaling a strong recovery for the first half of 2014.
View ArticleGTS's Sale of Microwave Network to TMX Group to BroadenAccess to Ultra-Fast Data
Microwave data networks are going mainstream, and will level the playing field for all investors to access critical market data, said CEO of GTS, which entered a deal to sell StrikeNet to TMX Group.
View ArticleEris Swap Futures Expand Into Other Regions & Asset Classes
Eris Exchange licensed its swap futures methodology to the Montreal Exchange while setting a record for daily volume in its domestic swap futures contracts, buoyed by new buy-side entrants.
View ArticleIEX CTO Runs 10-Month Marathon
The most influential time in Rob Park's career was the 10 months it took to take IEX from conception to production.
View ArticleCME Layoffs Hit Technology Group Hardest
CME Group's restructuring will eliminate 5% of the workforce.
View ArticleBATS Appoints Markets Expert Chris Concannon President
BATS hires Concannon, a former Nasdaq executive, as it continues to integrate Direct Edge and looks to build upon recent successes in equities and options.
View ArticleNasdaq OMX Expands Market Access in Chicago for Futures & Options Trading...
Nasdaq will open a point of presence (PoP) in Chicago, enabling traders in the midwest to connect with the eSpeed bond trading platform as well as Nasdaq cash equity and equity derivatives markets.
View ArticleAequitas Approved: Canadian Regs Green-Light Anti-Predatory HFT Exchange
The newly approved Aequitas exchange wants to correct unfair advantages given to HFTs over retail investors. Competition had prompted TMX Group to plan a similarly minded relaunch of the Alpha...
View ArticleA Conversation About Bitcoin Exchanges
Platform providers are drawing upon experience with high-frequency trading and fintech to create infrastructure for virtual currency exchanges.
View ArticleICE Licenses Swap Futures Methodology From Eris Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange plans to begin trading swap futures in 2015 in credit and interest rates based on intellectual property licensed from Eris Exchange. ICE will offer a rival product to cleared...
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