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News/Algorithmic trading
In a breakthrough that could prove significant for investment banks running electronic trading systems, computer scientists say they have developed an inexpensive way to track microsecond delays in data centre networks.
21 August 2009
SmartPool, the European exchange-led dark pool for block trading set up by Nyse Euronext, BNP Paribas, HSBC and JPMorgan, is moving into pan-European mid-cap securities.
17 August 2009
Chi-Tech, the technology services unit of Chi-X Global, is to launch a new "ultra low-latency network" to provide multi-venue access to European trading destinations.
14 August 2009
The London Stock Exchange is close to replacing the £40 million TradElect platform, says CEO Xavier Rolet in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires.
12 August 2009
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Chi-X have signed a heads of terms agreement to develop and launch Asia Pacific's first bourse-backed dark pool.
The boss of Direct Edge, the alternative trading system that pioneered the introduction of flash order types three years ago, has launched a robust defence of the controversial practice as regulators hint at a looming crackdown.
06 August 2009
US Senator Charles Schumer has called on the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) to ban "flash" trades, where users are given an advanced peek at unfilled orders ahead of the wider market.
27 July 2009
A surge in algorithmic trading helped drive a significant increase in the share of US equity trading volumes executed via electronic platforms last year, according to the results of Greenwich Associates' 2009 US Equity Investors Study.
21 July 2009
In an incident with striking parallels to the recent Goldman Sachs code theft case, it now emerges that UBS in March filed a lawsuit against three former quant traders alleging that they stole proprietary algorithmic trading software with the intent of using it at their new employer, Jefferies.
14 July 2009
SmartPool, the European exchange-led dark pool for block trading set up by Nyse Euronext, BNP Paribas, HSBC and JPMorgan says 14 investment firms have now signed up to the platform.
13 July 2009
Citadel Investment Group is suing three former employees who set up Teza Technologies, the firm that became embroiled in the Goldman Sachs code theft case this week, for violating a non-compete agreement.
10 July 2009
A Russian computer programmer has been arrested by the FBI, accused of stealing proprietary trading code from the New York-based financial institution he used to work for.
06 July 2009
StreamBase Systems is looking to take advantage of the Twitter craze by connecting its complex event processing (CEP) platform to the microblogging site, providing traders with a new source of news and information.
24 June 2009
Fintech giant SunGard has moved into the crowded dark pool market with the launch of its own alternative trading system, a crossing network for US equity order flow.
23 June 2009
The Committee of European Securities Regulators says further regulations may be needed to address some of the unintended consequences arising from the introduction of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) in 2007.
10 June 2009
Multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe has launched its dark liquidity pool, Chi-Delta.
26 May 2009
Swiss bank UBS is launching its Price Improvement Network (Pin) dark pool trading venue in Hong Kong.
18 May 2009
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS have agreed a deal that will allow their clients to access each bank's European dark pools.
08 May 2009
Transatlantic exchange operator Nyse Euronext is to implement a new high-speed, ultra-low latency trading and market data network as part of a major data centre upgrade project in New York and London.
05 May 2009
SIX Swiss Exchange has completed member migration to its new SWXess platform, which went live in February.
24 April 2009
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