Algorithmic trading

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NY Attorney General turns up the pressure on Barclays

New York's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is ratcheting up the pressure on Barclays Bank as he expands his lawsuit accusing the bank of fraud in the operation of its US dark pool.

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Gatelab named as accredited software vendor by Moscow Exchange

GATElab, the multi-asset electronic trading systems provider, part of London Stock Exchange Group, is pleased to announce it has been accredited as a software vendor of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX).

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Canadian regulatory body publishes HFT impact studies

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) yesterday published academic papers from three of the four academic teams chosen to assess the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) and related activity on Canadian equity markets, as part of the final phase of IIROC’s comprehensive HFT Study.

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LMAX Exchange gives access to low latency, non ‘last look’ trading

UK-based technology firm, LMAX Exchange, today announced the launch of a matching engine in the Equinix IBX Data Centre in Tokyo (TY3). This will give brokers, asset managers, funds and banks in Asia Pacific access to LMAX Exchange at execution speed of less than 4ms.

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Regulator gives green light to new Canadian stock exchange

Canadian regulators have given approval to Aequitas, a new stock exchange backed by a consortium of financial services firms that plans to take on TMX Group and keep out high-frequency traders.

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Perseus Telecom to host network infrastructure at Interxion’s Dublin facility

Interxion, a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announces that Perseus Telecom is to host its new network infrastructure at Interxion’s Dublin facility.

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Fixnetix to provide co-location services at CME hosting facility

Fixnetix (http://www.fixnetix.com ), a leading global provider of Front Office IT Services, is to provide co-location and IT Services in the CME Hosting Facility located at 350 E. Cermak in downtown Chicago, IL in addition to providing services from CME Group Inc.'s Aurora, IL data center.

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Orc automated trading engine integrates with Azul's java virtual machine

Orc, the global leader in derivatives trading technology and Azul Systems, the award-winning leader in Java runtime solutions, today announced a partnership that enables Orc customers to leverage the power of Zing®, Azul’s Java Virtual Machine (JVM) targeting environments requiring low latency and high performance.

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Metamako launches MetaMux low-latency switch

Metamako continues its leadership in ultra-low latency devices for exchanges and the trading community with the launch of MetaMux.

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ITG takes algorithmic trading to the dark side

ITG (NYSE: ITG), a leading execution and research broker, today announced the launch of the POSIT® Marketplace 3.0 algorithm, which combines ground-breaking technology and proprietary analytics to increase fill rates in non-displayed venues while filtering out potentially toxic liquidity.

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Finra charges Wedbush Securities with market access violations

Wall Street regulator Finra has charged brokerage Wedbush Securities with systemic market access violations and anti-money laundering and supervisory failures.

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Barclays seeks dismissal of NY Attorney General's dark pool lawsuit

Barclays has filed a motion seeking to throw out a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General accusing the bank of deceptively luring unwary investors to a dark pool that was actually being run for the benefit of predatory high-frequency traders.

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UK watchdog to probe pre- and post-trade market infrastructure

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to probe for anti-competitive practices in the pricing and packaging of pre- and post-trade wholesale market infrastructure.

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NY Attorney General files lawsuit over Barclays' 'toxic' dark pool

Barclays Bank has been accused of deceptively luring unwary investors to a private trading venue that was actually being run for the benefit of predatory high-frequency traders.

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SEC chair sets out HFT and dark pool proposals

US Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White has laid out her plans to rein in high-frequency traders and improve oversight of dark pools.

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More data needed to crack down on algo abuse - Finra

US regulatory body Finra is currently investigating 170 separate instances of potential market abuse by algorithmic trading firms.

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Thomson Reuters settles lawsuit with whistle-blowing ex-employee

Thomson Reuters has reached a settlement agreement with a former staffer who sued the firm for wrongful termination, claiming he lost his job for whistle-blowing.

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Asic hits out at 'Flash Boys' hysteria

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (Asic) has hit out at media criticism of its apparently laissez-faire approach to high frequency trading and the 'hysteria' which has gripped the markets following the publication of Michael Lewis' damning expose of 'Flash Boy' traders.

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HFT is harmful, say US market participants

More than two thirds of US financial industry participants think that the equity markets are not fair and half consider high-frequency trading harmful, according to a survey from ConvergEx Group.

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MEPs vote to curb high-frequency trading

Members of the European Parliament have voted through new rules designed to clamp down on high-frequency trading 'Flash Boys'.